Saturday, April 28, 2012

     Not a whole lot to post about, so I'm putting up a video.
     Comet was due two days ago, but is yet to foal. We need name ideas though. We like Artos.... Anyway! If you have any name ideas, please post them as a comment!

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Nothing New

Apollo
Snow DeWhite

Salizberre
Patch the Pirate
     Sorry I haven't posted in a while! Not a lot has happened, so I'm posting a few more photos.
     Yesterday we moved our bulls so the horses could have some privacy. They were reluctant to come, but we eventually got them to follow. We posted a video below. =D

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Fencing Math

The Challenge
     Don't you hate it when you find out your math has real life application? I do. Which happened to happen today. I opened my math book and saw at the bottom of the page an optional challenge to find out how tall a pyramid was by the height of it's shadow.
     Since  it was optional, I opted not to do it, but instead challenged Farmer to. He got it right, than mentioned we could measure how tall the barn was by measuring it's shadow.
Our barn
     Our barn was built in 1919 by my great-grandpa, and I think that's pretty neat, so I said I'd do it.
     I measured my self (5'3"), and then my shadow (4'). I than measured the barn's shadow. 25' 4". (Can you figure it out?) I did the problem and came up with the grand total of...(drumroll please) 33! Slightly rounded though....
     I'd better go though. We need to fix fence so we can move our heifers. We are going to be doing a lot of moving around soon so Comet can have some privacy when she foals. =D

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

LOTS of pictures!!!

Brian
Harley

Whatever
Jedediah

Maudie

Elly
Caleb


Jet

Poseidon

Rocket


Jube
Girry




Merry

Patch The Pirate
Mariel

Jet again

     I hope you enjoyed the pictures! We had a lot of catching up to do!
     Spring is on it's way! Everything is green! A blessing after last summer.
     We have trained Cory to halter and will hopefully take him out to graze today or tomorrow.
     We anticipate greatly the foaling of Comet, but we don't know a whole lot about raising a foal. If you do, we'd be obliged if you'd tell us. =D
     I need to get my garden planted soon...- Farm Girl

Faithful
Spring

Monday, March 26, 2012

Of calves, buckies, and bulls...

     A felicitous day to all who happen to examine  this writing! In response to John Branyan, celebrated comic,  we shall now endeavor to complete yon post, entirely in Olde English.
     First, I would care to mention to all the births into cow-dom, since we last posted. Jemmima beget a pied-faced heifer to whom we have now assigned the title High Rhulain, and to Lego was born a calf, in colour liken to that of a raven entirely, in name, Annie. Reed was birthed by Eve, and there exists also a calf of unknown color, although it is known to be of the female species, and the offspring of Maggie.
     Secondly, when I awakened from my slumber and gazed out mine glass enclosed portal, what to my wondering eyes should appear? But a fully grown, male, bovine! But he fed not on the grass in his enclosure, but stood pompously in the trench which traverses alongside yon road! Hurriedly, I summoned my father, telling him of the awful deed, which had been executed by this fiendish bullock. He swiftly gathered to himself a vast pile of alfalfa, with which he lured the wayward livestock into his proper enclosure.
     Lastly, we have commenced training on Corriam. We must first teach him to follow compliantly on halter made of rope, then we shall take him, with aforesaid item, in he manner for which way it was intended to be worn, to meadows verdant with edible foliage of diverse nature.

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Miss Lane E. S.

     Well I need to catch up with pictures, so here goes my (I'm guessing) longest post yet.
First off, since the last post Jasmine had a girl, which is named Salizberre. (There is an incredibly long (And odd/hilarious) story behind this, if you want to hear it, tell us so) There is pictures of some of the newer baby calves at the bottom of the post.
     Now, for some more about our new bucket-calf. He was born the 5th of March, and we bought him the 19th from our neighbor, who had sold the mother because it had cancer eye. We have just about got him drinking easily from a bottle, but he is still not quite perfect. Pictures of him at the bottom too.
     We got quite a bit more rain as well, so we played in some puddles, and took some photographs, again at the bottom.
Jube
Girry
     Well I guess this isn't as long as I thought it was, but here's the pictures now!
Un-named
Harlequin-center


Sable

The trees have greened up with the rain
Water in the ditch

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

A Bucket Calf

We got a bucket calf a couple days ago! It's a brockle-faced boy, and his name is Corriam. He is almost completely bottle-trained already. Hopefully we'll get some pictures up tomorrow.