11/3/24

Last night was rough. It was loud and there was lots of rain. I think I heard 3 inches. It was a lot. Everything was wet this morning. 

The cats did stay home and were ready for food this morning. I am glad they are safe. That was quite the storm. 

Tinkerbelle did not want to get up this morning. She did finally get up for some fresh hay though. Cinderella did get up and was eating as soon as I threw the hay in the pen.

The horses were all okay. 

Porky was ready for the hay. Waldo and Buckwheat were protecting a chicken in their shelter this morning. That is so sweet. They are such good boys. 

The sheep were also excited about their breakfast. 

The cows and donkeys were all doing well after the storm.

The pigs made it through as well.

The donkeys did look like they had a rough night. 

Willow was checking on the goats. 

Fred and the other two hens with him are lost without Suzie Q. It is so sad to watch. I hate it, but I know they will find their way. 

The cats were all home this evening. 

May is the last of the original chickens we have on the farm. 

Yeller looks sad. I know there is something weird going on with him and Athena, but I think she is just mean to him. I don’t know what to do about that. They usually work it out fine. 

The sheep sure were happy tonight. Ted was giving me all kinds of goofy grins. They are the best. 

Maggie and Pepper have struggled more with arthritis the last few days because of the weather. It is not fun for them or for us. 

It was sunny this evening. The donkeys were out in the pasture again. The goats were headed out to be out there with them. I am happy they have a good relationship. 

Jasper let me pet him today. He gets weird with the weather changing, but I was happy to pet him. 

The clouds were gorgeous tonight. 

11/2/24

I got up this morning to feed, the cats were all at home waiting on me to feed them. I was so tired I slept late, so they were not real happy. They ate right then. 

For some reason, the female goats do not eat much hay when Ronnie gives them hay, but they started eating the hay right away when I gave it to them. 

Mattie gladly ate what I dropped. He is an opportunist for sure. 

The sheep were happy about their hay. I have been feeding them more hay since Bill had been sick, but he is better. 

I threw the hay into the little goat’s shelter in case of rain. I know it was supposed to rain.

Onyx was being so playful with the goat’s sunshade. She was climbing up that sunshade. She makes me laugh. 

I know it is going to rain some time today. The goats were all laying down around the chicken coop this morning. 

I saw something very interesting this morning. There were a bunch of cardinals up on the fence. It was a sight. They were all female cardinals sitting there and they looked young. It was such a beautiful sight to see. 

The horses were all out in the pasture looking at something. I wish I knew what they were looking at. It definitely looked like rain, too. 

I ran outside with the dogs to feed them between rain shower. That is hard with two dogs who do not get around fast for anything, but we made it. 

The cats were hunkering down for the weather to change. 

The weather looked scary. 

The pasture goats were getting themselves in the barn for safety. I am glad they are so smart. 

Rena and Annabeth were already in the dog crate in the hay waiting for the weather to come in. They came out to eat when I brought them food. 

I feed the goats and sheep more hay and put it all in their shelters so they could eat while it rained. 

Yeller looked like he was going to stay in the shop for a while. He did not stay, but he started out there. 

I hurried through feeding the cows, donkeys, and horses, too. The weather was coming in quickly. 

For some reason, the donkeys got behind a gate which was closed. They are smart, so I am not sure why they just stayed behind the gate. They could have gone around to the way they got in, but they did not do that. 

I hurried through feeding the pigs also. I did not want to be caught out in the weather. I wanted the animals to be able to get in their shelters before the rain hit. 

The cats ended up getting on and behind the hay to stay warm during the storm. 

I went out into the pasture to open the gate for the donkeys. They did follow me back toward their barn. They stayed out in the pasture with the thunder and lightning until it started raining. 

Noma went to the little shelter to stay out of the rain. The horses finished eating and headed to the barn. The cows continued to eat without a care in the world. 

The clouds were sure rolling in fast. The rain started coming down hard and fast. There was flooding in areas after 10 minutes. It was crazy.

I checked on the cats when I let the dogs out for the last time. They were all headed into the shop. 

The lighting and thunder and rain lasted most of the night.