Daisy, who was bottle-fed and has one horn shorter than the other, ambled up to the fence first. Others soon followed, including Blackjack, one of three breed bulls at Broken Wagon Bison in Union Township, and Pink, named for the color of her tongue, unusual in the species.
Later, all three, and the rest of the herd at the farm, would swarm a trailer full of hay bales for the chance to snag a compressed alfalfa cube from Bud Koeppen, who owns the farm with his brother Wally and his wife, Ruth. Roosevelt, another breed bull, and Blackjack mosey up to Bud Koeppen for their treats. Later, to keep Daisy from following the hayride back to the farm, Bud suggests dumping out the rest of the bucket of alfalfa cubes, which Bud said are horse treats, for her.
The store has items made from bison hide, though those aren’t made on the farm, and a variety of stuffed animal bison large and small to tantalize the youngest of visitors. There are also T-shirts, puzzles and Native American-themed works of art crafted by local artisans, among other goods. “He’s not normally a people person,” Ruth said of her husband, “but he found his passion and this brought it out.
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