Since we had no use for our bull, Mack, from our shorthorn milking cow, Lace, we decided to sell him as a breeding bull. I put an ad on Craigslist and a nice young family starting a dairy called and came out to see Mack. They liked him and we’d talked on the phone about taking an 8-week-old Jersey heifer on trade for him. Will and I both like Jerseys and were happy to get her. Luckily, Mack is tame and in less than half an hour was loaded in their trailer with no big problems. Now our new heifer, renamed Surprise (her previous name was Buttermilk), is living with the California girls (the goats from California). They are all leery of each other but are getting along fine.
Will used our big Oliver with his new concrete wheel weights to take the stock trailer down into the pasture as it is muddy/icy from snowmelt. Those wheel weights work great and the tractor didn’t spin even once coming back up the hill with Mack in the trailer. I was sad to see Mack go but am sure he got a good home and plenty of girlfriends.
Just a note: Our thrown-away windcharger is whizzing like mad making plenty of free energy. We can even run our freezer for long periods without starting the generator. We are SO tickled! Thank you so much Don for finding it and sending it to us all the way from Alaska! — Jackie
Don,
You’re darned right! That wind charger is whizzing around right now and I didn’t have to start the generator to blog or to run our freezer! That’s so nice I can hardly believe it. Love you, Big Guy!!!
Hey Mom and dad no problem it was just a thrown away from somebody else. I have my eye open for more. Every free watt counts right.
Don
Congratulations on the sweet jersey!!!! I would love to have one!
What a beautiful little girl! I can’t wait to see her in August at the seminar!
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