Aftermath of the Storm

Well, we only got about a foot of snow but with the gusts of wind my goat pens got buried so I took a vacation day from work (my real job) to stay home and shovel my poor goats out. The snow has stopped but the wind is supposed to pick up again tonight. The temp is supposed to hit about 25 degrees below zero (Fahrenheit)tonight and with the windchill factor it will feel like 40 - 50 degrees below zero. Brrrrr!!! Here's a few photos taken of my Nigerian Dwarf goats after I got a path shoveled out for them to get to their outdoor feeders today. That's Andie, my blue-eyed buckskin doe, and and her best buddy Honey, my gold/white pinto doe, in the foreground.

That's Feisty, my chocolate chamoisee Twin Creeks junior doe in the back and Shazam, my newest herd sire from the Rosasharn farm in front.

Juno, the red and white junior doe in the foreground, just arrived in November from the Dancing Angels herd in Michigan. Petey, my friendly little wether, is looking at the camera. Xplicit and Windy are too busy filling their faces to pay any attention to me:)

Megapixel, Violette, and Virtue grabbing a bite to eat.

Terabithia, Virtue, Cinnamon (I think), and Honey chowing down.

Xplicit giving me ... the look.

Winter Storm

This is the buck barn where my Nigerian Dwarf herd sires reside. No sign of them today. Everyone's cozy inside. With wind gusts from 40 - 50 mph, not much can coax them outside today. Hard to tell that my husband Joe just cleaned up all my trails with the snow blower yesterday. The weather isn't supposed to let up until after noon tomorrow so I guess we know what our project for Monday night is!








This photo taken today is of the same area of pasture shown in my summer photo posted yesterday with our herd of registered Limousin cattle relaxing. I sure do miss summer. The cattle are now in their wintering corral by the barn.

Happy Cows

Our herd of Limousin cattle are shown above relaxing in the pasture. They look pretty content, don't they? This photo was taken this past summer.

Bruno the Bull

This handsome fellow is the sire of our 2008 and 2009 calves. We generally rotate bulls every two years. Bruno has now gone to his new home at another farm. We will miss him and his gentle nature greatly.