Erin they sure are a beautiful site to behold! I love the pictures!

-Sheila

Erin, enjoyed seeing your beef cows. We had a Red Angus bull some time back and really liked him. They are difficult to find in our area, more Black Angus. We have decided to go all black even though DH really wanted another RA. Your calves are really good looking!

gld

Ooohhh, Erin, they are beautiful! I think Mr. Pickles looks great!

Suzie

Great pictures Erin, did you get moved closer to the herd?
Roxann

Yes! Infact, we can see the farm from the front of our house! There is someone else's crop land between our house and my grandparents' farm, but it's only a 1/2 mile drive around the "block" to get down there! This should make things nice come Christmas tree time. I'll be able to run home if it's slow at night and still drive back over w/o any problems! Much easier on us all!
DH is able to do a drive by everyday and check on the herd. They are usually in 3 different pasture that border the road. We do rotation pastures during the summer, but now that that's over, they are usually in one of 3 pastures that you can drive right up to. Very nice.
And we did buy a red angus bull. he's this year's calf (March calf), so we won't get him until he's weaned... probably in November. Very excited about that. I plan to advertise "pickles" for sale here any day. Just need to get the vet out to preg check all the girls. If he's succeeded 100%, he's off to father someone else's babies! I hate to see him go b/c he's been a fantastic bull (production wise and temperament). He's sooo docile. I think all our cows are bred b/c he stands in the corner of one fence and bellows over to the neighbor's open holstein heifers. He's worn 2 spots bare in the corner of the pasture. The neighbor just asked me yesterday if all the cows were bred b/c he appears to be a bit bored!

Erin, I know how it feels to get connected to the bull. Ours is also so docile that you forget to be alert. He gets right up to you and you turn around and bam, there he is looking at you as if to say, what's your problem? We are getting a lot of spotted color calves from him. He is colored like a hereford and he has a massive head!
Good luck on the new home and imagine this winter when things are really cold, wet and miserable, the house will only be a short distance away after feeding and looking the herd over.
Roxann.