My MooMoos 🐮 😍

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Looks like they were playing "Kine of the Hill"

 

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Broke ground on leveling a spot for the 2nd 12×20ft carport!
Hmm, looks like more work to do! But close! 1.5hrs of diy figuring it out, messing it up, fixing it and then this. lol.

It'll be where hay is fed to the moos and to any sheep in here. As well as general shelter, if they want it. No more temporary shelters up by the house!

 

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Hmm. Guess there's even more to do!

Top, today. Bottom, yesterday.

 

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Looking at past posts, seems Moos went with bull July 1 to Oct 22.
So, calves possible April 9 to July 31.
I think Cammie is starting to change. Tanzie still nothing.
Bull is still here, wtf. If still here and I don't believe Tanzie is pregnant, I'll put her and Zelda with him. Then find my own butcher or gambrel to get rid of him myself.

 

[farmerjan]

If you don't want to eat him, The Shenandoah Valley Livestock Auction in Harrisonburg Va has an Exotic Animal sale the last Thursday of the month. There are lots of "exotics" ... Zebu's, miniature herefords, one time some purebred White Park cattle; different "off the wall" breeds of cattle...belted Galloways, Scottish Highlands, sheep, goats, things like "sugar gliders"; rabbits..... who knows what from month to month.
I saw a beautiful GYR heifer there more than a year ago; a coming 2 year old... full size cattle, like Brahma's but a little more along the exotic line... huge pendulous ears and the long face... she brought over $3,000....
Just a suggestion....

 

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If you don't want to eat him, The Shenandoah Valley Livestock Auction in Harrisonburg Va has an Exotic Animal sale the last Thursday of the month. There are lots of "exotics" ... Zebu's, miniature herefords, one time some purebred White Park cattle; different "off the wall" breeds of cattle...belted Galloways, Scottish Highlands, sheep, goats, things like "sugar gliders"; rabbits..... who knows what from month to month.
I saw a beautiful GYR heifer there more than a year ago; a coming 2 year old... full size cattle, like Brahma's but a little more along the exotic line... huge pendulous ears and the long face... she brought over $3,000....
Just a suggestion....

The problem is no butcher showing up. Not a regular beef cow, so they've got qualms with it. One guy was supposed to show up months ago, but keeps changing it, too.
I'm not waking up that early nor fixing the trailer just to sell him.

 

[farmerjan]

The problem is no butcher showing up. Not a regular beef cow, so they've got qualms with it. One guy was supposed to show up months ago, but keeps changing it, too.
I'm not waking up that early nor fixing the trailer just to sell him.

Exotic sale is at 6 p.m. the last Thursday so no early morning.. just thought I would offer a possible alternative.

 

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Exotic sale is at 6 p.m. the last Thursday so no early morning.. just thought I would offer a possible alternative.

Local two sale yards here have a 6 or 7am sign in. Haven't looked into others.
Husband probably wouldn't want less than 2k, we have over 3k into him. He wants to keep the skull and horns. I want absolutely everything else. Hide to tan, bones, legs, organs for LGDs. Meat for us. Only things I wouldn't keep are stomach and intestines.

 

[farmerjan]

Most of the stockyards here will take stuff in after 6 a.m. and will take in all the way up to 1 or 2 p.m....
The exotic sale will take in until 4 or 5 p.m.. They have their regular sale on Saturday and will take in cattle, sheep, goats etc until at least 1 p.m. Many are offering to take in stuff the day before also... so not near the lines there used to be on the sale day...

 

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Most of the stockyards here will take stuff in after 6 a.m. and will take in all the way up to 1 or 2 p.m....
The exotic sale will take in until 4 or 5 p.m.. They have their regular sale on Saturday and will take in cattle, sheep, goats etc until at least 1 p.m. Many are offering to take in stuff the day before also... so not near the lines there used to be on the sale day...

Yeah. I'm not fixing the old trailer and getting it inspected just to attempt to shove him in the night before sale day.