And then there were three.
From the shyest cow comes the shyest calf. Petunia had her calf on Sunday the 17th and he is very shy. The other two were very friendly the first couple of days but not this one. He has been running from us since he was born. All three are boys and all three have been "steered" We had planned to put any females back into the herd but none of the three are female so at this point it looks like one will go in the freezer and the other two will go to the sale. I've got to do some research about when is the best time to do all that. All three had their calves without any trouble or assistance. They all get an A+ for birthing ease.
Welcome!
Welcome to our family blog. We have a small (55 acres) farm and are attempting to raise beef cattle, some hay, laying hens, honey bees, a dog and a small garden. We also have a small pond that has fish in it but they pretty much raise themselves.The Twenty-eight eleven is the name of our farm. It comes from Deutronomy 28:11 which reads: "The LORD will make you abound in prosperity, in the offspring of your body and in the offspring of your beast and in the produce of your ground in the land which the LORD swore to your fathers to give you." We count on God's blessings for our life as we know it so we thought it appropriate to go ahead and give Him all the glory for anything good that we produce, be it crops, cows, or children. This blog will be a fun project for us to document what is going on at our farm and hopefully share some natural ways of farming along the way (as we learn too).
Oh my gosh, those calves are so cute! By the way, this is Shalom. When Caroline told me the pictures of the calves were posted on this blog, i couldn't get here fast enough.
ReplyDeleteI still find it hard to belive that Koko is a mom already. I still see her as the puppy who was into everyone's business.(now i know how my parents must feel) Hope to see you guys sooner rather than later. bye!!