We are going to sell off the large heifers. We have a baby bottle farm and those big ones just get into to much trouble. It isn't what you are thinking though I can promise you that. Most cattle would be hauled off to a sale barn and sold for meat but not on this farm. No one is going to eat these girls.
So how am I going to sell them and know they won't be eaten? Well, That started 2 years ago before any of you even knew who I was ... LOL. You see there was this man and he had a calf that about died. He brought it to Mom to save. Mom saved it and sent it home. The calf kept getting through his fence because he didn't really deal with small calves. (the fencing is different for different size livestock) He just had bigger cows and the baby was getting in the way all the time and getting out and just getting into trouble. So after about 2 weeks of being home she ended up back at our place. As those two years have passed Faith, as we call her, has grown into a sweetie. She is the only cow we have that I call Mom's. She loves Mom and comes up to get pets and treats but only from Mom. Anyway, The man that had her Hit some hard times and sold off his herd during those two years.
Well, Things are looking better for him now and that means he has 30 acres of unused pasture. So I gave him a call. (Yes we know him, know him ... He goes to our Cowboy Church) He just started laughing and said it was ironic that I called because he had just told his wife the other day that he wanted to get a couple of heifers to put out on the pasture again to eat down the grass and start out slow getting his herd back. (Funny how God brings things together sometimes, huh?) So he is going to work a few things out and if all goes well he will be taking Faith and Libby to his place to birth out and be the start up of his small herd again.
On a Side Note ... All those going to SPA ... Have a wonderful time and look for Lot the Lamb. He is with Chris who is also known as vtknitboy Introduce yourself and get a pic so we can post it to his page ... He is already on his way ... See the picture below ...
Also Tomorrow at 7pm we will be doing the drawing for the fiber in the Great Flyin' West Give away ... So get those comments in with the secret phrase to qualify ....