rudi9396
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My new cows are home!! Picked them up on August 2nd!! Welcome to our farm Maverick and Fallon!
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Post by rudi9396 on Aug 13, 2014 12:18:37 GMT -5
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zephyrhillsusan
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Caught Dexteritis in Dec. 2009. Member of this forum since Oct. 2013.
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Post by zephyrhillsusan on Aug 13, 2014 14:39:01 GMT -5
Congratulations! How exciting! The link wouldn't work for me so I'll be waiting for more pictures.
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Post by lakeportfarms on Aug 14, 2014 5:52:51 GMT -5
Hey Ruth, the pictures don't work for me either...we use photobucket to upload them and then you copy the IMG link and just paste it into the body of the reply box. Or you can make us all your Facebook friends  See you at Armada Fair soon??? Sheril and I are exhausted, morning check up at the farm, then constant crowds at the fair looking at our 26 Dexters that we brought (and Highlands), then clean up at the end of the day, back to the farm to check on everybody, and in bed by 2 am if we're lucky...though after the downpours Monday and Tuesday we had to strip all the straw because it was soaked in 4" of water that had run off the large tent. Sheril can't wait to get back to her new crop of middle school math students...lol The Dexters and Highlands really appeal to the kids. The first day a 4-H girl who has a 1600 lb market steer stopped to see them. She was so enamored with them she offered to help with washing etc... So Sheril asked her to pick out what she would like to show, and she picked our favorite little Dexter heifer and our favorite Highland heifer...what a good eye she has! Anyway she and her friends hang out, tell people not to go and pet the 4 week old fuzzy Highland bull calf with his protective mom right there with him, and now we've got 3 or 4 of her friends who are all picking out their little Dexters or Highlands to show as well! I guess I'm stuck with only the mature bulls and cows by now to show! Another teenage boy nearby who's family has Angus has been helping us, and I let him take the little Highland 4 week old calf out to walk. Wait a minute you say??? He gets to help us with some jobs, and I "let" him walk the little Highland calf in exchange? I think he's gotten more teenage girls' attention than any other teenage boy there with his "chick magnet"  |
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Post by wvdexters on Aug 14, 2014 6:36:19 GMT -5
Congratulations Rudi!!! And now the fun begins
Happy!
Happy!
Happy!!
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Post by lakeportfarms on Aug 15, 2014 5:07:25 GMT -5
Judging is today...we must have 6 kids (we never even knew them until this week) all picking out their cows/calves/bull to show. There is a little 6 year old boy who's father and grandfather have Simmentals across from us who is showing our 18 month old bull, Guinness. He was walking him around yesterday and kept telling his friends (and everybody else nearby) "This is a BULL! See, he has a nose ring!"
It's going to be like a little mini AGM...the Wieringa's are there with something in almost every class including their Grand National Champion mature cow from this year.
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Post by wildberryfarm on Aug 15, 2014 7:38:23 GMT -5
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rudi9396
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My new cows are home!! Picked them up on August 2nd!! Welcome to our farm Maverick and Fallon!
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Post by rudi9396 on Aug 19, 2014 11:27:55 GMT -5
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Post by carragheendexters on Aug 20, 2014 21:12:11 GMT -5
I could see your little bull but it didn't let me look at any other photos. I think I must have to join to see the other photos. He looks nice.
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Post by lakeportfarms on Aug 21, 2014 7:21:05 GMT -5
I have access to her Facebook, so I copied and uploaded them for you all to see. Here is Maverick...LOOK OUT! It's a bull charging out of the weeds!  Oh...nevermind  Fallon is a bit camera shy...  But it seems they lead and follow quite happily  |
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Post by lakeportfarms on Aug 21, 2014 7:25:01 GMT -5
Here is Maverick as a little calf just a few days after he was born..   |
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rudi9396
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My new cows are home!! Picked them up on August 2nd!! Welcome to our farm Maverick and Fallon!
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Post by rudi9396 on Aug 21, 2014 9:10:54 GMT -5
LOL, Thanks Hans!! In the bottom picture, Maverick still does that look as of today! He is so funny. Love them both very much!
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Maverick is 2 years old shortie bull, and Fallon is a 5 month old long legged heifer! Now our journey has begun! When I get 5 extra minutes, I will get more pictures and add them with my IPad, it takes nicer pictures.
Maverick is 2 years old shortie bull, and Fallon is a 5 month old long legged heifer! Now our journey has begun! When I get 5 extra minutes, I will get more pictures and add them with my IPad, it takes nicer pictures.
Peace 
