Like the energizer bunny...

I have so many more stories to come. None that stick out right now. If I post old stories I will def. put a date, so its not so confusing to anyone.

Some quick stories, just interesting..

Elizabeth.. A highlander cow, Tommys' parents bought, crazier than crap! Okay she wasnt that bad unless she had a calf by her side. Now when Tommy is scared of a cow, thats really telling you something. She had really big horns that stood straight out, and when she bowed her head, they were like spikes! She had a "dummy calf", and we had to take him away, and she went bizark, not to mention when Tommy and his dad was milking her, in the squeeze shoot!



Frosia (aka the paint).. Tommys parents horse whom was an Arabian paint, really huge and pretty. Tommy was trying to break her, and summer of 2005, he was on her back, and she was on her hind legs, with Tommy hanging on for dear life. Eh he never got on her again.

Tepi... An Egyptian Arabian horse his parents got, one of the very first horses that arrived on the farm. He was pretty much broke to ride, he was soo mellow and loving. God Bless him, he passed away.

Heres Ryan and I, on Mr. Tepi, in Feb 2005..


And Tommy riding him:




Debo.. Our registered Beef Master, and our baby. Hes soo big and pretty! We drove 3 hours one way to pick him up and he was HUGE!! We got him home, and opened the door, and poor guy was in the splits, it was super hot that day, and he just couldnt get out of the splits, Tommy and I swore we broke him. We poured water all over him (to keep him cool). We were even able to pet him, because he just couldnt move. There was no lifting or even assisting (he was 2k lbs). So we took a short trip to the gas station, to give him some air, get us some drinks, and he got him self moved to where he could stand up, and he got on up and walked out. Thank God, hes had several babies since, and proved we didnt break him!

Goldie... A goat for ever remembered. Tommy had her before we started dating, and she was just a cutie. She thought she was a dog, following anyone anywhere. Wanting to be petted all the time. Sadly she was attacked when she was at the big farm. We regret not bringing her back home, and she will be missed forever.




Pigs- We've raised pigs 2 times. Once back in 2006, and again 2008. Its always a fun adventure. We do it for our self consumption, although, we did try to get baby piglets, and wasnt very successful. We also had "mini pigs", they were cute as well... the baby were adorable.. until they got lice...

Its a Loooooooonnnggg Horn

Or 5 :).

So spring of 2006, we saw a really good deal come up on some longhorns. I had recently just had Isaac, and decided not take the long trip to go get them, but was home and waiting for the arrival of them. There was a mama long horn and she had a limping leg, the guy said, and calf at her side. Originally we were going to sell her for meat and take the baby, but after Tommy found out it was a heifer instead of a bull, he wanted to keep the mama for a little bit. Or so he thought.

They also picked up another mama longhorn (whose name will be Betty) whom had a heifer at her side, and a mama who was pregnant, and due soon.

So first they give them some shots, and first out of the trailer was Betty and her baby. They go off and look at their new home. Then while trying to get the baby of the limping cow, she got loose and ran off. With some help of the neighbors, Tommy and them tracked her down and got her baby. Thank God she was a little thing.

Letting her mama out was an experience no one will forget.. Im not to sure what the plan was, but I know that she was out and she was very angry. She first took a charge at my father in law, and I (and my mother in law) thought he was going to be severely injured. As he was trying to run away, he slipped and fell in the mud, and thank god she did too. She whipped right back up and came for Tommy, he had a steel pole in his hand. She was inches from him with her horns, he swong with everything, and hit her horns. She did a weird little dance thing, and walked off into the back of the pasture.

We called it a day...

The next day.. It was not over.. All of the longhorns had escaped, all 5 of them. They were out and running among the highway. It was a complete mess. We got them back for them to escape again. There were lots of running, and lots of wanting to give up. By the second time, a big investment and one of the best were made. Buying cattle panels. Once caught, they would live in them.

We did catch 4 of them. We were missing the crazy gimping long horn. She was later found, barely living by the train tracks, we tried to rescue her, but she didnt make the pull up and died.

After much determination from the calf, and putting them in a secluded area, Betty starting nursing the gimps' baby as well.

Now to think that would be the end of crazy stories from them, it wasnt..

Eventually the pregnant cow had her baby, One that Tommy and I actually got to watch first hand. It was very interesting, and unique, so to speak.

