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Tom-Mar Farms & Udderly Happy Hooves, Knapp, WI (2026)

06/14/2026

Apparently the herd collectively agreed it was time to get the babies caught so they could head off to summer pasture, because for once there was no drama, no rodeos, and no one testing my patience. A true miracle.

The cows and calves spent the night in the barnyard while we were all busy cutting hay, but everyone was well taken care of and bright and early this morning it was time for business. The calves were sorted off, given their booster shots, and before long we were ready to turn everyone out.

And let me tell you... it did not take long for the cows to approve of that decision! 🤣

Miss Trudy made sure nobody missed her opinion on the matter, providing us with a front-row demonstration of pure excitement the entire way down to the gate. If enthusiasm had a mascot, it would've been Trudy this morning. Once that gate swung open, it was straight to FREEDOM! 🤣

Happy cows, healthy calves, hay getting put up, and summer pasture finally underway. I'd call that a pretty successful couple of days!

05/25/2026

Well that was a loud, chaotic but productive morning around here 🤣

Got all the babies caught and vaccinated, all the cows moved out to the first summer pasture, AND managed to get the yearlings rounded up, vaccinated and sent out too.

Then came operation: separate Peanut & Memphis 🤦‍♀️🤣

Miss Peanut is STILL holding that calf hostage like she’s trying to set some kind of world record at this point and seeing how she lost her first calf last year I wasn't comfortable sending her out to pasture. Meanwhile Memphis is officially big enough to join the big girl club this breeding season, so she got separated from the yearling crew today too. So these two are bonding for the time being until they can both go out with the rest of the herd.

Needless to say there was lots of yelling, opinions being shared, running around and probably a few neighbors questioning what exactly was happening over here this morning 🤣

But everyone is settled, grass is green, and all BUT 1 cow & calf are happy. We decided Mr. Chocolate was plenty big enough to be weaned today and needless to say Huckleberry isn't a fan that everyone got their babies back but her, but she'll thank me later as he was practically on his knees just to eat off her 🤣

Few more jobs checked off the spring/early summer to do list!

05/24/2026

Well… had to perform another rescue mission from the fence of shame today 🤦‍♀️🤣

Miss Pickles managed to get herself caught up, so naturally I had no choice but to stop for a few snuggles during the extraction process. Sorry not sorry 🤣🥰🐮

Good news is everyone heads to summer pasture tomorrow, so hopefully the “how do I fit my whole head through this?” phase is officially coming to an end 🤣

PSA to the neighbors: hopefully your windows are closed tomorrow… it might be just a tad bit noisy around here for a little while while the girls voice their opinions on moving day 🤣🐄

05/21/2026

Fence fixing time.
That only means one thing - summer pasture will be opening soon!
Hoping to get to babies caught and vaccinated this weekend and everything will be good to go!

05/19/2026

Well… like every other morning around here apparently a little chaos is required before breakfast or any form of caffeine is ingested 🤣

Drove down to feed Bandit his breakfast and immediately realized we had TWO very different situations going on.

1️⃣ Pia — our big ole Hereford girl — finally had her baby! Cute little red calf with a white face.
2️⃣ Ember’s calf had his head stuck in the fence 🙄

Now before everybody rushes in with the “that fence is unsafe” speeches 🤣 keep in mind this is NOT my property, not my land, and the father-in-law just redid this fence 3 years ago. This is the first year we’ve had issues with calves getting their heads stuck. I DO think next year we’ll run a strand of electric along the bottom so babies quit testing their luck 🤦‍♀️ but for now we’re keeping a close eye on them and hopefully everyone heads to summer pasture by this weekend.

ANYWAYS… back to the morning circus.

I decided Bandit needed breakfast first because if I made him wait he’d be more of a problem than a helper 🤣 So while feeding him his bottle I’m watching Pia’s new calf, hoping it’d stand up so I could figure out what it was.

Nope.

Bandit finishes his bottle — great, job #1 complete ✔️

I walk over to the calf, lift the leg and… all bull 🤣 Alrighty then. Got the tag ready and the shot loaded up. I go to tag him and of COURSE the second I squeeze the tagger he decides it’s time to stand up.

Oh no no no buddy… not yet 🤣

click
Tag goes in.
Calf gets up.

Now here I am — by myself, feeling like absolute garbage thanks to whatever nasty bug hit me — trying to wrestle a newborn calf that’s already stronger than I am at this point 🤣 I grabbed onto his back leg knowing FULL WELL if I lost him I’d never catch him again. Managed to pull him sideways, tipped him over and… yep…

I sat directly on top of him 🤣🤣

Meanwhile Mama Pia is just standing there watching me like:
“If you just let her do whatever weird thing she’s doing, she’ll leave eventually.”

These herefords I tell you. They are worth their weight in gold!

Got the shot done, hopped off, and away he went.

Job #2 complete ✔️

NOW… onto Ember’s calf rescue mission.

I had already checked the situation beforehand and knew he was okay because Ember was laying right beside him chewing her cud like she didn’t have a single concern in the world 🤣

But I walk up there and before I even TOUCH the calf he lets out the biggest belllllllller imaginable 🤣 And just like that… here come the cows running from every direction.

Lord almighty WHY do I keep putting myself in these situations 🤣

Worked fast, shoved his head back through the fence and off he went with mom like nothing ever happened.

