We bought Rusty and Luna in April of 2019 as our first cows. Check out the difference in size from April to November!
That is a huge change in 7 months.
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Rusty and Luna
Author: Josh Miller
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Buying Hay
We bought and stacked 100 bales of 2nd cutting Timothy today. Thanks to Premium Quality Hay and Feed for the hay and delivery.
This is horse hay, but since we have both horses and cows, I haven’t wanted to get separate hay. It would be much cheaper to buy cow hay so I’m probably going to start buying round bales for them now that we’re down to one horse.
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Turning cows out to new pasture
It’s always a good experience turning cows out onto a new pasture. They usually run and play like you’d never think cows could. After they get a chance to finish exploring, they typically settle down and eat the best grass off the pasture.
This is our new bull, Forrest, with the two new cows, Sundance (black) and Ruby (red). They are settling in well after a week in a new place.
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First Cows
We’ve had Rusty and Luna for 6 months now. Rusty is a 3 year old registered Dexter bull and Luna is an un-registered 2 year old dexter heifer. We believe Luna is due with her first calf in January.
This is what they looked like on the first day:
Getting these cows home was a big adventure. We nearly had Luna crawl out the window of the horse trailer and had to haul them separately.
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More Cows
We picked up 6 more head of Dexter cattle on Saturday. Two bulls, two cows, two heifers. We needed a replacement bull for the one we have now as he’s a bit too feisty to be safe, and he has horns. The new cattle are all polled (without horns) and are or will be registered shortly.
The big bull is laying down there on the right between the two calves. One calf is also a bull.
Time to get more fencing up and schedule the old bull (Rusty) for butchering.
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Welcome to Red Alpha Farms
Welcome to Red Alpha Farms. This is the beginning of a journey to grow quality livestock, plants, and people.