Old McDonald had a farm..And on that farm he had a COW!!!

We have COWS!!! They are Dexter cows and they all have horns. They are a minature cow with bulls/steers weighing about 1000 lbs and cows/heifers weighing 700 lbs and a height of about 42 - 46 inches. This type of cow is meant for the small farm or mini farms. We have had them for about 3 months now and they are starting to get used to us. We of course have named them, we have T-Bone, Lucky Day and Lucy Mae. I know I know you are probably wondering why in the world we would name cows. Well we don't plan on having a lot of them and it started out that we were going to raise T-Bone to eat. That is why we named him T-Bone. We really didn't think this would be hard because we love steaks. When we got him he was ugly, he still had his winter coat and had warts on his face. He was given a shot for the warts and now he has grown into a very handsome steer.

This is Lucy, she has always been our favorite. She is a little spit fire. When you bring out the food bucket she will run from back of the field to the front were we feed them. She also is the youngest.

They will eat out of our hands now. We love this. I didn't think that I would care much for this, but I love to call them up to feed.

We are enjoying the country life and we are loving the cows. We are getting another little baby in late fall and are very excited. They are so funny with such different personalities.

T-Bone is so funny one minute he is grooming the girls and the next he will push them away. And when he comes up to the feed trough he will push his way through. I have already had to give them their first vaccine and let me tell you I was scared. These things have a lot of power and Chris just kept saying "be careful don't break your arm". Okay that is not what you say to someone who has never done something like this before. Well everything went fine no broke bones and cows came through okay too.