Ivy is apparently a fan of fall photos. When she wasn't trying to eat the pumpkins and mums, she was content to sit next to them, if only for a minute.
"If you build it, they will come."
So we built this little structure in the front pasture which was not seeing much use the past few years. Most people would just mow it, but not us! We think its 'easier' just to bring in something else to eat it for us. So after lots of research and planning we found these two for sale just down the road.
Momma is a 6 year old yellow Scottish Highland cow, re-bred to calf in May. The baby dun steer was born in May as well. So with any luck, that 'empty' pasture will provide us with plenty of low-fat heritage breed beef in about a year. She didn't look so big or intimidating...until we got her in the trailer!
#notagoat
We managed to squeeze in a late-season goat show and had fun visiting with friends while winning a ribbon or two. And there were cheese curds, which goes without saying.
We became Amish for a day. Or rather a night. To celebrate Halloween in style.
And we, along with the animals soaked up the blue skies and green grass as much as we could as the days started getting shorter. The goats, in response, entered breeding season and the cycle of tail wagging, screaming, urine-spraying and stink started once again. this year will see 15 goats (hopefully and safely) deliver kids starting in February with a big cluster at the end of the month. Looking forward to another year of 0-100 real quick.
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