Friday at Last

I hate winter.  All the water dishes are froze like a rock now, and it sure doesn’t take very long for that to happen either.  Thank goodness the poultry waters have heated bases and goats have heated buckets, so they are easily taken care of.  But the bunnies… that’s another issue.

While banging out frozen dishes last night, about 9:00 pm I think, Sasha started barking.  Not that THAT is anything usual.  But, when Toby follows suite, you know something is up.  I hurried out the North-east end of the barn to see Toby and Sasha chasing three coyotes off across the field.  I’m not sure how close they were to the barn when Sasha encountered them.  (Yes, it was dark, but there is snow on the ground and you can see fairly well even when it’s dark).  The coyotes sauntered towards the woods, stopping occasionally to see if the dogs really meant business or not.  They must have kept slinking back towards the barn, because the dogs would errupt into barking once in awhile.  Neat to see the coyotoes, but kinda of scarey at the same time… how close do they really get to the barn?  Do they actually ever come into the barn?  I’m not worried about them attacking us, but worried about the animals.

Snapping a few pictures today…

GBF’s Charlemagne (GC GBF’s Caden x Cox’s 3J224).  He is 5-months old today.

GBF's Charlemange

Then, GBF’s Caldera (GBF’s Tobias x L&R Cookie).   She is a normal, but I think she is very nice for a normal.  Breeding her to L&R Emerson today.  She has such a clean coat and big head!

GBF's Caldera.

GBF’s Baron (ELS Elden x GBF’s Bridgette) is due today.  (Her dam is also sired by Elden.)   She’s been pulling a little fur this morning, but nothing at last check.   I bred her to Pistol Pete (ELS Elden x ELS Lucy) this time.  A ‘little bit’ of line breeding going on there.  We’ll see how it turns out.