After we bought the 6 little black sheep we noticed that they only ate the first 6 inches of grass. Our problem was that there was 5 acres of 3 foot tall grass to eat, so one day in late August I came home with Thelma (above), Louise and Hamburger the bull from Phonetics Farms on Rainbow Road. Both Thelma and Louise were pregnant and Hamburger solved the issue of rebreeding in the spring. By February Thelma had little Sirloin (black and white calf above), she arrived on the wettest day imaginable and mid March, Louise gave us little T-bone (red & white calf above).
This year Thelma had Stroganoff (black calf in 2012 pic) and Louise had Prime Rib both identical to their proud papa Hamburger.
With the idea of self sustainability in mind my darling husband decided we needed a milk cow to add to the zoo. So we agreed to buy a bottle calf from Moonstruck as our future milk cow. Baby calves get very lonely so we couldn't get just one calf, we got three!! Daisy (in the center above) will eventually be our milk cow and Tenderloin (left 2012) and Schnitzel are to keep her company while they are little.
Beef will be available by the half, quarter or piece in October.
This year Thelma had Stroganoff (black calf in 2012 pic) and Louise had Prime Rib both identical to their proud papa Hamburger.
With the idea of self sustainability in mind my darling husband decided we needed a milk cow to add to the zoo. So we agreed to buy a bottle calf from Moonstruck as our future milk cow. Baby calves get very lonely so we couldn't get just one calf, we got three!! Daisy (in the center above) will eventually be our milk cow and Tenderloin (left 2012) and Schnitzel are to keep her company while they are little.
Beef will be available by the half, quarter or piece in October.
Poor Louise after a difficult labor, uphill, she had a prolapsed uterus then milk fever. To add insult to injury she pulled a nerve while down on the ground and was paralyzed for 3 days. With a lot of help and a tractor, we hung Louise in a sling for a few hours. That night she was up and walking by herself and with a week recovery in the barn, she was good as new.
Mabel
Mabel, this little girl arrived behind the chicken coop at 6pm, just when we were going out to get the eggs for the evening. Thelma found a little patch of green grass to birth on and voila. If she's half as smart as her mother and gets as big as her grandmother, then she is definitely a keeper.