Cows

How can you tell if your cow is about to give birth? These images show what a cow looks like in the days leading up to calving.

We’ve only been enjoying milk for just a couple months now and it’s hard to believe that it’s time to start planning for next year’s season! But it is and we’re very thankful that we were able to avoid the expense and guess-work of AI and can once again breed Maybelle au-naturale. And I for…

Meet Augustus. Gus for short. He is the heir of our Caesar and namesake of another. For my little ones, his name is a mouthful hence the nickname. To me, he’s Little Caesar’s. If you would have asked me on Friday, if he would be alive today, I would have emphatically asserted, “NO!” As I…

You can imagine the squeals of delight that resounded through our home this morning when Jared came in from his morning farm chores proclaiming the news that there has been a new addition made to our homestead! This is the first baby born on Reformation Acres! Praise the Lord all went well! The calf is…

Caesar, having fulfilled his purpose in joining us for these last several months, was butchered on Saturday. All four deep red, beautifully marbled quarters of the bull are currently aging in the barn for a couple of weeks when the dividing into cuts will be muddled through. My husband built a furnace to control the…