Reunited And It Feels So Good

Now that we have the far, far hayfield harvested and all the equipment moved back closer to the barns and closer hayfields, it is time to move the main herd down The Rabbit Run, through the river and over to clean up what bits remain in the hayfield. The electric fence barrier that had kept the herd out of the field while it was growing has been dismantled and it surprised the herd when they first meandered into the pasture areas around the now empty field.

It only takes opening the gates for the first animals to find the path and head the right direction.

It is no stampede, but the critters don’t waste much time along the Rabbit Run and cross to the other side. Nyad and Dolphin are still hiding out over there somewhere and we are sure that they will rejoin the group before long.

Once crossed the river the herd bundles up and begins grazing just as they have been doing for the last 60 days and expecting to munch their way along the edges around the hayfield.

Before long, one observant critter realizes that the fence is no longer keeping them out of the field. The calmly grazing herd becomes a wild, helter skelter, pell mell, frenzy. Cows run and the calves skip around trying to find those tasty clumps of hay that the equipment missed.

While the animals are content, we dismantled The Rabbit Run and begin mowing the big field. It will take the herd several days to scour their current field clean which hopefully gives us enough time to clear the next field of hay. By the next morning after the move, when the herd had settled after being moved, Nyad had introduced her baby, Dolphin, and everyone is together again.