Thank you so much for the time you took to respond to all I said; no need to apologize, as I very much appreciate it, and love hearing people's stories. (You may have noticed that I also ruminate and make long posts at times ) I spent the day with my daughter; just before dinner she allowed me to use her laptop to go online, and I read some of our conversation to her... I was especially interested in what you said about cows coming after you if you start to run. I did not know that! 20,000 head sounds like a lot to me. It sounds like you have a wonderful life, one you have worked hard to achieve and maintain. I agree that city kids don't have any idea what they are missing. Both my parents were born and raised rurally, and for my dad this saying was true: you can take the boy out of the farm but you cannot take the farm out of the boy. Blessings to you on this day, and best wishes for a speedy recovery
Good morning all
Well, it's not 20,000 head, I would go barn yard crazy with that many.
We run 1,200 heffers, they give us about 1,200 calves a year. Some
give us twins, so die at birthing, so get ate by other creatures. It's
hard to say how many you get to keep. We have 4 bulls, the herd
is called a split herd. That's the way you don't have inbred, inbred
causes a lot of problems. I guess you would call it, having 4 herds.
The school would bring kids out here for a few hours. They would see
how farm life is today, verses a centry ago. If they wanted to, they
could ride the horses, be with the calves, feed them, and play in the
hay barn. If they were here for lunch, they roasted hot dogs, had
chips. If time permited, went on a hay ride. So, yes the city kids,
don't know what their missing.