Cows Want Independence Too!

So, you'd think on a holiday I could sleep in, spend a lazy day at home, right? You'd be thinking wrong.

My day started at 6:30 when the critters all started sounding off that it was feeding time. While the kids did that I showered and got ready to leave. At 7:30, Jim and I left on the first leg of a day long escapade. First stop, Mom's to pick up the trailer. Once we had hooked up, and got the requisite monies for the days purchases, we started on leg two. Off to Shawnee, pick out two steers. These are Jersey/Holstein crosses, only good for eating, which is what we will do starting in about 18 months. Third leg, a quick jog up to Jones, OK for 10 bales of alfalfa hay for Mom's Nubians. Leg 3.5, Oklahoma City, to fuel the truck, and the people in the truck. Final leg, home, James!

We put the two steers in the pasture, and figured that would do the trick. Yeah, ok...that's what we get for thinking. Momma, aka Gumdrop does not take kindly to the intruders, and runs them through the fence. An electric fence. Great, now, the Great Cow Chase commences. Which actually wasn't too bad. Got the boys back into the pasture, and proceeded to string up another wire, at 36 inches. That should be high enough. Unfortunately, as darkness is falling, Gumdrop again chases the bigger steer thru the fence which isn't completely hooked up yet. Great Cow Chase 2.0 begins. This was a bit more problematic, as Krystal decides that anything bigger than a gnat is scarier than any horror movie ever thought of being. EVENTUALLY, we got the little bugger in the fence, just as the thunder started. All we can hope now is that everyone behaves, and stays put.

Of course, tomorrow we are going to pick up another Dexter cow........