Not Much New Right Now…..

but it’s still early in the day. Not even noon here yet. We spread a bale of straw in the lambing jug and the shelter. We thought maybe the power of suggestion might prevail. None of the girls look overly anxious to welcome the lamb stork.

We took the tarp off the cow shelter as it was pretty well shredded from the wind. The tarps covering the hay stacks are about ready to come off also. They also took a beating, but not really shredded.

We keep the hay covered for the winter so it doesn’t get wet and moldy. Moldy hay can cause colic in horses, but can be fed to the cows and sheep because they have 4 stomachs and can handle moldy hay well. Cows and sheep are ruminants. That means the food goes into the first stomach (ruman) and is softened. It becomes cud at that time and is further transferred to the other series of stomachs. So essentially the mold never gets thru their systems.

So much for the lesson of the day lol.

Still only in the day watch mode for the sheep. Sigh!!!!!!!

More later

Cindy