Why is Smoochie smiling?
Because he's famous!!
He and Sally and Nettie B. are featured in a new book entitled
by Brent Zimmerman
Their pictures (from when they were younger)
are featured on the page about Fainting (or Myotonic) Goats.
How about that!!
Cool, huh?
Also in today's news....
We have dunes on the farm.
Sand dunes.
Yesterday, 6 huge dump trucks arrived full of sand.
Today the excavator will start to move the sand into the arena.
It will be mixed with sawdust.
And lastly, the pigs returned to the barn again yesterday without lead ropes or harnesses.
Such good pigs!!
And.....
Fifi has taken up residence on the workbench.
Each night I have to pick her up and carry her to the henhouse.
You'd think she would find a softer place to lay her eggs!
The addition of a blue towel has at least kept her eggs from cracking as she lays them.
It's funny, you know.....
I often worry that I will run out of things to share with you
(interesting things, that is)...
but it always seems that by the end of any given day,
something noteworthy arrises.
I guess that's "life on the farm"....
never dull.
Comments
I love them all, even if it's not that 'exciting' to you!
Hens are so funny. They get the notion to lay their eggs someplace new and you can't move 'em off their spot. Mine used to lay in a hay bag in the horse trailer until I moved it and it wasn't as convenient. They'd be lined up waiting their turn or hopping up on top of another hen.
Farm stories....there's always another one.
We got our recipe for the arena from Penn State's School of Ag. They have a great article on their website about arena footing. We have a 4 inch base of crushed limestone (stone dust or cracker dust it is called) as a base. This base is packed solid. On top of that will be 2 - 2 1/2 inches of sand and sawdust (hardwood...a combination of dust, shavings and some larger pieces. This keeps the sand from packing too hard and the sand eventually pulverizes the shavings. We did the same footing in our outdoor arena and it has held up amazingly well over the years with no need yet to add to it. Indoors it will not be subject to the same forces, so it should be good. Sand is so much softer to land on when you fly off a horse!!
Love Ginger and MaryAnn. So funny how they will follow you. My pet goats, Lewis and Clark, are like that.
Merry Christmas!
As for the sand,,, have the kitties spotted it yet? lol!
ANd yes, way softer to land on when your horse goes one way and you go the other way! lol!
Hugz!
Maura :)