Misty morning on the farm…..
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Hope For The Brokenhearted
As the sun goes down, it gets loud on the farm. Mamas calling to their babies, mean it’s time for the young ones to eat and settle down for the night. The babies call back and try to figure out where to go in a sea of black cows.Peace and quiet meant everyone was reunited
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Ordering Our Steps
When we go to the river, it’s an adventure. We drive our Gators, and sometimes need the 4-wheel drive depending on the conditions and where we go. It’s definitely not like driving over the bridge in town. It’s a mile back in the woods, and in most places, there is a little hiking to do
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The Sky Is Falling
“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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Grazing Through The Storm
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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Standing Alone
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,
Wayward Words
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.
Guide Posts
Guide Posts Yesterday, BB and the boys (my blind sheep and a group of young rams), meandered, while grazing to the far end of a ten acre pasture where they stopped for a nap in the shade. As BB napped, the young rams woke up and wandered off, not realizing that BB was not with
Casting Cares
Who would think that this cute little calf could be the source of such anxiety? It all started with his birth. His mom is a heifer (a cow that has not given birth yet), and my husband had to assist in a difficult delivery. The shell shocked mom wanted nothing to do with this little
Fleshly Fleeces
This time of year as our sheep shed their winter fleeces, they look….well…shabby. The first spring that we had sheep, I was certain the whole flock would die, because they looked terrible! But low and behold, as the old fleeces fell away, their sleek, new coats were exposed, and the same sheep that had just