Grants mini herd

[Grant]

The landscaping. I didn’t mention all the hollies that went in.

 

[Grant]

Today, 2 pickup loads of mulch around the hollies. Things are taking shape for spring.

 

[Duckfarmerpa1]

Today, 2 pickup loads of mulch around the hollies. Things are taking shape for spring.View attachment 70471

It looks really great!! I just can’t believe that you are landscaping already!! We got snow today..imagine that...not much, thankfully!! But we’re nowhere near landscaping!! Oh, well, Chris did do some brush hogging!!

 

[Grant]

It’s been in the 60s all week. Pretty unusual actually. avg highs are upper40s low 50s with lows right around freezing. We’ve been 10+ over that all week and looks like next week too.

 

[Grant]

Mowed down the dead stuff out front today. I needed to get it down to help get the green stuff growing. The grass and clover underneath is already coming in, really early for us.

 

[Grant]

Not sure how all those pics double or triple loaded.

 

[thistlebloom]

Not sure how all those pics double or triple loaded.

Well it makes your property seem much larger!

 

[Grant]

Well my bull has figured out he likes a good head scratching now. At first I reached through the fence and kind of surprised him with it, he backed up then you could almost see the wheels turning...wait that feels good. Now if he’s nearby all you have to do is move your hand in a scratching motion and he’ll just walk up and put his head on it, right between the eyes and horns. He won’t stay forever, but he certainly is enjoying it. The girls are more friendly suddenly to, just nose rubs, or a scratch on the jaw, but they are really warming up. The steer will barely let me touch him. Maybe it’s because I always tell him he looks delicious. Animals are funny like that.

 

[farmerjan]

Just a suggestion.... scratch the bull behind the ears or from the side. He might never get a bad idea, but doing anything with a bull from head on is a way that they challenge things and you don't want him to ever feel like you are challenging him. I can scratch several of our adult angus bulls, but I try to always do it from the side so they never feel like I am an aggressor.

 

[Grant]

Not my favorite way to do it either, but he won’t allow me alongside and do more than a touch. The good news is he is now the one that is initiating it so not as much of a challenge to him. Tonight the gate seperating the girls and boys got open. Don’t know if I didn’t latch it well or if a well placed horn got it, but had to do some quick penning and sorting. The girls are only 12 and 11 months. Too young to be together right now. Darned teenagers.