Maybe making sure that bale of food stays safe and warm is important to them 
Maybe it gives off a little heat?
Maybe it gives off a little heat?
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Baymule
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A hay pad makes for a comfy snuggly bed! As always, I love your farm pictures. I adore your Aussies, I am currently without an Aussie. Maybe some day..... Your dogs sure are enjoying their "house" time! LOL
promiseacres
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Glad all survived the "vortex" record lows suck the life out of you.
CntryBoy777
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Sorry ya have to deal with the ice and brutal weather....when we discussed where we wished to go from the prior place, I listed southern Indiana as a possibility.....but, Joyce nixed it because it was too far north....it was her heart's desire to come here to Florida, not only to be closer to her daughter, but to live in the warmth....I kinda like it cause there certainly is less pain with the higher temps and I'd be stuck inside during the heat anyway.....but, with animals we will never have to bust ice and haul water....Ever!!..........glad that things seem well with y'all and the animals are maintaining their beauty thru the weather too....they sure all look Great!!....but, I'm still partial to that sweetheart....Halo!!.....
....glad that things seem well with y'all and the animals are maintaining their beauty thru the weather too....they sure all look Great!!....but, I'm still partial to that sweetheart....Halo!!.....
RollingAcres
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They nedd to guard their precious food! Plus it's closer to get to their food if they just lay next to it. Lol
My goats have taken to doing that lately... After their done dumping their bowls of hay all over the ground then peeing and pooping on it, they lay down in or beside it and eat at their leisure...
Baymule
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Wow! I don’t even know how to catch y’all up.
Here’s what I remember. Calving thread just updated. Check it out for those updates. Some pretty cute girls! Last year was a boy year, this year has been a girl year!
Cat population imploded. We went from 10 to 3ish. I say 3ish because Cupcake is still around but won’t let me touch her and there’s an orange tabby tom hanging around. He needs to go before Ella has her kittens. Started a thread for that too under “other animals.” I’ll just say that some type of illness made several quite sick really fast that slept together. My two older ones, Zara and Zoe, and my Ella that was a single acquisition were the only ones that avoided it. (Chester did too but DH can’t tell orange tabbies apart and even though I penned the ones that were ill, Wilson escaped and a mix-up occurred. Chester was quite unlucky and Wilson was dealt with separately. I cried quite a lot over that one. DH felt pretty bad.)
We have mud, mud, and more mud. I’m sick of mud. We’ve had some flooding issues from all the rain.
Pork Chop made his way to the butcher and we are awaiting the call that he is ready to be picked up. He weighed 262#.
4-H pigs are for sale locally. We’ve already been contacted to cheaply buy some leftovers to feed out. Will post when I know more.
Looking into horseback riding lessons for the kids. DD1 also wants to try dance. DS wants to try t-ball. DD2 wants to do it all and can’t...this is becoming more of an issue all the time. Ugh!
Celebrated DS’ 5th Birthday by going to the tractor pull on Saturday afternoon at the National Farm Machinery Show. We took my nephew that is 3 months older too. The boys had a blast! Bought them toy tractors and planters at the John Deere toy booth then took them to Texas Roadhouse for ribs, Mac n cheese, and rolls.
Mack tests the fence. It’s been unplugged some so I can check cows more easily or when a really young calf is hanging out near it. We now get to give lutalyse to all the open cows/heifers. He stays in when it’s on.
Now for lots of pics. I know y’all love to see them.
Cats lounging in the sun.
Sunrise
Cupcake
Lolli: heifer we broke for a local 4-Her. She’s come so far. When we first met her, she just ran back and forth in the pen. You could tell she just wasn’t used to seeing people. Now look at her!
Flooding
(Same area as above but without the water for perspective.)
More flooding.
There’s so much water that it’s barely a waterfall!
Here’s what I remember. Calving thread just updated. Check it out for those updates. Some pretty cute girls! Last year was a boy year, this year has been a girl year!
Cat population imploded. We went from 10 to 3ish. I say 3ish because Cupcake is still around but won’t let me touch her and there’s an orange tabby tom hanging around. He needs to go before Ella has her kittens. Started a thread for that too under “other animals.” I’ll just say that some type of illness made several quite sick really fast that slept together. My two older ones, Zara and Zoe, and my Ella that was a single acquisition were the only ones that avoided it. (Chester did too but DH can’t tell orange tabbies apart and even though I penned the ones that were ill, Wilson escaped and a mix-up occurred. Chester was quite unlucky and Wilson was dealt with separately. I cried quite a lot over that one. DH felt pretty bad.)
