Surprise Visitor

Our bull that is turned out with the fall calving cows injured himself yesterday and is done for the breeding season.  Joe tried to get him up by himself but wasn't successful. 

So today I went with him to help. 

It was pretty easy, I just had to wave my arms a little to help get him across the creek.  Joe did everything else to get him in to the barn lot.  

After that there was a calf that was a little off and Joe wanted to try to catch to treat her.  While he was walking around attempting to get close enough to rope her a surprise visitor showed up.  

He was pretty big and didn't really seem scared of us.  After posing for a few pictures he ran off over the hill.  I am glad this isn't the farm where we have our goats. 

Joe was not able to catch the calf but he did return with the truck and trailer to bring the bull back to the house and turned him into the bull lot.  This is the third year that he has not lasted for the entire breeding season.  He went lame the other two times.  Third strike and I think he is out.  

Hope Short Lived

I went to catch Otoelene and Glitter and Gold were with the horses and not with the other goats. 

As I was taking Otoelene to the barn the goats crawled under the gate and got in the yard. 
 I grabbed the lunge whip and chased them out and blocked the hole under the gate. Those little troublemakers. 

My ride with Otoelene went well.  She was a little anxious at the beginning but calmed right down as soon as she saw the cattle.

The sunshine was very deceptive. I thought

 it was warmer than it actually was and unfortunately didn’t wear enough clothes to be comfortable. But it was a good ride all the same. 

Hints Of A White Chirstmas

It started snowing last night while we were out at our church Christmas party.  It didn't snow much but the flakes were big and pretty. 

This morning we had a dusting of snow to highlight my outdoor decorations. 

Of course the horses make the prettiest ornaments.  

By the afternoon, the snow was gone.  

 But it hinted at Christmas while it was here. 

Going Along With The Herd

I had a pleasant surprise when I went to feed the dogs this evening.

  Glitter and Gold, this years bottle goats, were actually with all of the other goats up on top of the hill. 

They usually hang out at the barn because Joe has been feeding some cattle there.  Glitter and Gold will just lay in the feed trough eating as much as they can.  Since they were with the other goats I have hope that they might stare taking up with the herd instead of continuing to be annoying at the barn.

Merry Christmas To Me

The problem with Christmas shopping is that I always find more for myself than who I am shopping for.  To be fair, I have been looking on EBay for these for some time now.  I finally found a pair and in my price range.

They came today and I love them.  I think they will go nicely in my TV room.  

 I have found that on EBay if I find something that I like, I will put it on my watchlist first then wait to see if they make me an offer.  And that is what happened here, they offered me 20% off, so even a sweeter deal. 

Working Ride

Joe opened up the hayfield for the cows to graze a couple of days ago.  But not all of the cows left the field they were in. 

I thought about moving them for Joe but it was so cold and windy this morning.  So I stayed inside to clean and decorate.  But in the afternoon, the sun came out, the wind stopped blowing and the temperature got up to 50 degrees.  That is the kind of weather I can handle.  Off I went with Otoelene. 
 

We found several culprits.  

And a pretty spicy calf. 

We got them all worked down the hill and waited for them to finish drinking. 

And there go all of the stragglers, rotation completed. 

Christmas Decorating - Nativities

I have a bit of a Nativity collection.  To try to keep Sadie and Allie from looking at it with their hands, I decided to buy them their own that they could play with.

It is a Fisher Price Little People set.  When you press down on the angel it plays Away In A Manger.                                                 
 Virginia brought Sadie over today because daycare called and said she was sick.  I thought it was the perfect time to test it out.

And the verdict is in, she likes it!  

She also helped me put more decorations on the tree. 

She said there were not too many ornaments on this branch.  I am training them well.