Bee's Guest House

[FarmerDenise]

Check her journal, it is a great story

 

[FarmerDenise]

And yes, I'd love a glass of wine. I just got in. It's been nice and sunny and we got a lot of work done today. It feels good to put my feet up and relax a spell.

 

[Quail_Antwerp]

Actually, I got one calf for $7, and then another calf for $2, and then I bought a second calf for $2 = $11 for three Jersey bull calves.

The following is a edited version of what I put in my journal.

Becca and I went up to Roger's Auction last night. It's every Friday night at 6 pm.

they had a lot of baby goaties - bottle babies - E said I was absolutely NOT allowed to bid on goats! He said NO NO NO. He was very serious.

He didn't say anything about not bidding on calves or ducks.

And originally I wasn't going to bid on calves - except I watched to dairy cross bottle baby steers sell for $15 a head. Do you know how cheap that is?!

I looked at Becca and said for $15 I'm getting a calf! then I said "I should really call E first."

Except, Becca's phone was in her car. Shoot. I was trying to decide what to do - do I bid on a calf, and hope he's not mad, or do I continute to beg Becca to go get her phone - she said she wouldn't make it back to the auction area in time - and miss out on a calf all together?

The auctioneer meantime was trying to get bids on Jersey Bull Calves. High bidder would have choice.

No one was bidding. He was down to $1 per calf. PER CALF PEOPLE!

My card went up. I bid.

Someone else bid.

I bid again.

Other person bid again.

Another bid.

I bid again - at $6.

They bid $7 - and I stopped and didn't bid again because I was trying to decide if E would kill me.

I looked at Becca again and said I need to call him.

Auction ended at $7 and the high bidder took 1 calf. The auctioneer looked at me and said, "Would you like one for $7?" I hesitated for a split second, and then said yes. I mean, it's only $7!! and they were beautiful!

Then he asked "would you like two?" I was dithering, I mean, yea for $7 I wanted two, but what would E say??

Instead of saying yes, I blurted - "I really need to call my husband first!"

The entire auction arena errupted into laughter. The lady infront of us whips out her phone and says, "Here, call him!"

I'm calling E and the auction is continuing. The next calf sold for $9 - still dirt cheap! E answers -

E: hello?
Me: I just bought a calf for $7!
E: We don't need a calf.
Me: But I bought one! for $7!
E: They're only going for $7? Ok.
Me: NO I JUST BOUGHT ONE FOR $7 AND DO WE WANT TWO?

**SILENCE**

E: You're in Becca's car! How are you going to haul a calf home?
Me: She has a tarp, we're going to tarp the back (Becca and I had sorta discussed this)
E: What about milk replacer? you don't have any milk replacer here - it's all gone.
Me: We'll stop at TSC for milk replacer

Becca says "TSC closes at 9 or 10"

The Lady who's phone I'm using says - "They sell Milk Replacer here." (and it's at this point that I realize have the auction arena is very intently listening to my phone conversation to see just how this little drama plays out!)

Me to E: They sell milk replacer here! We'll buy some here on our way out.

Becca to me - Do you want a second calf? They are $2!!!

Me to E: It's only $2 for a second calf - do you want me to do it??

E - Hysterical laughter. Seriously. He's hysterically laughing into the phone - and I'm needing a decision.

Me: WELL? DO WE WANT A SECOND CALF FOR $2?!

E: Still hysterically laughing - I don't care, do whatever. *more laughing* Have fun.

I hang up the phone and shoot my hand up into the air for a $2 calf. The auctioneer says, "Do you want them all? There's only 4 left and they're $2 each."

O M G

I excitedly exclaimed, "We're hauling them in the back of a Blazer, I can't take them all!

This resulted in an almost rioteous uproar of laughter.

They added one $2 calf to my other calf.

we go and pay and then we're loading up everything, and this older couple ask us if we'd like a third calf. They had bought 3 of the $2 calves, but really didn't have the space for the third.

So once again I called E - this was that conversation:

Me: OK, we have two calves in the back of Becca's Blazer -
*more laughing from his end*
Me: Do we want a third one? this lady bought 3 for $2 each and asked if we'd take one for $2. Becca said we could fit it in.
*more laughing*
E: Do what you want, but that means one more calf that we have to feed -
Me: I know! I'm Ok with that.
E: Ok.

So we stuffed a third - although smaller - calf into the back.

Pics -

The biggest calf was the $7 calf, the other two were $2 each.

 

[FarmerDenise]

Hi, Bee, nice to see you. Want a glass of wine?

 

[MorelCabin]

Oh my goodness Quail! You are one crazy woman...and hauling claves in the back of a blazer...priceless!!! You really have to stay away from this wine we're sharing...who knows what'll happen if you drink! LOL

 

[Beekissed]

That WAS a great story! I bet your auction house LOVES to see you coming! And you are officially the Queen of Good Livestock Deals, by far....never heard of $2 calves before and they all look great! No skinny, scoury, poorly looking fellers at all.

Great score!

Morel, you will feel so much more at home at your new place if you can have a garden. Pretty soon you will have that place blooming and beautiful, just like your old home!

I have been working a raffle today at the local Maple Festival to benefit our hospice patients. I put together a gift basket of items~of course, they were all things I would like to have ~ and we set up a small table.

Here's where it gets a little funny....the only card table I could lay my hand upon was my own. The very same table on which I process all my chickens...... If all those folks only knew, that underneath that pretty, hand stitched quilted throw was a scarred up Table of Death!!!!!!

It is cold and rainy here but not as cold as it was...we are officially turning off the heated water buckets. The front yard would be a wonderful place to hold a mud bog and the road out front looks like logging trucks are entering the road there. Thus, we have spread old carpeting and underpadding on the yard and are looking for more~we intend on carpeting the whole front yard and spreading gravel on top to form a parking lot. Problem will soon be solved!

See? We are both playing with gravel!

 

[Occamstazer]

Um, Quail,

I am in awe.

 

[Up-the-Creek]

Bee where have you been??? I thought you might have been hiding out with the sheep,... How is everything???? Any new spring plans?????

BTW,...missed you much!

 

[Beekissed]

Hi, Bee, nice to see you. Want a glass of wine?

Hey, girl! Don't really like wine but I am holding an ice cold glass of Cranberry/Pomegranate....good enough?

 

[Quail_Antwerp]

Carpeting the yard?! LOL I think now I've heard everything!!