“Did I just see what I am thinking I saw?”, I said as I hurried to the window. “Yep! That is exactly what it was!” I could not believe that BB (my blind ram) ran, (legitimately ran) past my window. But why though? What would make a blind sheep, (who usually carefully calculates every step), take […]
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As I watched the storm clouds roll in, suddenly the temperature and the barometric pressure dropped. Judah, the patriarch of our livestock guardian dogs, flashed his amber eyes towards me as if to say “we need to go.” “This one is going to be bad isn’t it buddy, I said as I rubbed his head.
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Cows are herd animals and are typically very social. It is rare that you see a cow by herself for an extended period of time, but if you do, it warrants investigation. The most common reasons a cow will isolate are: illness, labor, and to hide a new calf. While tending to a sick lamb,
Here kitty kitties! Time to eat!” At the sound of my voice, five furry kittens scurried out from underneath the old trailer that sits on the fence line that separates the horses from the sheep. As I talked to the kittens, it dawned on me that talking is something that I do a lot of.