BRC Fallow Deer

How do you start your day?
This is better than a cup of coffee for me! 55 degrees at 7:30am. My last week of morning bottle feeding but we are starting a new routine of tossing goodies (today it was corn) to the whole herd. Bottle babies make the best camouflage.
I hope y’all are having a great Monday!

Our fallow deer finally earned a paycheck.

Buck Delivery... Lots of money has left, it’s time to bring some of it back! #fallowdeer #deerfarmer It’s time for us to deliver a deer! We’ve spent a lot of money building the business, and it’s time to bring in someIncome! We started BRC Fallow Deer in the...

Can you guess which fawn will be white like its mother?

We have a couple that guessed correctly!
C is our buck fawn that is “white”

White fallow fawns are born a butterscotch or sandy color and will turn increasing white as they age.

Some boys have dogs…..

Fawning season 2024 is complete! 😍
Our last 4 fawns are out of our cover buck Sitting Bull. 4 sweet bright spotted doe fawns. 3 of these girls dropped in July but #413 waited until August. They are the perfect additions to our herd.

We had a great time at the Missouri Deer Association picnic today. It was a beautiful day to look at deer and zebras! As well as catch up with friends and make some new ones. Thank you Blossier’s for hosting.
We also stopped by AB Whitetails on the way home. Thank you Karla and Mike for letting us stop by for a farm tour & Dinner. Y’all have a sweet little bottle buck.

Sorry bud, you can’t hide anywhere with a paddle like that above your head. Paddle isn’t the right word…pizza stone? Barrel lid?

Cool to look at, and great table fare! Fits that carnivore diet you should be on.

The star of this Deer Fact Friday is the fallow deer!

Did you know that due to their flattened antlers and short yet strong legs, the fallow deer was once prized as an ornamental species?

Heat index of 124° at the farm

Rhett: “why is our 2 year old buck so much bigger than the 3 year olds, when they all eat the same thing?”
Brendan: “Because he’s got great genetics, kinda like you, son”

Unedited sunset photo through my binos…

Do you like snakes 🐍 or do you think we need to burn 🔥 the farm to the ground??

This wasn’t there when I hung out the barn towels after morning feed. Snake skins give me the creeps…. Especially when they are over 5 foot long.

HUGE SHOUT OUT and THANK YOU to Jennifer Swenson Forstrom for taking care of our bottle babies while we went on vacation to Colorado. This was no small feat caring for 4 babies for 5 days but she ROCKED it!

In an attempt to make her job a little easier I prepped and labeled all the bottles for her ahead of time.
Thanks Cathy Zirger , Daniel Zirger Beth Helmerichs and Bryant Helmerichs for saving pop bottles for us.

Not only cattle get our tags!

📸 Brendan Compton

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What’s your favorite blackberry recipe?
Black berry pickin by the deer pens

Let me just say that watching my kids meet and care for our baby fawns is one of my most favorite things ❤️

We’re cleaning up this year with #9 (409)
This one is an sfr maverick son!
For those counting, that’s 4 does, 5 bucks. And 70% success rate on AI!

Just checking in with the latest fawn report…. 3 more have joined the herd!
If y’all have been counting and doing the math, that’s currently a 62% take rate for our first year of AI breeding! 🤩
406 doe out of All In
407 buck out of All In
408 doe out of OG

And just like that…..
#5. Another buck fawn out of mpressive.
Updated photo…

#4! Doe fawn out of All In! Great pedigree to bring to our place.
As it turns out our first 4 fawns are from 4 different bucks, and Sola Fe Ranch/NT Ranch’s “Lady” appears in 4 places in total in their pedigrees. That can’t be a bad thing.

It’s time to welcome in BBQ season! These delicious and tender venison kabobs are sure to impress any crowd, paired with peppers and onion and coated in a smoky Tandoori marinade: https://www.deliciousmagazine.co.uk/recipes/tandoori-venison-kebabs/

Fawn #3
Our first doe fawn. Hammertime daughter! (Sledgehammer/lady)

Fawn #2!
Mpressive over Amelia/4t extra!