Reed Ranch- Cute & Tasty

Sunday April 29, 2007

The weeks are just going by so fast. I cant believe it is already Sunday again. This week Addisson was back to dance and preschool. Last week they were off for spring break. Tuesday I brought Quinlyn into Addisson's school and she search out her sister, ran over to her and gave her a great big hug. It was very cute. We had also brought in her kittens to show the class. They all really liked them. After preschool two of Addisson's friends came over to see the baby goats. She had so much fun playing. Once they left she kept asking when they were going to come over again.

Asa was off on Wednesday. We had a very busy day. We were out of the house by 8:30am. The kids were dressed and their hair combed. Asa had been up since five am and had all of the animals fed. We had lots of errands to run and we had to be back to the house by 1pm for an appointment. We went to Gander Mountain, the YMCA to sign Addisson up for soccer, the shoe store, Walmart and the feed store. We bought Addisson a new pair of sneakers, pink, of coarse. Considering we were pretty busy we had a fun time.

Once the outdoor furnace man left, Asa and I went out side to hook up the electric fence. There was a string on the pole and Asa was trying to get if off with out touching the fence. Than didnt happen. He got zapped so bad it dropped him to the ground. He was in pain. And I couldnt stop laughing. I wouldnt have been laughing so hard but he was laughing too. We put the baby goats in there with Happy Birthday. The goat kids kept getting zapped. It took them quite a while before they learned their boundaries. Every time they got zapped they would kick, jump and run in the air. It only took Happy Birthday once getting zapped. She is loving being in with the kid goats. She is head honcho. She has no one to pick on her. Often when we look out at them she is running and playing with the babies. Very cute.

Next we had to get the calf house out of the barn with the doe goats. This winter everything was frozen and the ground was covered with snow for months we were unable to muck the barn. We had several months of poop build up around the calf house so we couldnt lift the house to move it. Asa borrowed the Hay guys tractor, because ours wouldnt start, to pull the calf over on its side. It took quite a bit of force even with the tractor. Once we had it on its side we now had to get it out. Which we remembered we had enclosed the barn after it was already inside. We didnt think we were going to be able to get it out but luckily the side was broke so we were able to squish it enough to twist and turn it to get it out.

Our next project was to start a new pig area. We are going to put him in with about 50 round bales of hay that have been sitting by the house for years. He should be able to turn them into the ground and get rid of them. Especially once we get our second pig. We pounded posts and set up the panels to find out we were 2 short.