WOW! Where has time gone!

Wow. It is hard to believe that today is September 1st. It seems like I was just starting this blog and had big plans of sharing our everyday lives with you, the readers, but time has seemed to escape me.

Calving season seems to go off without a hitch. I few bumps every now and then, but that is to be expected on a farm. Cows and calves were moved to green grass on a rainy day off from field work and are almost ready to come home. With all the rain we had this year, grass was not a problem. The problem was all the RAIN. Our Boyd pasture FLOODED. It is a 40 acre pasture that runs along a river and only around 5 acres was above water. Needless to say we had to pull the pairs out and some came to the home farm while other went to West Union pastures. They all adjusted well to their new homes, at least for the time being.

We added some dorper sheep to the farm and Lyndin LOVES them. We have 5 ewes and 1 ram. They are considered hair sheep so we don't need to sheer them. They have been doing a great job eating the weeds in the unused cattle pens which were a sight for sore eyes. The goats and sheep have finally leaned to co-mingle. We will have to see how the sheep and cattle get along along with figuring out how to feed them separately as the sheep can not have the cattle mineral.

We went and watched a few open cattle shows this summer and Will really go the itch to be back showing. Lyndin definitely loves the calves and is now starting to walk so I would say next year she will be in the show ring. Will already has is plan of attack for next years show string.

Lyndin turned one on August 11. Where has the time gone? She is walking/running. Loves doing chicken chores as she has learned to feed them grass out of her hand and enjoys everything outside. She has picked up a new habit of stomping her feet and throwing a fit when we have to go inside. I guess it could be worse, she could hate outside. She loves going to check cows and getting cow licks. She is pretty brave with the cattle as long as one of us is holding her.

The show calves we sold last year had a very successful year. We have heard from quite a few families that they won their classes and a few one the whole show. It is nice that they let us know as many of them go miles away. We were fortunate to have a family in Decorah, Iowa buy some calves for their competitive rate of gain class and we are happy to say that they took the show with a 5.49lb daily rate a gain and won their class. Pretty impressive when a steer that big can still work, but we are use to that.

We are starting to market this years calves and I can honestly say that these are our best calves to date. Each year the quality improves making it easier to sell calves. We still have a few show steers and heifers left, if anyone is interested. We are hoping to expand our market and sell to even more families, so they all can enjoy V56 cattle.

Well, I better say farewell for now. Hopefully I will do better at keeping up with this. If you are every interested in what we are up to, check out our website. www.v56cows.com or on facebook!