Later on, we decided we were going to load them up and take them to the big farm. We started pretty late, and it was dark. They were really trying to avoid getting loaded into the trailer which made it very complicated, the calfs were trying to go through the panels. Well we got the black and white longhorn (the one that was pregnant) loaded and one of the calfs. It wasnt her calf, and she was freaking out. We kept trying to get her calf and the other calf, or for that matter any of them in (we were loading some others as well).

That mama longhorn was just throwing a rucus in the trailer, it was really dark and you couldnt see much. After she had calmed, and we were trying to get another way of loading them, we peaked in to check on her, and seen she had jumped up over the middle door, and got her horns stuck between the door and the roof, and choked herself. It was very very aweful, even more so knowing we probably could of saved her life.

We did move some over, and the other mama long horn ran off to our neighbors, we did get her back and we took her home, and dehorned her, to avoid further problems.

We also try to avoid loading in the dark as well.

After she was Dehorned:

Its only a baby boar..

When Tommy and I were on a trip of buying goats, we went looking for a boar goat. Back then we drove a Saab, and instead of using a truck and trailer for some goats, Tommy liked to stick them in the truck. Now the trunk on the saab was a hatchback... Which was great, because they got lots of air, and were kept warm, etc.

We took a trip to go get a boar goat, and Ryan was about 10 months old. Ryan sitting in the back in his car seat, and Tommy goes and get this "4 month old" boar billy goat. Now by now you are either thinking a) hes small or b) hes huge.. Well we thought he was small.. And he was actually quite the biggen. So Tommy man handles him and goes and put him in the truck..

Theres a flaw, not thought of, he didnt fold down the hatchback latch thing, which pretty much closed it off, so the billy goat, jumps up and into Ryans lap...

Whew that was scary, Poor Ryan was freaked out beyond freaked, and shoot so was I!!!

All was okay, Ryan had a minor scratch, probably peed his diaper, I nearly peed myself, and Tommy stayed calm. (like always)

And a pic.



(Happened Jan 2005)

The Story of Little Bit

Little Bit, is the sweet missouri fox trotter horse. We got her in early 2005. We traveled a long ways to see her, and knew she would be an adventure. Bringing her home, was an adventure in itself.

It was nearing dark, by the time we decided to load, and she did not want to load. We fought and fought her to get in the trailer. I do believe it took us 2 hours or so to load her. We are not sure if it was because it was dark, or because the lift from the trailer to ground was high, or she just didnt like loading. She raised on her back legs, and jumped in high furry, fighting with all her power.
We did get her loaded, and she wasnt the happiest about it, but she did it.

She was already named little bit, and with her smaller size, it fit her well.

When we got her, they claimed she was "greenbroke". Although the definition is questionable one. What defines greenbroke?

Her training started that year, and she was also bred to Tepi, shortly after we got her.

First we tied her to the back of a pickup, and Tommy got on. She was a bit agitated, but she didnt try jumping, not really like she could, she had a truck holding her down. We did nothing, but had Tommy sit on her, and did this for a couple days, for her to adjust to having someone on her back.

We then went to tieing her to the back of the fourwheeler, and she still held really well. Since she still did not like being led around, we led her around on the 4-wheeler, she did exceptionally well. She followed great, she stopped when requesting. She was progressing really well.

That summer, we built a round pen, out of poles, and hot wire. And her training was doing really good. By the end of the summer her muscle tone was awesome, and she was in shape, and had good manners. Sadly that was the last summer she was really trained.





She had her first baby Feb or March of 2006. Little bits prodigy, Aphrodite.

Her First Baby:



Shortly after that, Tommy and I traded his parents her and her baby for a cow and her baby. A very sad trade it was. She never went far though.

More on Little-Bit Later!

Jerrica

How it all started....

How Tommy and I started...

Tommy and I were friends through mutual friends. Although things led to more than just friends. Even though I got pregnant with Ryan, we didn't start a relationship, it wasnt until Ryan was nearly 5 months before we started dating.

When Ryan was 9-10 months, We started living together. Prior to that Tommy had some goats. After I moved in the ideal of farm really took off. His parents then got some horses, we got bunch more goats.

We did eventually get some cows: a mama long horn, her baby, and another mixed heifer. It was the start of the cattle business, and many more stories to come.

In 2006, we welcomed Isaac, a wee 7 lbs even.
In 2008, we welcomed Kahleb, a wee 5lbs 12.5oz.

I plan to post a bunch more stories, some may find interesting :).