We haven't even gotten rid of our last lamb...and we added a steer to the mix. My dad had a calf that got separated from his mother when they shipped the cattle from California back home. When they discovered him they began bottle feeding him. If anyone out there has ever bottle fed a baby calf it is fun for about 2 weeks...and then it becomes a chore, just like anything else. My dad quickly began negotiating with us to take on this calf. After a promise of feed and hay to be included we signed on for Buckwheat the Charolais-Angus cross. He thinks he is human. Taryn is hoping to be able to get him to gain enough weight to be able to show and sell him at the Union Livestock Show next June.
This is Taryn showing Donald at the Pendleton Livestock Show
She got Reserve Champion for the Juniors. Her best show yet.
There were HUGE tears when she walked him onto the sale truck.
She thinks it is going to be easier to sell a steer. Should I burst her bubble or let her live in a make-believe world for the next 9 months?
3 comments:
What an experience for your girls. I don't think I could have sold Donald. What is the cow's name?
She looks so grown-up and like a serious little cowpoke. I am getting so curious about what she is going to be when she grows up.
You can do it!! I can't wait to read the chronicles of this sweet steer!
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