Yesterday, we went to pick up our beef from the processing plant. Our oldest son, Bill, and his wife are getting a hindquarter, we are keeping a hindquarter and we pre-sold the front two quarters. The cash from the front two quarters paid back a whole lot of the feed that steer ate ($720 buys a lot of feed). Bill pays for the cutting and wrapping of the hindquarters in exchange for plenty of cheap meat. The total cost was only $240 for butchering, cutting, wrapping, and freezing and our share is $120 after Bill pays for his part. So we feel that it was a good deal, all in all! I’m thawing out two T-bone steaks right now. Can’t wait for supper!

Check out the picture of Mittens and Spencer playing. They roughhouse every day. Mittens even stands in Spencer’s mouth and bites his cheeks! You can’t believe how funny they are. Both of them just had their distemper vaccinations, but it sure didn’t slow them down any. (Distemper is an awful killer of both dogs and cats…as are the other diseases the vaccine protects against. The cost is minimal and the peace of mind is huge!)

We may butcher some of our animals for food, but we love them all and do everything in our power to keep them happy and healthy. — Jackie

4 COMMENTS

  1. I love the “FRAME” of the wood stove in this photo! I can see so many uses for this. Mainly, it will hold heat! Once those bricks get warm, it’s like another heat source! Brilliant!

    Blessings!

  2. Tauna,

    Ohhhh yeah! He even tells Will when he wants him to go upstairs to bed at night! Then both Spencer and Mittens pester for good night pets until lights out! And Spencer sleeps on his mattress at the foot of our bed and Mittens sleeps under the covers between us! Rotten? Oh yeah.

    Jackie

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