Winter Month: 3 
Night Light Snow Moon: 
| Chatbox |
| Fernweh. |
| Winter It's definitely a lot, so thank you <3 I'm the 7th generation of my family on our ranch :) 1 bull can breed ~25 cows per year. We have around 200 mama cows, so we usually have 9 bulls, just in case somebody gets hurt. It depends on what you breed for! We breed for meat, so our bulls generally have a lot of muscle, good skeletal structure, and a calm temperament for ease of being around them. We usually only breed bulls until they're around 7 years old, whereas cows are allowed to stay as long as they are fit, healthy, and happy :) We have several cows in the herd that are currently 14 and doing great! Sometimes we keep them for ourselves to butcher and eat; other times, they're sold at an auction and they do whatever! It just depends on who buys them. Butcher is definitely most common though. Especially in old cows that are lame (limping). It's what's best for them at that point |
| Winterfell |
| Fern Dang I do love beef especially ribs now I'm hungry :D I find it so amazing the dedication it takes to keep a farm together and raise all these animals so hats off to you and your family . So how does picking a bull work do you usually keep the same bull for a while then switch ? I take it once the girlies have retired from producing babies they get shipped off to become beef burgers too xD |
| Fernweh. |
| Winter I have several cow dogs; that's one of the red heelers! Her name is Maddi <3 I love calves :D Dom Totally! I grew up rurally, so living in a big ass dorm building smack center in the city has been an adjustment and a learning moment---definitely will be living rurally forever :') |
| Fernweh. |
| Dom Yeah they learn that human settlements = food and water in a lot of places. They keep a wide berth from our houses now though, let's just say they met an American end lmao. I've lost kitties to coyotes :') Winter Omg no I LOVE teaching people about it! It's something that's so relevant to so many people's lives that's often misunderstood or mistaught :D I truly enjoy it. We do keep some females back every year; they're called replacement heifers! They have to meet a lot of specific criteria to stay though. The bull calves are neutered via banding, making them steers, and the steers and other heifers are sold each fall and shipped to Iowa for a private feedlot to be fed out to butcher :D |
| Winterfell |
| Fern That calf picture got me inlove and you have a red heeler ( correct me if I'm wrong ) that looks so dreamy |
| Wendigo |
| Fern Oh 100%, I'd simply do it for the peace. As I get older, the less I want to be around humans and gravitate towards animals |
| Winterfell |
| Fern That must be so exciting but also exhausting I'd get so attached , do you keep some females back for breeding I have so many questions but don't want to be a pain so tell me jsut to shut up xD |
| Wendigo |
| Fern I live in Southern California, lots of desert around here so the coyotes seem to gravitate towards the houses for food and water. Can't count how many pets my neighbors have lost. And my dad thinks I'm crazy for being strict about my cats staying inside |
| Fernweh. |
| Dom It's a lot of work, but it's so worth it <3 I enjoy it so much ugh It's definitely a livelihood thing though, not a money maker |
| Night Raven College |
| We have sheep, a dog , a bunny, indoor fish and That's all we got on our hobby farm |
| Fernweh. |
| Coyotes are nasty little things. I love animals and wildlife, but coyotes are some of the dirtiest killers out there. They'll just rip things apart for fun. They lure pets into traps. They'll start eating baby calves when they're newborn and very alive |
| Wendigo |
| Fern I know how much work yall do but I swear that's just a dream 😠I'd love to have a farm with cows |
| Quests |
| Alliance Battles |
| Challenges |
 | Leopard : +5 |
| Alligator : -4 |
| Red Fox : +2 |
| Chatbox |
| Fernweh. |
| Winter It's definitely a lot, so thank you <3 I'm the 7th generation of my family on our ranch :) 1 bull can breed ~25 cows per year. We have around 200 mama cows, so we usually have 9 bulls, just in case somebody gets hurt. It depends on what you breed for! We breed for meat, so our bulls generally have a lot of muscle, good skeletal structure, and a calm temperament for ease of being around them. We usually only breed bulls until they're around 7 years old, whereas cows are allowed to stay as long as they are fit, healthy, and happy :) We have several cows in the herd that are currently 14 and doing great! Sometimes we keep them for ourselves to butcher and eat; other times, they're sold at an auction and they do whatever! It just depends on who buys them. Butcher is definitely most common though. Especially in old cows that are lame (limping). It's what's best for them at that point |
| Winterfell |
| Fern Dang I do love beef especially ribs now I'm hungry :D I find it so amazing the dedication it takes to keep a farm together and raise all these animals so hats off to you and your family . So how does picking a bull work do you usually keep the same bull for a while then switch ? I take it once the girlies have retired from producing babies they get shipped off to become beef burgers too xD |
| Fernweh. |
| Winter I have several cow dogs; that's one of the red heelers! Her name is Maddi <3 I love calves :D Dom Totally! I grew up rurally, so living in a big ass dorm building smack center in the city has been an adjustment and a learning moment---definitely will be living rurally forever :') |
| Fernweh. |
| Dom Yeah they learn that human settlements = food and water in a lot of places. They keep a wide berth from our houses now though, let's just say they met an American end lmao. I've lost kitties to coyotes :') Winter Omg no I LOVE teaching people about it! It's something that's so relevant to so many people's lives that's often misunderstood or mistaught :D I truly enjoy it. We do keep some females back every year; they're called replacement heifers! They have to meet a lot of specific criteria to stay though. The bull calves are neutered via banding, making them steers, and the steers and other heifers are sold each fall and shipped to Iowa for a private feedlot to be fed out to butcher :D |
| Winterfell |
| Fern That calf picture got me inlove and you have a red heeler ( correct me if I'm wrong ) that looks so dreamy |
| Wendigo |
| Fern Oh 100%, I'd simply do it for the peace. As I get older, the less I want to be around humans and gravitate towards animals |
| Winterfell |
| Fern That must be so exciting but also exhausting I'd get so attached , do you keep some females back for breeding I have so many questions but don't want to be a pain so tell me jsut to shut up xD |
| Wendigo |
| Fern I live in Southern California, lots of desert around here so the coyotes seem to gravitate towards the houses for food and water. Can't count how many pets my neighbors have lost. And my dad thinks I'm crazy for being strict about my cats staying inside |
| Fernweh. |
| Dom It's a lot of work, but it's so worth it <3 I enjoy it so much ugh It's definitely a livelihood thing though, not a money maker |
| Night Raven College |
| We have sheep, a dog , a bunny, indoor fish and That's all we got on our hobby farm |
| Fernweh. |
| Coyotes are nasty little things. I love animals and wildlife, but coyotes are some of the dirtiest killers out there. They'll just rip things apart for fun. They lure pets into traps. They'll start eating baby calves when they're newborn and very alive |
| Wendigo |
| Fern I know how much work yall do but I swear that's just a dream 😠I'd love to have a farm with cows |