The others:
A little close:
Calves, and other animal young ones on a farm, are a constant reminder of life and birth, and God's goodness to His creation.
The cows are, Honey, Millie, Penny, Pumpkin, Jasmine and Cora the Corriente (clever, no?) Two bulls are also in residence, Reggie and Poppy. Our plan is to sell Reggie and use Poppy this year.
The crowd at the 'salad bar' after a fresh infusion of alfalfa:
Watering animals in the winter is a real hassle. There is a heater in the 100+ gallon tank for the cows. Adding 6 or 8 buckets of fresh water is the daily chore. The other animals have smaller waterers and have to be cleared of ice and re-filled. I mentioned buckets, this is the water source during the winter:
Hoses and winter don't mix. We've tried it, but the hose has to be taken to a non-freezing area or completely drained. Draining a hose completely is tough to do. Carrying buckets is actually faster in some cases, and it is a good workout.
Last night's chores went a little long. I was just about done watering and looked out to see a truck in the driveway. The synapses fired a few times and then I remembered what was going on. A cousin and her family that lives nearby had a house fire Sunday morning. We found them at my uncle's house and stopped by after church to ask if there's any way we could help. The response was "We have these 3 sheep....." The fire officials turned off their electricity, so they have no water. We offered to take care of the sheep and the truck in the driveway was my cousin's husband coming to hook up to our stock trailer to go pick up the sheep.
I got the tractor going and bladed a path to the trailer. We got it hooked up and while he went for the sheep, I made a pass up and down the driveway, pushing the banks back a little even though I wouldn't have had to. Net result, three sheep are living in the barn for the forseeable future:
So there was a somewhat atypical evening of chores at Forest Edge Farm.
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