Awake
5:40am why? It's still dark now, and everyone should be quiet. But not so.
First it was horses neighing that woke me. Horses never neigh unless there is a reason, they are prey animals they keep quiet. But that was Lu neighing. No one else answered back so ok maybe she was just looking for Sally. These two old girl are outside at night because both have COPD and do better away from a dusty barn.
Next the coyotes are calling, they are a hybrid wolf coyote mix here in the east. Being plains animals they have moved east as forests were cleared and bred with local wolf population, in fact squeezing out wolf population. The are not in the paddock though sounds like the bush, but sounds travels funny here esp in the night time. They are quiet now, quiet is bad - it means they are likely hunting, they are big have the size of the wolf and the cunning of the pure coyotes. But Sally will protect Lulu, did I mention Lulu has night blindness, a genetic condition snowcapped appaloosa are born with. Normal she NEVER goes out at night. But her COPD is better when outside. May have to rethink her outside.
Next up... Oh hey that's Mr Pompeii, he is crowing up a storm. Now that I don't want to hear in the dark, a curious coyote could be drawn to the barn by the sound of the chickens, hush little man!
Ok now all is quiet, it's 6am, soon it will be light, I will go out and do morning chores, need to prepare for getting my 500 bales of hay tomorrow!
Good morning everyone!
5:40am why? It's still dark now, and everyone should be quiet. But not so.
First it was horses neighing that woke me. Horses never neigh unless there is a reason, they are prey animals they keep quiet. But that was Lu neighing. No one else answered back so ok maybe she was just looking for Sally. These two old girl are outside at night because both have COPD and do better away from a dusty barn.
Next the coyotes are calling, they are a hybrid wolf coyote mix here in the east. Being plains animals they have moved east as forests were cleared and bred with local wolf population, in fact squeezing out wolf population. The are not in the paddock though sounds like the bush, but sounds travels funny here esp in the night time. They are quiet now, quiet is bad - it means they are likely hunting, they are big have the size of the wolf and the cunning of the pure coyotes. But Sally will protect Lulu, did I mention Lulu has night blindness, a genetic condition snowcapped appaloosa are born with. Normal she NEVER goes out at night. But her COPD is better when outside. May have to rethink her outside.
Next up... Oh hey that's Mr Pompeii, he is crowing up a storm. Now that I don't want to hear in the dark, a curious coyote could be drawn to the barn by the sound of the chickens, hush little man!
Ok now all is quiet, it's 6am, soon it will be light, I will go out and do morning chores, need to prepare for getting my 500 bales of hay tomorrow!
Good morning everyone!
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