Willow

Oh that Willow. She is such a mess. She learned well from Mattie. The pretty yellow headed blackbird was on the ground walking around and Willow was chasing him. For some reason, the donkeys do like to chase birds, all kinds of birds. I do not think it matters what kind of birds, if it is on the ground, the donkeys will chase it. Willow is just like Mattie. I should have known that would happen. 

Yellow headed Blackbirds

Every spring I look for the yellow headed blackbirds. They are so pretty and they are only around here for a couple of months. I guess I turned old since I watch for them. I saw my first one this year this month. This male was just hanging out for a long time around the pasture. He was walking around for a bit and then he was up in the trees with some ladies. I watched them for quite a while. I sure do like to watch those birds. I hope to see more of them soon. 

Pen

Saverine is in a pen and she actually seems to be liking it. She is getting all she can to eat. She is still getting sprayed with the water hose when it is hot. She has her own water trough. I go in the pen and love on her every day while I feed her. She is doing well. I am glad she is in the pen. The other horses can still see her and she can still see them, so they are going to be okay. I just feel it, they are going to be okay. 

Separation of Horses

Saverine has not been doing well lately and Jeb just will not leave her alone. I told Ronnie we had to get her out of the pasture and put her in a pen.  Ronnie was hesitant just because that horse has put him into the hospital before. I was insistent. Ronnie fixed the pen for her and we got things set up. I brought out a rope. She saw that rope and decided she wanted nothing to do with me. Saverine is not too fond of Ronnie, so I knew he could not help much. I asked him if he would go get a bale of hay to distract the other horses. Ronnie said, “I sure hope you are not just going to try to walk her over there into the pen because that is not going to happen.” That was my exact plan and I was hopeful she would just come over to the pen. She needed to so we could help her. She is an old girl and the old age is showing. Ronnie went and got the bale of hay and took it out to the horses. I had a bucket of feed and sure as the world, that horse followed me right over. I had not opened the gate wide enough, so we made a few laps before Ronnie told me to open the pen wider, but we eventually made it. She is in the pen. The other horses were not letting her eat, so she is getting all kinds of good stuff to eat and getting spoiled. Poor girl. She is going to be okay. Jeb cannot chase her anymore either. Takua has not been happy with Saverine gone, but it is necessary for her health. 

90 Degrees

This is going to be a rough summer. It is already 90 degrees and it is only March. The animals seem to be handling it better than me. It is hot. We did turn the fans on already for the animals and they seem to be appreciative of that. I guess we will just have to ride it out this summer and see how things go. I am not looking forward to the heat that happens out here in West Texas. 

Double Yolk

I Found the biggest egg I have ever seen from these chickens. I feel like it could be all the cat food these chickens are eating. They are being ridiculous about all of that. It has slowed down with the warmer weather though, so that is good. The egg was huge. I sent pics to my mom to show my grandma. I know that egg has a double yolk in it. We get several of those these days somehow. 

Alerting

We had some workers putting in a new pole or something. Let me tell you. Ronnie and I were both home, but those donkeys were by the fence and they were making such a fuss. It was like they were alerting us to someone being on our property. Maybe someone who is not suppose to be there. We knew the people were out there working, Ronnie had even talked to them. The donkeys were making sure we knew they were there. I had not seen that before. It was actually something interesting to see. I am sure glad we have all those donkeys.