Munch munch

Attacking it from the bottom up

Not much to report from the farm this week. I’ve ventured outdoors as little as possible, leaving the chores to Matt & Madeline because baby it’s cold outside! Saturday’s high is forecast to be minus five degrees with windchills at thirty-five below. My job is to get busy in the kitchen and have hot food ready for them when they come in. I like my job.

The cattle stand around and eat their way warm, provided the wind isn’t blowing too hard. In that case they go out and eat, then return to the shed to get out of the wind. The pigs burrow down in the hay in their sheds. The chickens don’t come out of the coop. Those crazy ducks still fly back and forth to the creek. There’s getting to be precious little open water left for them, though.

This calf’s a boy. You know how I know? Because our veterinarian tagged the boys in the right ear and the girls in the left, because “boys are always right”. Very funny, Dennis!

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