Steer « Dancing Aspens Farm Blog

Today we spent the day getting ready. It’s the day where you hurry up and wait. This was Zayne before lunch today…

Tired and cranky little boys...

Other than tired kids though the day went pretty well. They started with lamb weigh-ins at 8 am, moved to hogs and finished with steers at sometime past 5 pm. Maddie’s pig weighed in at 240 and had a loin of 7.72 square inches! Tori’s lamb weighed in at 129lbs. and Sawyer’s steer was 1149lbs. In between the kids cleaned pens, fed animals and had some fun. They also groomed their animals and Tori and Sawyer each had to learn how to get their animals ready for the show tomorrow.

Maddie's pig being weighed in...

Scrubbing her pig...

Tori washing her lamb...

Hanging out with her lamb...

Slick shearing....

Sawyer waiting his turn at the scale...

Sawyer's friend showing him how to fit his steer...

Pretty serious business above! ;0)

A little shave...

Tori and Romeo

All ready to go tomorrow…

Royal all ready!

Well everyone is very tired tonight and a little nervous/anxious for tomorrow!

We’ll be there bright and early!

Well Royal isn’t quite a cow, but I didn’t think steer kisses sounded as good! Anyway Royal is Sawyer’s fair steer and is a very friendly critter, always looking for scratches and treats. He ought to prove to be quite an experience for Sawyer. Since entering 4-H Sawyer has only taken hogs to the fair and this year he thought he could handle the extra challenge and extra cost of a steer. He’s quickly finding out that his steer will require a lot more one-on-one than his pig and that he has to be able to move fast, cause when a steer steps on your foot it leaves a much larger bruise! Royal ought to be bomb proof (hopefully)by fair with all the activity going on up at the barn, right now Dugur sleeps just outside his stall in the barn, the kids are constantly running back and forth to check for lambs and can tend to be noisey and the goats, sheep and roosters just add to the chorus of noise up there. Our gate at the moment is part of a livestock panel (it’s the only thing tall enough to keep the goats out) that is floppy and sproingy and Royal isn’t bothered by any of it. So hopefully no run-away steers at the fair! Do you remember the old Fischer Price barns that when the door opened it mooed? He sounds JUST like that, it’s too funny. Anyway here’s a picture Sawyer took the other day of Royal…