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Kesinger Homestead Kesinger Homestead is 2 sisters living down the road from each other, learning to homestead!

Join our fun with cows, chickens (hatching chicks), horses, gardening, canning and sourdough

Beans was a highland cow 😆🐮
01/11/2026

Beans was a highland cow 😆🐮

I can’t believe it’s almost November and I’m harvesting dahlias still 🤩
31/10/2026

I can’t believe it’s almost November and I’m harvesting dahlias still 🤩

My husband and I have an agreement that when you cook dinner, you don’t have to clean the kitchen. You better believe I’...
29/10/2026

My husband and I have an agreement that when you cook dinner, you don’t have to clean the kitchen. You better believe I’m harvesting herbs on the days I cook 🤣

Ever since his first pup cup, Beans has been a big fan of drive thru’s! 🤣 the tacos smelled irresistible to him tonight!...
29/10/2026

Ever since his first pup cup, Beans has been a big fan of drive thru’s! 🤣 the tacos smelled irresistible to him tonight!

28/10/2026

A little extra unexpected chaos tonight 😅

27/10/2026

Go to Hotplate.com/dippondough to order before 7pm Wednesday night!

How much beef are we getting off our steer, and how much did it cost us? There is so much that goes into this question. ...
27/10/2026

How much beef are we getting off our steer, and how much did it cost us?

There is so much that goes into this question. Here is my cost calculation. Remove the purchase price of the cow (this is our second calf harvesting from her) and remove the set up cost.

Hay: we feed about 9 months per year, few months on pasture. 30 round bales x $45 per bale= $1400 divided by our 6 cows = $233 per head per year

Grain: just to supplement and help move them between pastures, about 1 bag per animal = $20 per animal

Deworming: twice yearly = $20 per animal

Fly spray: 1 bottle per year / 6 animals = $10 per animal

Protein tub: $85 each x 6 per year = $85 per animal

So.... basic necessities it's about $368 per head per year. Not including all the pasture maintenance to keep green grass x 3 months lol.

Additional costs: our cows that we keep to breed have their specific costs. Needing bull for pregnancy = $100 per cow.

Cows also need hooves done yearly (ones we are not harvesting), this costed $250 per animal. which was crazy, but we were unable to find anyone cheaper.

So the cow (who produces one calf per year, if all goes well)- costs an additional $350 per year.

So.... care for cow x 1 year for pregnancy = $368+$350= $718. then that calf you care for for 18 months until you can harvest = $368x1.5= $552

So, based on this calculation, it costs us about $1270 (if all goes PERFECT!) to calf out and raise until harvest.

Oreo was our 3rd animal we harvested, but the first one from start to finish (getting cow pregnant and raising him to finishing).

We brought Oreo in for harvesting last week, and the hang weight was 580lbs! We are very happy with that. Processing is $1.40 per pound ($812).

So total cost for him, birth to freezer = $2082 and we should get about 350 lbs of meat. So our beef is costing us $5.94 per pound!

Of note: Costco ground beef is $7.80 per pound! We beat Costco ground beef cost and we are getting ribeyes, porterhouse, roasts at the $5.94 price! 🎉🎉

27/10/2026

Why toss it when it can feed another mouth??

Enjoy some chicken noises 🐓

My husband said 1-2 banana trees in our living room for the winter, so we settled on 13 🤩 If anyone wants to try growing...
26/10/2026

My husband said 1-2 banana trees in our living room for the winter, so we settled on 13 🤩

If anyone wants to try growing a banana pup for winter let me know. Haha The mother fruited, and the bananas were delicious 💕 We are in central Minnesota.

Loving the dark eggs and speckles! Show me your eggs! 🥰
26/10/2026

Loving the dark eggs and speckles! Show me your eggs! 🥰

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