Wednesday, October 28, 2009

And Fall Keeps Rolling In

Last weekend, when the kids were away, we got the new goat pen put together. This past weekend we got the chickens out of the stock trailer where they had been brooding since we got them in August in preparation for taking T-Bone out to Mom's for finish out. We used some of the hay that got cut here (it molded because of all of the rain here) to build the new chicken coop-type object. At least they are out of the wind. What else happened? Oh, yeah, the truck got stuck in the mud. So much for taking T-bone to Mom's.

So, we are gonna try again this weekend to butcher the pigs, and get the steer out to Mom's for finish out. I can't wait until we get the bacon and fresh pork! Then in about 8 weeks, homegrown beef.

At least we will not need meat this winter!

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

4-H, it looked like a good idea....

Well, with the advent of requiring premise identification for the kids to show in 4-H, that means that they won't be. Which means that they can not show in most Junior classes at the fair either. I don't know how long the Dexter Association will be just having the showmanship class (by the way THAT was a MOST excellent idea), but if they change it to the way some breeds have, and require the kids to be 4-H'rs than that just sucks for my kids.

Monday, October 5, 2009

Tulsa State Fair

Friday we (my mother, and my girls) went to the Tulsa State Fair to watch the Dexter Cattle show. The longhorns were running low, and we learned more about longhorns that we never wanted to know, LOL. Since they were running long, we wandered around and looked at the other beef breeds, seeing a few that we thought were something to look into (Angus, Santa Gertrudis, and Gelbveih.) We had fun wandering around the exchange center, and the cattle barn. Some of those dairy udders looked to hold enough milk for a whole week's worth of milk use around here....WOW. I do have to say, it was obvious they had not been milked that morning, and I felt sorry for the old girls. A couple of them were leaking as they were walked around the ring.

I did think that the cow showing thing looks kind of fun, on a limited basis--Tulsa State Fair, and maybe the OKC State Fair. So, maybe that's a thought for next year.