I think we might keep Scooter and raise him as a bull. We don't want to keep paying for fees for breeding and there isn't Dexter semen available for AI around here. Little Ton will probably be sold this year though. She's a sweet and spirited long legged calf.
I have a long list today -
1. weed the collective garden, figure out what people owe, and make sure everyone is coming for chicken processing this sunday
2. weed my own vegetable garden, plant more beans and lettuce and stake the tomatoes
3. find out what the contractor's fee is going to be to clean up the paddock mud
4. plant dahlias in my front flower beds and hope it isn't too late, weed there too
5. move the laying hens' chicken tractor
6. finish painting the kitchen and move on to the living room
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Tim Got His First Deer
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Mary, you might want to have your little bull tested for the bulldog gene--it causes the calf to be stillborn and deformed. It's common in Dexters. If the cow and bull are closely related, it's especially important to test for it.
I think it's cool you're going to have your own little bull.
love,
Lynn
Is your freshening heifer for sale?
Weeding goes on my daily chore list in April and stays there until September, but even with two hours a day the weeds always manage to keep ahead of us.
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