It’s that time of the year again – cold days and even colder nights. This also means that we have to start giving the cows hay, which is always a hassle, but we got it done. Every time I go outside the cows are stuffing their faces with hay, but apparently it didn’t keep them occupied that much because we got a call around 10 pm on Friday from the Sheriff saying that the whole herd had escaped. Great, I know. We hustled back to the farm and got everyone back in with some bit of ease. Our trail cam managed to catch a picture of the cows walking up the road. I swear, these cows will be the death of me…..
On a brighter note, it seems like some of our hens are actually deciding to lay, as we got five big eggs today. This is still not enough, as we have 20+ hens out there that should be laying almost every day if not every day, but it’s progress. I’m also currently trying to figure out what I am going to do with my 3 Salmon Faverolle roosters. I put the one I wanted out to free range, but Flash kept bullying him pretty bad. I probably should have left them figure it out, but I felt bad for the poor guy and I have also read that Faverolles tend to get bullied in mixed flocks. Hopefully it all works out!
A quick but fun thing we did on Sunday – we took the horses trail riding! There is a trail park that leads down to a river right near our farm that is great to trailer over to and ride on. So, I went with my mom and one of my friends. It was a bit wet, so we just walk – trotted, but it was pretty fun, especially when Ree went chest deep into the water with my mom. It’s crazy to think of her as a neglected pony for the first two years of her life. She’s 8 now, and doing incredible. The other horses weren’t nice enough to easily go into the water, although my friend did get Zelda to go into the water with A LOT of nudging and pushing. Dixie also went in for a brief time, but I’m still scarred from when my lease mare Lilia laid down in the water without my consent whatsoever. As for the nerve racking events (there always are some, unfortunately), we ran into an off leash dog on the way back, which is very annoying as is especially says to keep your dog on leash. Thankfully, the dog was friendly and just wanted to play, but Zelda didn’t find it very funny when the dog raced up to her. Thankfully, she didn’t bolt or anything, but did make a very weird face and looked ready to attack if needed. 😳 Over all it was a great experience. We will definitely have to make time to do that more often!
