Almost All Up to Date

You can now check out Our Herd, New Calves, and Our Rabbits to see updated pictures of all the animals on the farm.  Dear Daughter also requested a chicken page.  And since she was so nice as to go out in the cold and take photos of some of the chickens, I granted her request.  So now we also feature a Chickens page.  Enjoy!

Wishing all a blessed New Year with good health and much happiness! 

A little morning fun

I looked out the kitchen window this morning to see one calf looking a bit curious.  After getting the binoculars, I realized that the fence was on the wrong side of her.  She, of course, was just were she wanted to be. So, instead of a shower and breakfast, I spent the next hour out with the cows.  It is a beautiful day with lots of sunshine, but that does not change the fact that it is in the 20s.  Though enough work will keep you warm regardless of the thermometer reading.

Anyway, back to the escapees.  Yes, plural.  Two of the three new calves were on the wrong side this morning.  Luckily, it was the one heifer and the bull calf we bottle fed (a whole nother story).  So it was not to difficult to get them to follow the fence to the gate.  Of course, being a bull, he turned the wrong way while she pranced right through the gate.  But as soon as he saw her hightailing it to her mama, he fixed the error of his ways and ta da, both calves back where they belong.

The next 45 minutes were devoted to some patching of fence that had heaved up and some picture taking.  Notice I did not say fence repair.  My lovely patch job will not be featured on this blog, but to give you an idea, picture logs and limbs and sticks blocking a hole.  Whatever works.

Now for the good part - pictures:

The escapees back with mom (no, they are not twins, the bull calf belongs with this cow).

All 3 new calves with part of the herd.  Amazing how all 3 will be black in just another month or so.