Fresh meat for the grinder

Spring seemed to be in the air at Rock HQ and although it might look like its snowing in the stable in these pictures this is no freak of nature.

Dotty and Bliss decided to help us out while we mucked and got amongst the sawdust sending plumes skywards in what they thought was a great game. Lucky for them Apollo was more interested in eating his breakfast rather than exercising his authority over his quarters.

The spring type weather put us in a good mood and much of the day was spent planning for future events, like the arrival of Hetty. Despite not having an income at the moment we decided to invest in a trailer that looked like an absolute bargain from a farm over the hill. This will be put to good use fetching and carrying feed, hay, transporting the boys, taking the pigs to slaughter and of course fetching our prize Dexter. The nice lady who sold us the trailer also has a fully fitted cutting room and all the industrial gubbins needed to supply an army with sausages, burgers and packed fresh meat. I have decided to buy the mincer and burger press, as long as I can sell enough of my Star Wars lego all will be well. There was so much stuff there. She even had a walk in cold room to store all the meat in, go on make me an offer for the lot, I'll even deliver it she said. If only we were lottery winners!

Anyway after lusting after her sausage maker she did plant the seed of an idea that by the time we got home had germinated into a fully grown plan. She had three bucket calves, these little beasts sell quite cheaply as a by product of the dairy industry, bull calves are killed almost as soon as they are born as no one wants them. This means that there are many cheap calves available to those who have the time and inclination to bucket feed them and get them up to a good size before they are turned into beef. One of these would be ideal to keep Hetty company, and as two are just as easy to look after as one, well why not. So if all goes well they will be here the week after Hetty.

Accommodation is always tight here so the goats are on a final countdown. Either they go to a good home or they become a new culinary experiment and rugs. Goat burgers anyone?