Today we brought home a brown Swiss bull that we bought from some friends who own a dairy farm about a mile away. Art happened to be over there the other day helping them unload hay when he saw him. They were going to sell him as they don't need bull calves and Art offered to buy him. He is the sweetest calf I have ever met. All he wants is for you to pet him- he's basically an oversized dog. I decided to name him Ferdinand after the children's book "Ferdinand the Bull" by Munro Leaf. All Ferdinand wanted to do was sit under a tree and smell the flowers, he didn't want to fight. That's a perfect description of our Ferdinand ('Ferdi' for short). We tied him up to the tree for the afternoon before putting him in the barn and I sat in my lawn chair reading to keep an eye on him. He bawled a lot, until I went over and started petting him. This went on for most of the afternoon (I accomplished nothing today) and it was pretty damn enjoyable! Tomorrow we'll band him and burn his horns- both of which sound inhumane, I know, but if we don't band him he'll get to be too rough to handle and if we don't burn his horns they can become dangerous to us and the other cows when he gets older.
That's right- we brought him home in the back of Art's Jeep
He's so cute and sweet; even the our friends the dairy farmer said they've never seen a quieter calf. Art and I both admitted to each other that we will never be able to put him in the freezer so he is now a perminent resident with no discernable purpose. Kind of like Buddy.
2 comments:
Charlie and I both think he is absolutely adorable! Charlie wishes we could have one! And we are both very happy he is not going to end up in the freezer. :)
OMG...we just watched "True TV" last night and they had a video of a horse in the backseat of a car...never thought I would say I know someone who really has done this!! Miss you. Will we see you at Hartleyfest?
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