Job #3 complete ✔️

Just another peaceful relaxing morning on the farm 🤣

#91 Bull Calf • Pia & Mr. Murray
(Hereford × British White/Murray Gray)
5/18/2026 🐮

And just like that… we are officially down to ONE left to calve.
Miss Peanut is still holding hers hostage, honestly I'm not even sure she has a baby in there at this point 🙄🤣

05/12/2026

Baby: “Mom… mom… MOMMMMMM.”

Kiwi: “If I don’t make eye contact maybe he’ll go away.” 🙄

The amount of disrespect these calves have for personal space is honestly impressive 🤣 Poor girl was just trying to enjoy 3 minutes of peace when little man decided she clearly needed to get up immediately for absolutely no reason...well probably because he's starving to death and needed a snack because I mean come on look at all that skin and bones 🤣

The little hop up onto her back absolutely sent me 😂 Like sir… she is not a jungle gym. She is a tired mother trying her best. You best believe I got my phone out to take pictures immediately 🤣🤣

Meanwhile patient little Kiwi just laid there questioning every life decision that led her to this exact moment. 100% refusing to give in to his wishes 🤣🤣

05/12/2026

I know I’m probably a little too obsessed with this bull… but COME ON.
Look at him. 😮‍💨😍

Do they even come more perfect than that?! The color, the build, the attitude… this boy knows he’s good looking and honestly I support the confidence 🤣

I swear I haven’t loved a bull this much since old man Emmett… and that’s saying a LOT.
May he rest in peace ❤️

Every time I walk out and see this guy I turn into one of those crazy horse girls, except unfortunately for everyone around me it’s with cattle now 🤦‍♀️🤣

We’re going on year #2 with Mr. Murray, and to say I’m impressed with his first group of calves on the ground would be an understatement!

What started out as a scrawny, funny-colored yearling that everyone was thinking I was out of my mind for buying going out there breeding cows like he was just completely winging it 🤣 has turned into one heck of a bull. Now look at him — filling out, muscling up, and finally looking all BULL.

I can’t wait to see how much more he matures and fills out over the next year!

05/10/2026

Mother’s Day didn’t quite start out the way I was hoping… but if I’m being honest, it was kind of how I expected it would.

For the last 3 days we’ve been doctoring one of our little bull calves. What started as scours and possible pneumonia slowly turned into something much worse.

Thursday night he was down, but after getting meds into him he got back up, went to mom, and nursed. Friday morning he was laying by the fence sunbathing with Jenny close by and fresh piles around him — signs he had still been up eating. But after that… he never got back up again.

By Friday evening he was feeling rough enough that I tried bottle feeding him. No interest. Decided tubing him might be our only option, so I walked over to the Ranger to get everything set up. Jenny stayed right by him the whole time while the rest of the herd started crowding in to investigate what I was doing. That’s when I noticed Jenny ramming the other cows away from him trying to protect her baby.

And honestly… I think that’s when everything went wrong.

There were too many cattle moving around me to see exactly what happened, but after that moment he took a drastic turn downhill.

Yesterday, after realizing he still hadn’t moved from the same spot, I tried getting him up myself. He wanted to try… but just couldn’t. His breathing was rapid, he was laying flat, and something just wasn’t right. I checked him over as best I could, feeling carefully for injuries, and when I got right behind his rib cage on one side he let out the saddest beller of pain.

Before I even had time to think, cows were coming at me from every direction.

But Jenny… sweet Jenny… never once came after me. She actually held the others back. It was almost like she knew I was trying everything I could to help her baby.

And in that moment, I think I already knew and my heart sank.

I’m no vet, but from everything I’ve pieced together, I truly believe he was stepped on while he was already weak and something internally was broken or punctured.

Farm life can be incredibly beautiful… but sometimes it’s absolutely heartbreaking too. You do everything you can, lose sleep, second guess every decision, pray the meds kick in, pray they stand back up… and sometimes despite all of it, things still don’t turn out the way you hoped.

Not exactly the Mother’s Day post I planned on making today. But this life isn’t always sunshine, baby calves, and pretty pictures. Sometimes it’s hard lessons, heartbreak, and doing your best anyway. This one hit me really hard and hearing Jenny cry and mourn the loss of her beautiful little boy broke me into a million pieces she lost her baby on mother's day.... and I think that will stick with me for the rest of my life...

Rest easy little man in no more pain. You were truly my favorite little bull and it sucks it ended this way.

05/08/2026

There’s something pretty special about watching generations grow here. 🤍

Mommy had Raya, and Raya had Pringle. Mommy also had Pickles — making these girls all part of the same little family tree.

Watching pieces of cows I’ve loved so much carry on into the next generation never really gets old.

I try really hard not to have favorites… but some of these calves make that EXTREMELY difficult, what can I say - they're Perfect 💯🤷‍♀️🤣😍

05/07/2026

Ember has officially decided my homemade treats are THE BOMB. After absolutely refusing to give them a try after she had her baby my heart was a little broke.

The problem? She now REFUSES — absolutely REFUSES — to let me share them with the rest of the herd. The second she sees me coming she’s glued to my side like a 1,200lb toddler guarding snacks at recess 🙄😂

So now every attempt to win over the more stand off-ish cows turns into Ember bulldozing her way into the middle of it like:
“Excuse me ma’am, those are actually ALL for me.”

She’s lucky she’s my favorite… because her manners lately are questionable at best 🤦‍♀️🤣

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