Spring tends to be a lot of hard work. The barns are cleaned out and it is hauled onto pastures that need fertilized with the manure. The guinea fowl are checking out what bugs they can find by these manure piles. When I have time later, I will spread out the manure.
Category Archives: Livestock
Goat Drought
We have stumbled into August. The pastures are drying up as the clouds have closed up any rain falling down onto us. The goats look for what little grass blades they can find. This is a good example of cool season grasses that are not really appropriate for this climate. Most of the established trees […]
Disney Goat
This spring we had some beautiful baby goats born. Interesting thing is that I see Goofy’s silhouette on the side of one of the young buck goats. Also, here is another colorful boy that was born this spring. He wasn’t sure if he wanted to be black or white.
Bigger Than Me
Ever since I was born, cattle have roamed our pastures and I have watched them. So big, yet not afraid what they are capable of. Our cattle are gentle and have names, as if these big cows are my pets. But it is not always so utopian. Some cows and bulls have a crazy streak […]