heya all, I was busy yesterday, didn't even get online at all.
had to wrestle calves this morning
so much fun.
They had gotten into the barn, which I had blocked off with a gate leaned up across the door - apparently that wasn't enough. Norman stuck his head through the top opening (the only one big enough) and pulled it down onto himself, and then he was stuck, so the others all ran inside and started eating the hay we just put up. They hadn't been there too long before I got up, because they hadn't done any damage and Norman was not covered in mud too badly (poor guy was on the ground with that gate on him and his head still stuck through it
stoop!d cow.)
So, I chased them out and unstuck Norman, and then had to go let the geese out because they were having a fit (usually I let them out before I go do calves, and they thought I forgot them - like anyone could forget with them pitching a B!tch like they were.)
I got them out to their own field and fed them, shut the gate so they couldn't get into the corral at all, then fed the donkeys and let Camille and Mook into the corral to eat. (it's musical "cows", instead of chairs, when I do chores every morning
)
then, after everyone ate and I wrestled Camille and Mookie back into the donkey pasture, (and chased the donkeys back into their pasture because of course, they rush the corral looking for more food when I open the gate to let Camille and Mook out) then I had to figure out how to let the calves into the lean-to but not up by the barn entrance.
So... in the pouring rain I am out there pounding a Tpost into the ground by the tack barn and tying the gate to the corral fencing and sliding it behind the Tpost to make it stay (I hope it stays
) then I had to open the other gate to let them in, and try to get away, myself, without them knocking me down wanting to find bottles in my pockets.
(the last two bottle babies are being weaned - no bottle this morning, and they wanted one - badly).
Oh, did I mention that all this time Hubby is tucked snuggly warm and dry in bed?
Oh, and since we did square baled hay - I had to mess with all those bales the other day, throwing them on the wagon and then unloading and stacking in the barn, so my knee is bunged up again - I have some cream on it that makes it feel like it's on fire, but the stuff works great for the knee pain.
Meri needs a nice hot cup of coffee with a big blob of whipped cream on top and some ginger thin cookies to make it all better.
