I set off on the twenty minute journey to see the available two calves. One was a waygu steer and another was a Limousin cross. The thought of them both coming from a dairy worried me a bit as we had learnt allot from the last two steers we raised. Dairy cows have a bony structure and take that much longer to get to the desired weight. A beef calf could be raised to the correct weight in two and half years but a dairy calf could take three and half years for the same weight. Armed with my history I thought I was confident enough to recognise the difference. A winding dirt road took me to the dairy farm which was run by Marlin and Barb. Two very strong ladies I gather. They handled the dairy and sale side of the farm. I looked at the two calves and was undecided. I was surrounded by pigs, ducks, chickens, goats and calves of all sizes and colours. It was very overwhelming. The following day I returned with Johnny and we decided on the little one of the two. His umbilical cord was very wet so he was still very new, possibly a day or two old only. He was treated with all the necessary medicines and tagged. We attended to the paperwork soon after he was put in the back of the trailer. There was no turning back now. Money was exchanged and papers signed. We were now the proud new owners of a wagyu calf.
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