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therealshari
True Blue Farmgirl

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Shari
Beryl UT
USA
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Posted - Aug 26 2008 :  6:40:42 PM  Show Profile  Send therealshari a Yahoo! Message
By 2:30 this afternoon, our Sweetie Pie cow had given birth to the cutest little heifer.

I've added pics to Shari's Gone Country!

She's 1/2 Herferd, 1/4 Corriente and 1/4 Texas Longhorn. That means Mom will become dinner in about 9 months and we'll keep little Buttercup for our "meat breeder".

Shari Thomas

Who's giving serious thought (j/k) to changing "Four Country Gals" to "Ms McDonald's Farm" as we're now adding a preggie cow, due in early September.

Edited by - therealshari on Aug 26 2008 6:43:58 PM

Alee
True Blue Farmgirl

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Alee
Worland Wy
USA
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Posted - Aug 26 2008 :  7:15:34 PM  Show Profile  Send Alee a Yahoo! Message
Sounds good Shari! Welcome Butter Cup!

Alee
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SusieQue
True Blue Farmgirl

603 Posts

Susie
Greenville Ga
Georgia
603 Posts

Posted - Aug 26 2008 :  7:35:13 PM  Show Profile
Buttercup is too cute!!

"A mother is someone you never outgrow your need for"
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countrygal56
True Blue Farmgirl

221 Posts

Barbara
Dickson Tennessee
USA
221 Posts

Posted - Aug 26 2008 :  8:12:39 PM  Show Profile
I love the name, Buttercup. Perfect name! She's a pretty little girl!
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Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl

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Tina
sunshine state FL
USA
6948 Posts

Posted - Aug 26 2008 :  8:41:46 PM  Show Profile
I'd like to be able to read the story Sherri, but my eyes can't really read the text very well up against the denim background of your blog:( sorry..but anyhow,congratulations! new baby calves are just the sweetest.
I remember bottle feeding calves as a teen ..we would buy from various places ..sometimes dairies, sometimes from folks my dad knew...dad would buy then sell them once they got bigger.

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therealshari
True Blue Farmgirl

235 Posts

Shari
Beryl UT
USA
235 Posts

Posted - Aug 27 2008 :  09:00:10 AM  Show Profile  Send therealshari a Yahoo! Message
Hi Tina,

Could you share what browser you're using? The background for the text area is supposed to be tan with a "lasso" background. That denim is supposed to be only in the sidebars.

CSS is not one of my strengths and I'd appreciate any help from anyone who may know how to make the correct adjustments for different browsers, as well as different pages.

Sweetie Pie was a "gift" for us. One of our friends in town paid for her with the caveat that he could get a few steaks from either her or her offspring, and that he could name the calf. He had picked the name "Buttercup" and when asked what if she gave us a bull calf he replied "It will be Sir Buttercup!"


Shari Thomas

Who's giving serious thought (j/k) to changing "Four Country Gals" to "Ms McDonald's Farm" as we're now adding a preggie cow, due in early September.
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl

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Alee
Worland Wy
USA
22941 Posts

Posted - Aug 27 2008 :  10:32:23 AM  Show Profile  Send Alee a Yahoo! Message
I use firefox and it is all denim for me as well. There is just a little bar of tan at the top.

Alee
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therealshari
True Blue Farmgirl

235 Posts

Shari
Beryl UT
USA
235 Posts

Posted - Aug 27 2008 :  11:41:42 AM  Show Profile  Send therealshari a Yahoo! Message
Strange, Alee. I use FF and only have trouble if I go to specific pages. I'll find the time and gain the knowledge to get it fixed. Either that, or I'll search around and get help.

Shari Thomas

Who's giving serious thought (j/k) to changing "Four Country Gals" to "Ms McDonald's Farm" as we're now adding a preggie cow, due in early September.
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl

13055 Posts


Louisiana/Texas
USA
13055 Posts

Posted - Aug 27 2008 :  1:11:48 PM  Show Profile
Buttercup is a cutie! Congrats to you.
Marly
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl

11381 Posts

Jenny
middle of Utah
USA
11381 Posts

Posted - Aug 27 2008 :  3:21:20 PM  Show Profile
Aw..she is adorable. I am a sucker for a cute cow. I can hardly wait for my Mona to calve...she is getting wider each day!
YOur blog is all denim to me too.

Jenny in Utah
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frolicnfibers
True Blue Farmgirl

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Diana
White City Oregon
USA
668 Posts

Posted - Aug 27 2008 :  7:44:17 PM  Show Profile
Shari, Buttercup is so beautiful. Thanks for posting the pic!

