We bought six young steers in April. (We've been buying five or six feeder calves each spring for many years now; this is the first year they were all boys
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We try naming them each year, though the names don't always stick. Also, they can look a lot alike, which makes choosing names difficult. We look for identifying characteristics to help with the process. Sometimes I come up with different names than Keith does. Then we have decisions to make!
I did just name Joe for the purposes of this entry. As a matter of fact we're not even sure which one of the six is our returned escapee. I might be able to pick him out via careful observation (the most wistful-looking one? the shade lover?) and hopefully that'll be a different one than the ones we've named to date: The Highwayman, Marshall, and Seven-Eleven.
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I did just name Joe for the purposes of this entry. As a matter of fact we're not even sure which one of the six is our returned escapee. I might be able to pick him out via careful observation (the most wistful-looking one? the shade lover?) and hopefully that'll be a different one than the ones we've named to date: The Highwayman, Marshall, and Seven-Eleven.
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