On The Fifth Day
With the real heavy rains now a distant memory (five days is distant for me, I can’t seem to remember if I had a lunch if it was more than 20 minutes ago), the river level has dropped to what the main herd considers safe to cross. It may have had something to do with the noise we were making with equipment while working by the barn. It triggered their sense that they were going to miss dinner if they didn’t ford the stream.
Even little Francie calf, not really so little anymore, she was the one born in September and has never considered herself a baby, crossed the still muddy river. When she walked the road up to the outdoor feeders she was wet from stem to stern and hungry to boot.
The herd ended up hanging around the feeders for nearly an hour before it was time to bring their portion of hay for the evening feeding. It is much cleaner and neater for the herd to eat from the outdoor mangers than throwing slabs on the wet ground for them to scrounge dinner.
I would like to take a moment to thank those who click on the icon to do shopping with the affiliate, (clicking on the affiliate icon does not make you purchase, only gets you the their site) and sometimes I get a small commission from your purchases if you do shop, without a cost to you!
As always, Prime and special codes work with the icon and you do not have to purchase any item that I promote. Please consider using my link when you do your cyber shopping. Thank you for your support