Flying Flower Ranch, LLC

12/18/2025

🦋FFRs ⛵️Sailor⛵️is having a productive holiday season with a few new ladies he is “entertaining” off site for a bit. 🥰

📸credit: Cody Monasco

12/18/2025

We made some improvements 🔨🪏🪚🔩🪜to our retirement dry lot pasture so we can add additional horses needing to be in a dry lot. The older boys and their mini companions have been held up in the barn for 2 weeks. I guess they were happy to have their space back!😆
🦋FFRs Wesley (dark bay)
🦋FFRs Bentley Bug (Palamino)
🦋FFRs Cisco (pinto mini)
🦋FFRs Leo (black mini)

👷‍♂️Special thanks to Spencer Polzel Construction for the build; Deano and Lonny for the finishing touches (gravel added, mats down, shavings set, feeders up, 🧲 roller to make sure no nails were left)

12/16/2025

12/16/2025

🥩Osso Buco with Red Wine🥩
I made this with our adult beef cow “osso buco” cut (so beef but not veal). I modified the recipe to a slow cooker. Turned out really good.







https://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/osso-buco-red-wine

12/15/2025

Worth the read. I can tell you, his feed costs are low in this break down.

“You want HOW much for a ¼ cow?!”

Let’s break it down.

A beef calf right now, at 400 lbs, is running about $4.00/lb.
That’s $1,600 right out of the gate.

Now we feed that calf for roughly a year.
Even at a cheap all-stock feed — $12 per 50-lb bag — and averaging 3 lbs/day, you’re looking at around $300 in feed. But when you’re feeding more, or higher quality feed - keep packing on the cost.

So now we’re at $1,900, assuming:
• it grows on schedule
• doesn’t need extra time
• doesn’t get sick
• nothing goes wrong

But wait… you forgot hay.

Hay math (because cows don’t live on air):
• Avg weight during grow-out: ~800 lbs
• Intake: 2.5% of body weight
• That’s ~20 lbs of dry matter/day
• With hay at ~90% dry matter → ~22 lbs as-fed
• About half the diet as hay → ~11 lbs/day
• Over 365 days = ~4,000 lbs of hay

That’s roughly 3–5 round bales, depending on size and waste.
At $40 per bale, add another $120–$200.

So now we’re well over $2,000 — and we haven’t even talked about the butcher.

Processing isn’t cheap either:
• $1.75 per hanging pound
• Plus a dispatch/kill fee

And finally — let’s be real —
Farmers aren’t doing this for fun or boredom.
This is labor, land, feed, time, equipment, and risk.
We have families to feed too.

So when you see the price for a ¼, ½, or whole cow, maybe skip the snide remarks.

👉 You’re getting:
• A freezer full of beef
• Raised with care
• No mystery meat
• No supply chain games
• And you know exactly where it came from

That peace of mind?
It has value.

12/15/2025

🎀🐐Pregnant Goat Watch🐐🎀

We are winding down to go time with our pregnant Boer goats. More frequent monitoring has begun. We may get kids as early as end of December. Majority will kid in January. Stay tuned!

12/14/2025

🤗We are ready for pickups!🤗
🌎Located in East Bend “Alfalfa”, Oregon on 🦋FFRs 🛖2nd Property🛖
💰$10/bag
☎️Must message us day/time of pickup as well as number of bags. Note: cell service is sub optimal on the ranch. Text is typically the easiest way to get a quick response. 6️⃣5️⃣0️⃣➖7️⃣6️⃣6️⃣➖2️⃣1️⃣1️⃣8️⃣-Bonnie
Or
6️⃣5️⃣0️⃣➖2️⃣0️⃣6️⃣➖0️⃣4️⃣7️⃣7️⃣- Deano
💸We take Venmo, PayPal, Cash and Checks

🪵Kiln Dried Pine Shavings
🌾 Fly Away Shavings active ingredients are natural. Repellents: Geraniol, Clove Oil, and Peppermint Oil, combined with Sodium Lauryl Sulfate as a surfactant, creating a water-based spray safe for pets and premises, effectively targeting flies, fleas, ticks, and mosquitoes. (Does not contain citronella)
⚖️6.0 cu.ft

12/12/2025

Good Info 💉🩸

🔬 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐬: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 💉

Subclinical disease refers to health problems that are present in your horse’s body but don’t show obvious outward signs yet. Your horse may look completely normal, but important changes are already happening internally. If left unchecked, these conditions can progress to serious illness or affect long-term performance.

❓ 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐈𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬:
Subclinical disease is especially important in:
◾ Performance horses: where even subtle changes can affect stamina and recovery.
◾ Senior horses: who are more prone to metabolic and organ-related disease.
◾ Horses with known risk factors: such as a history of colic, metabolic issues, or exposure to toxins.

🩸 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐬:
Routine bloodwork is one of the best ways to identify subclinical disease early:
◾ CBC (Complete Blood Count): Detects infection, inflammation, or anemia.
◾ Chemistry Panel: Evaluates liver, kidney, and muscle function, plus electrolyte balance.
◾ Specialized Tests: Such as ACTH for PPID, insulin/glucose for metabolic disease, or vitamin/mineral levels depending on your horse’s needs.

📝 𝐄𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤:
◾ Mild liver enzyme elevations before outward signs of liver disease
◾ Subtle kidney changes before increased water intake/urination
◾ Early metabolic imbalances before laminitis occurs
◾ Low-grade inflammation or anemia that affects stamina

Annual (or semi-annual, for seniors and athletes) bloodwork provides a baseline of your horse’s normal values and helps catch changes early. Detecting disease in its subclinical stage allows us to adjust diet, management, or begin treatment before the problem escalates! We want to do everything we can to keep your horse healthier, happier, and performing at their best!

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