"Hi.  I'm Buck."

"And I'm Ike."

"We're two of the biggest Simmental oxen on the planet."

"We weigh 3,000 pounds apiece.  We're big guys. Most other Simmentals only weigh 2,200 to 2,800 pounds."

"Heh. Heh. Shrimps."

"You can see us at The Old Homestead this July.  We're in the play.  We were stars in our debut last year.  People cheered us."

"You can come to our birthday party at the Potash Bowl on May 31."

"Seventy-five people sang us the birthday song there last year.  We had a cake with our picture on it, and the two of us had special birthday cakes!"

"Cabbages with carrot candles threaded with stale donuts.  Yum!"

"Look for our other personal appearances, such as the Monadnock Humane Society Walk for Animals, the Cheshire County Fair, the Old Home Day parade, the Monadnock Regional High School Homecoming parade, and maybe more!"

"We're busy guys."

"Mr. Mike Johnson owns us, but we've been adopted by the Old Homestead Association and the Swanzey Open Space Committee."

"They've agreed to help find nice people to pay for our chow.  We eat 18,000 pounds of hay during the winter months."

"You can help Bale Us Out, if you click here."

"With your help, we can stay as Swanzey's Biggest Rural Characters."

"And thanks!  Visit our other pages on this site to learn more about us."

"Don't forget to go to YouTube.com and see our videos."

"Or you can buy DVDs them here on the site, and all the money from their sales helps feed us."

- Buck and Ike