Recently my one friend Karlee and I made a purchase of black hair dye at our local drugstore.This purchase turned a few heads as we picked up boxes of Black Licorice, with us both being blonde.
The one lady came rushing out and asked us if we needed help. We answered that we had everything we needed and started to make our way back to the counter, wondering why she seemed so concerned.
Then she asked us awkwardly, “Please tell me that isn’t for you two…”
Another clerk came along and overheard the conversation with us giggling. She surprised Karlee and I by her knowledge, “Let me guess, it’s achievement day?”
That is what the hair dye actually was for, our two steers, Turbo & Wylie. It is the time of year where black hair dye leaves the shelves at alarming rates and blondes everywhere get funny looks.
Dying your calf is a process that takes on average two boxes of black hair dye and an hour of your time. Our family mixes the dye up in a fogger adding about a cup of water. We then fog the creation on, combing it in after and washing it out after 30- 45 minutes unless otherwise outlined on the box. I wear the plastic gloves but Ty never does, but it’s always important to never get the dye in your eyes and to wash well after the process.
We now have about half of our club dying their calves, recognizing that it adds a certain eye appeal to a black calf that is starting to show his inevitable red spring tinge.
So let your local drugstore know it’s achievement day season, and they should stock up on black hair dye!
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