We have mud, mud, and more mud. I’m sick of mud. We’ve had some flooding issues from all the rain.
Pork Chop made his way to the butcher and we are awaiting the call that he is ready to be picked up. He weighed 262#.
4-H pigs are for sale locally. We’ve already been contacted to cheaply buy some leftovers to feed out. Will post when I know more.
Looking into horseback riding lessons for the kids. DD1 also wants to try dance. DS wants to try t-ball. DD2 wants to do it all and can’t...this is becoming more of an issue all the time. Ugh!
Celebrated DS’ 5th Birthday by going to the tractor pull on Saturday afternoon at the National Farm Machinery Show. We took my nephew that is 3 months older too. The boys had a blast! Bought them toy tractors and planters at the John Deere toy booth then took them to Texas Roadhouse for ribs, Mac n cheese, and rolls.
Mack tests the fence. It’s been unplugged some so I can check cows more easily or when a really young calf is hanging out near it. We now get to give lutalyse to all the open cows/heifers. He stays in when it’s on.
Now for lots of pics. I know y’all love to see them.
Cats lounging in the sun.
Sunrise
Cupcake
Lolli: heifer we broke for a local 4-Her. She’s come so far. When we first met her, she just ran back and forth in the pen. You could tell she just wasn’t used to seeing people. Now look at her!
Flooding
(Same area as above but without the water for perspective.)
More flooding.
There’s so much water that it’s barely a waterfall!
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Theo has quite the antics. He started standing on his house. Then he started using it to climb around and walk on his gates.
After numerous saves by Mom and Dad (DH and myself) we moved his house away from this fence line and he’s now behaving better.
I was out checking cows and took pics from the post that separates the corner pasture from the creek pasture and the main cattle pasture.
This is looking over the fence into the creek pasture. Those are the heifers all laying together. The creek runs through that low area to the waterfall and the start of the main pasture. On the right, you can see the fence row that starts the corner pasture.
This is looking over the gate at the post at the corner pasture. This is where we typically due square bales so y’all have seen it some from that. Our property corner is that lone tree.
An alternate view of the main pasture. Looking back at the house and barns. The creek is in that valley with the waterfall and creek pasture to the right. To the way far left and way out of the frame is the road.
There has been a lot of rain since but this shows the ledge that Otis fell off of and the tree that he was upside down in when we found him the night that he had to be put down. The shed to the right is falling down due to poor upkeep prior to our purchase. Rain has rotted the majority of the major beams.
Silly Eli.
Cupcake again. Zoom helps me get decent pics.
Henry-farm mascot. Rooster that foams free. Not quite tame but bothers no one and knows the routine.
One group of hens.
After numerous saves by Mom and Dad (DH and myself) we moved his house away from this fence line and he’s now behaving better.
I was out checking cows and took pics from the post that separates the corner pasture from the creek pasture and the main cattle pasture.
This is looking over the fence into the creek pasture. Those are the heifers all laying together. The creek runs through that low area to the waterfall and the start of the main pasture. On the right, you can see the fence row that starts the corner pasture.
This is looking over the gate at the post at the corner pasture. This is where we typically due square bales so y’all have seen it some from that. Our property corner is that lone tree.
An alternate view of the main pasture. Looking back at the house and barns. The creek is in that valley with the waterfall and creek pasture to the right. To the way far left and way out of the frame is the road.
There has been a lot of rain since but this shows the ledge that Otis fell off of and the tree that he was upside down in when we found him the night that he had to be put down. The shed to the right is falling down due to poor upkeep prior to our purchase. Rain has rotted the majority of the major beams.
Silly Eli.
Cupcake again. Zoom helps me get decent pics.
Henry-farm mascot. Rooster that foams free. Not quite tame but bothers no one and knows the routine.
One group of hens.
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Halo is a good reading buddy. (Eli just wants to play!)
Eli
Eli again
Halo
Tractor pulling at NFMS. Only pic I got that didn’t have one of the boys in it.
Another sunrise.
Mickey- Steer that’s here for a local 4-Her. He’s quite the pet. I took this over my shoulder as he followed me around.
Eli
Eli again
Halo
Tractor pulling at NFMS. Only pic I got that didn’t have one of the boys in it.
Another sunrise.
Mickey- Steer that’s here for a local 4-Her. He’s quite the pet. I took this over my shoulder as he followed me around.