Diana

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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl

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kristin
chickamauga ga
USA
11303 Posts

Posted - Aug 29 2008 :  08:00:33 AM  Show Profile
Hey Sheri, Your little calf is so cute. She's a few days older now and is probably doing great. I've got 2 calves that I got as newborns right off the truck that takes cows to the slaughter house to become hamburger for Walmart. They were saved from being dog food by my son-in-law. The heifer is 9 weeks and the bull is 6 weeks. They get 2 bucket bottles ogoat milk twice a day now and I will start weaning them at about 12 weeks. I'm really not sure if I can butcher them, they're so cute and sweet (except when they're chasing me into the barn for their milk!) But that's why we got them. I may juts breed them when they get old enuf then butcher the bull. Any advice on that? I'm really not into castrating. I've heard bulls grow faster than steers. Good luck with yours! Kris
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therealshari
True Blue Farmgirl

235 Posts

Shari
Beryl UT
USA
235 Posts

Posted - Aug 29 2008 :  10:05:18 AM  Show Profile  Send therealshari a Yahoo! Message
This is our first experience with cows. At this point, it's our plan to butcher Sweetie Pie next June without re-breeding her. We'll keep Buttercup and breed her next October.

My only regret is that Sweetie Pie is such an awesome first-time mother. I hope she passes those genes on to our little gal, who is now 1/2 Herford, 1/4 Corriente, 1/4 Texas Longhorn. If I've read correctly, her mothering instinct comes from the Corriente/Longhorn, as those are both very hard range cattle type. They're not known as good for much of anything other than rodeo stock.

Since we're raising a cow for meat rather than milk, this should suit our needs, providing a side of beef every 18-24 months for our freezer. Sweetie Pie should yield about 150 lbs of ground beef and maybe 30 lbs of boneless steaks and roasts. That's small by most standards and because she's more than 30 months, everything that is attached to the spine must be made boneless. Part of the BSE (Mad Cow Disease) requirements are to keep the head, neck, and spine intact. Don't know if we get to keep even the tongue (excellent for sandwiches).

We're getting pics every few days and will have a lot to add to our gallery early next week, as we're renting a tractor for this weekend... Moving manure and doing some shaping on our "desertscape".

Shari Thomas

Who's giving serious thought (j/k) to changing "Four Country Gals" to "Ms McDonald's Farm" as we're now adding a preggie cow, due in early September.
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therusticcottage
True Blue Farmgirl

4439 Posts

Kay
Vancouver WA
USA
4439 Posts

Posted - Aug 29 2008 :  1:35:02 PM  Show Profile
Oh she is adorable!!! Congrats!

As a side note - I use Firefox and had the same problem reading your blog.

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therealshari
True Blue Farmgirl

235 Posts

Shari
Beryl UT
USA
235 Posts

Posted - Sep 16 2008 :  12:46:24 PM  Show Profile  Send therealshari a Yahoo! Message
Ok ladies, after a whole lot of fiddling around, I've licked the problem with my site "looking good"!

I changed themes, and upgraded to WP 2.6.2. What's taken so long was that I also updated a plugin for my gallery. Unfortunately, it didn't work, so had to backtrack a bit.

There are new posts about our lambs going to market, and shortly I'll add more cow/calf pictures.

Shari Thomas

Who's giving serious thought (j/k) to changing "Four Country Gals" to "Ms McDonald's Farm" as we're now adding a preggie cow, due in early September.
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acairnsmom
True Blue Farmgirl

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audrey
cheyenne wy
1319 Posts

Posted - Sep 16 2008 :  9:07:08 PM  Show Profile
What's up Buttercup? Welcome to the world!

Congratulations on such a sweetie! And your blog looks good to me!

Audrey

Toto, we're not in Kansas any more!
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therealshari
True Blue Farmgirl

235 Posts

Shari
Beryl UT
USA
235 Posts

Posted - Sep 20 2008 :  09:42:25 AM  Show Profile  Send therealshari a Yahoo! Message
Update:

After having to "cut" Buttercup away from Mama in order to put our hands on her, she has finally stood "sort of still" this morning for me so I could "love her". My goal is to halter-train her.

As for her mother, Sweetie-Pie, I've got her trained to follow me with a can of rolled corn. I can move her from place-to-place from outside the pen just by shaking the can, and then rewarding her through the cattle panel with a handful of corn.

She's still pretty spooky when it comes to putting my hands on her, and I have learned a healthy respect for her horns. She thinks I think she's swatting flies. I think she's swatting me, and I've learned to get my hands out of the way quickly.

Shari Thomas

Who's giving serious thought (j/k) to changing "Four Country Gals" to "Ms McDonald's Farm" as we're now adding a preggie cow, due in early September.
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therealshari
True Blue Farmgirl

235 Posts

Shari
Beryl UT
USA
235 Posts

Posted - Sep 24 2008 :  1:52:48 PM  Show Profile  Send therealshari a Yahoo! Message
Ok ladies, in celebration of Buttercup's one month birthday, there are a couple of new pics and a new blog post.

Shari Thomas

Who's giving serious thought (j/k) to changing "Four Country Gals" to "Ms McDonald's Farm" as we're now adding a preggie cow, due in early September.
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soapmommy60543
True Blue Farmgirl

2197 Posts

Ann
Oswego IL
USA
2197 Posts

Posted - Sep 24 2008 :  4:12:35 PM  Show Profile
Buttercup is soooooo adorable! I'm glad my dd didn't see her - she'd say "I want one!" what can I say-she's a farmgirl at heart like her mama!

Also, I'm on yahoo, and I have denim background. It was still very nice I thought, but I don't have sight issues.
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