I forgot to write about our new hens! These girls are "hyline browns" and they're just over 3 months old. This means we should have 2 dozen eggs a day once everyone is laying this summer! We ordered 6 pullets...and..I'll let you count and guess why we now have one called "Freebie".
They were raised in a barn and when they were first let outside, they just stood around looking all shocked. We're now in week 3 and they're finally livening up and running around.
We also have 2 more now additions! Well, the farm does - we just pet them and feed them. This is Lady and her man-friend hidden behind her is Diego.
The two pregger cows went to their owner's property to calve. I wanted to see the calves here! Oh well, we'll have to go visit. Here they are getting used to the trailer...it turns out that calling them into a smaller paddock with grain worked better than chasing them. Who woulda thought?? ;)
(picture 3 men chasing a cow for an hour around 5 acres...and then the next day 1 girl with her bucket of grain catching both cows on her own...brilliant work, I tell you).
Chickens: trailer trained. Except that when the cows were finally locked into the trailer, Speckles had to be rescued since she ended up inside too.
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