O Dark Thirty
I woke up at 3:30 this morning. I do not like getting up in the middle of the night. Toby has been crowing at odd hours because I have a heat lamp in the coop right now. And then my mind starts going. I thought it was Saturday, but it's not. You know how the mind gets wandering when you are awake when you should be sleeping. My horse(s), painting the bedroom, one more Christmas gift, what kind of warmer coat do I want, I need to buy chicken feed, I have to pick up a few things at the store.....and so on it goes. So I'm drinking my morning coffee and thinking I will need a nap today.
I took a few photos yesterday and this one was my favorite. This calf's mama was staring at me (because cows stare a lot). When she reached her calf, they both took off running toward their friends. It's been fun watching the calves play in the pasture. They only have 2 right now and they grow up very fast. Harry and Gunny are amazed that a truck drives through and drops massive amounts of hay for the cattle. They stand at the fence and stare in awe, wondering why they don't get truckloads of hay for their own enjoyment. Poor little starvin' donkeys.
Enjoy your Friday, however you are spending it. zzzzzzzz
I took a few photos yesterday and this one was my favorite. This calf's mama was staring at me (because cows stare a lot). When she reached her calf, they both took off running toward their friends. It's been fun watching the calves play in the pasture. They only have 2 right now and they grow up very fast. Harry and Gunny are amazed that a truck drives through and drops massive amounts of hay for the cattle. They stand at the fence and stare in awe, wondering why they don't get truckloads of hay for their own enjoyment. Poor little starvin' donkeys.
Enjoy your Friday, however you are spending it. zzzzzzzz
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One of our roosters used to crow at that time too. The we found out he was seeing a car on the next block back out of the driveway for work that time every morning. We closed up the window so he couldn't see the light and he stopped. Roosters react to the light in their eye. Make sure the coop is draft free, and I bank hay against any windows for drafts when its cold, especially when it snows. Keep deep litter in the coop, and I put litter, hay leaves outside on the snow for them to walk on..and I give them warm water in the run if it is just barely over freezing, I put it in the coop if it is below freezing.. They really do not need any extra heat in the coop for the winter. Vaseline on combs and wattles helps keep them from freezing. (I don't do that and never really had a problem, even with last years hard winter, but for that reason I choose birds with smaller wattles and combs)
Hope you get some rest.
Bev
Great photos!
I hope you get a good, long nap today!
I hope you got your nap today--I'd like to take one as well, but honestly, I've had so much sugar from all the baking I've done that I don't think I can! ;-))
My head always stays full of stuff. My husband says I never stop thinking. I think it is some kind of curse sometimes! LOL.