Sunday 10 July 2016

It's a boy......

introducing my new baby............
a boy so he will only be here for a few years...........we do run a business and bull calves (once marked called steers) only last here a few years............
now for a name.............
I was all set for Hetty the hereford heifer but then hello it's a boy.........so not sure now..........tried Arthur, Henry, George and Billy but they are not working........thinking it's not going to be a real name........
He's a big lump of a calf........
Maybe he was a twin???? anyway I am his new mother..........
How cute is he...........
Everything around here involves MUD, MUD and more MUD and lots of it at the moment............
We need to do some sheep work today and had to go and drain the yards in order to get the sheep thru............
lots of bucketing involved here...........
then we kind of swept it with grain rakes......to take the slop off the top....
atleast I think the sheep will walk thru now...........it's putrid water/mud and stinks........but the job had to be done.......
So Lamby has a new friend to sleep with now.........in the haystack.......
look at her trying to get the bottles for some more milk........
she is a greedy guts............
She has grown heaps........she loves the deck on the Chookshed...........nice sunny spot out of the wind..........
finally some sunny days and the feed is growing.........

So any suggestions for my new baby boys name????
Catch you later......
Chookyblue......


'Keeping the love of blogging alive'

27 comments:

Elyte said...

I suppose there is always work to be done, be it clean work or dirty work. Someone's got to do it!
Welcome to the new fellow. Is he a Sherlock or Watson?

Maria said...

What about Harry Heifer......
Guess you get mud with rain and rain is good....we've had lots but the sun has just popped through...

Jo said...

Very cute calf. Not sure about playing in that mud

Julia said...

Congrats...he's a beautiful heifer.
Muds good for the skin....maybe not that mud!

Anonymous said...

Hi Chooky ,a farmers work is never done,always heaps for you guys to do.
I love your new babies ,maybe your boy calf could be called whitey,he has beautiful colourings ,love how lambkins sits on your chooks he'd porch like a puppy,lol,enjoy your evening my friend xx

Anonymous said...

Wow just saw your new header,I am loving those LB blocks,awesome header chooky xx

Susan said...

Yep Harry the Heifer is good too..

Susan said...

Steve the Steer

KimM said...

Cute little one. We had a calf we had to bottle feed....I called him "Buddy".
xxx

Tarnyia said...

Thats the one thing I don't miss MUD hahaha... farmers wife, the work is never done :) as for a name Roy, Horace, what about Ernest xxx

Jenny said...

If you let him be a bull you could call him Hef as in Hugh Hefner. Ha Ha. May be muddy would be a good name considering the circumstances.

Janice said...

Oh joy! What fun it must have been cleaning out the yards. I bet a long hot shower was required at the end of the day. I know I'm probably politically incorrect here, but what about. " Sir Loin"?

Ondrea said...

He looks like a Herbie to me. Oooo, waaaay too much mud and muck for my delicate sensiblities lol. Love your header with all the Lucy blocks. Look after yourself.

Denice Barker said...

Butch

Maryannep said...

Hello Donna, Pedro sounds like a good name for the little boy!!! When we had a few girls, our bull's name was Pedro. He was an excellent bull!!!

annemariesquilt said...

A very sweet guy..
Love the sheep ! :-) The mud do not look like any fun.

Katie said...

Lambkin and Calfkin! ;-)

loulee said...

Beefy Botham? If he is a pet for a few years, what happens when it is 'time'?

Lynn said...

He reminds me of my 6'5" son, Ben. I think that's a perfect name.

Lynn said...

Bye I'm loving those blocks in your header

Sue SA said...

Butch? Buster? Wellington (eg beef wellington - apologies to the vegetarians!)

Fiona said...

they say a mud bath is good for relaxation????
Hugz

Nemo said...

Kaffe? Or Hodor? (Sorry, someone's been watching Game of Thrones..) Anyway, he's vert cute! Little John?

Joy from Days Filled With Joy said...

Awww isn't he gorgeous!! And little lambkin... I miss having a little lamb around! Oh my, the mud! Looks a bit like around here! xxx

Wendy said...

He is a handsome fellow! You are swimming in muddy things it seems.

Carole said...

Mud to means that you have been getting some much needed rain. Always a good thing. Cheers!

retdairyqueen said...

Love your farm stories and pics
"Where there is mud there is money" or so the saying goes