Butcher Time!!

So - here are this years luchy steers that will soon fill my freezer.  They are looking mighty tasty.  My brother-in-law owns three achers in Preston, ID and for the last several years we have raised steers together and split the meat. (my sister-in-law also participates).  Last year was a bad year for the calves.  We purchased five in total and these are the final two that lived.  The black faced holstein was attacked by a dog and has no ears, it is very disturbing to look at.  That same dog we think attacked another steer that wasn't as fornutate to live.  Anyway, slaughter date is set for this coming Saturday, October 22.

These are next year's meat.  We started out with three calves, but unfornately one died.  My Dad always says if you have live stock, you have dead stock.  My aunt bottle feed them for three months and then we moved them up to the property in Preston.  I only wish I owned more land so I could take care off them.  I quite enjoy feeding them; it brings back good childhood memories.  Whenever I am in Preston, I take my turn to feed them.  My goal is to someday own some more land.

This is the shed that my brother, Jason, built for us to use for the steers..  He was very kind in taking over, because the we really didn't have a clue what we were doing.  It provides shelter in the winter and on rainy days.  When my dad came to visit a couple of years ago he built a manger to feed them hay during the winter.