Category Archives: Farm animals

No Ears

Posted on January 17, 2013 by farm2011

I made huge progress last night with the cows. In the past when they would see me with apples, they would come running – literally! But when we sold Rion, everything changed. They didn’t want to trust me for nothing. … Continue reading →

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Cold and Rainy

Posted on January 10, 2013 by farm2011

I’m trying to get some ambition to go outside and check on the animals and feed them for the night. I have supper made and even that wasn’t as successful as I wanted it to be, I guess you can say that … Continue reading →

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My words of Winter

Posted on December 30, 2012 by farm2011

Today when I was outside I started to think what winter really means to me, and I came up with a couple of scenarios that describes it better than just trying to write just some words. The first situation has to deal … Continue reading →

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It’s official

Posted on December 26, 2012 by farm2011

It’s official. Our new bull has a name. I didn’t want him to go into the new year without a name, so I’ve been thinking a lot lately on what he should get called. Now I had a lot of … Continue reading →

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Both boys home

Posted on December 16, 2012 by farm2011

As we were driving to Minneapolis today, I was wondering when does it happen when your kids move from just being your kids, to also becoming your house guests? The reason that I was thinking about this was that before … Continue reading →

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Waking up

Posted on December 9, 2012 by farm2011

I don’t know about you, but when I wake up in the morning, the first thing that I think about is what I want to get done that day. When I woke up this morning, I could have sworn that … Continue reading →

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Chickens and the wind

Posted on December 5, 2012 by farm2011

I’m sure you know by now that I hate wind, so when the wind kicked up a notch tonight I thought it really wasn’t a good time to be carrying straw bedding through the yard for the chickens. But, they … Continue reading →

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Picky chickens

Posted on December 4, 2012 by farm2011

I checked on my chickens yesterday to see if they were OK with the new type of bedding that I put in their nests. I was able to get some crushed corn cobs for free and not only did I … Continue reading →

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Exciting Day!

Posted on November 29, 2012 by farm2011

We’ve been looking for a bull for some time now, and yesterday we finally bought one for the cows. Daryl went to check it out earlier in the day because he had the day off, and after I got home … Continue reading →

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The Cows

Posted on October 24, 2012 by farm2011

Daryl was reading the paper when I heard him say something. Now usually I don’t  go ‘rushing’ to find out what he was reading, but this time I thought I heard my name so I thought I’d better check it … Continue reading →

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