My new boys: Willie (left) and Waylon (right) 
Brody getting his bath! 
Dad's new tractor! 
The new heifers: (left to right) Red, Annabel, Nella
The Raymond Family Farm
Friday, December 30, 2011
Happenings around the Farm
My new boys: Willie (left) and Waylon (right) Brody getting his bath! Dad's new tractor! 
I'm Back!
Wow! Its been so long since I have wrote something! There's a lot to catch up on....
Since the last time I wrote, a lot has been going on around the farm: we purchased 3 heifers, all Hereford-Angus Crosses. There's Annabel, our moo-er, Red, our only red heifer and the sweetest, and Nella, our jumping calf, literally. I completely understand the saying, "the cow jumped over the moon." We also bought pigs, 7 of them! Our first three were from our friends, the Johnstons...there were 2 gilts (females), Marlo and Aldous and 1 barrow (male), Bauer. Later we bought 3 more from another farm...Blue (for her blue butt), Stella (who sat like a dog) and Hemi...who should have been renamed Dozer, for his Bull-Dozer moves that always knocked us over. Unfortunately, Marlo got sick and passed away, so we bought Brody...the fattest pig of them all!
Towards the end of June, I had the wonderful oppurtunity of breaking show calves until the end of summer. I broke 8 show steers and 2 heifers! My summer was booked, but it was well worth it! I saved up enough money to buy 2 of the calves I worked with...Honda and Indian who are now named Willie and Waylon (yes, after Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings) Waylon is a red, purebred Shorthorn and Willie is a white/blue roan, crossbred.
In August, I took Emmit (the steer) and my 2 pigs, Brody and Bauer to the fair. I took 7th and 8th in my market class with the Pigs and 3rd in showmanship. The next day, I took 2nd in showmanship in Steers and won Grand Champion! (way!) It was a very successful year, once again!
Not much happend between August and November, but the 2nd week in December, I took Willie and Waylon to Michigan State to compete at the annual MJLS Winter Beef Classic show.....lets just say it was a looonnnnggg weekend, but a fun one.
Since then, it has been pretty calm around the farm. We are recovering from a very blessed and festive holiday and are looking forward to the New Year!...which means new blogs! wooo!
I hope all of you had a wonderful holiday and can't wait till 2012!
Since the last time I wrote, a lot has been going on around the farm: we purchased 3 heifers, all Hereford-Angus Crosses. There's Annabel, our moo-er, Red, our only red heifer and the sweetest, and Nella, our jumping calf, literally. I completely understand the saying, "the cow jumped over the moon." We also bought pigs, 7 of them! Our first three were from our friends, the Johnstons...there were 2 gilts (females), Marlo and Aldous and 1 barrow (male), Bauer. Later we bought 3 more from another farm...Blue (for her blue butt), Stella (who sat like a dog) and Hemi...who should have been renamed Dozer, for his Bull-Dozer moves that always knocked us over. Unfortunately, Marlo got sick and passed away, so we bought Brody...the fattest pig of them all!
Towards the end of June, I had the wonderful oppurtunity of breaking show calves until the end of summer. I broke 8 show steers and 2 heifers! My summer was booked, but it was well worth it! I saved up enough money to buy 2 of the calves I worked with...Honda and Indian who are now named Willie and Waylon (yes, after Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings) Waylon is a red, purebred Shorthorn and Willie is a white/blue roan, crossbred.
In August, I took Emmit (the steer) and my 2 pigs, Brody and Bauer to the fair. I took 7th and 8th in my market class with the Pigs and 3rd in showmanship. The next day, I took 2nd in showmanship in Steers and won Grand Champion! (way!) It was a very successful year, once again!
Not much happend between August and November, but the 2nd week in December, I took Willie and Waylon to Michigan State to compete at the annual MJLS Winter Beef Classic show.....lets just say it was a looonnnnggg weekend, but a fun one.
Since then, it has been pretty calm around the farm. We are recovering from a very blessed and festive holiday and are looking forward to the New Year!...which means new blogs! wooo!
I hope all of you had a wonderful holiday and can't wait till 2012!
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