Lots of Pasture

We had sun and wind today to help dry things out.  It will still be a few days before we can start digging but sun and wind are a helpful start.  Bruce had to move everyone to new grass today.  When he was doing the lower group he found a tree limb that had blown out  in the storms over the weekend so instead of tree trimming being on the list of to do's it got moved up to today.  We still have a group of heifers at Ed's waiting for us to get their fence ready so they can be on grass also.  That was the plan for today until the trees changed the plan.  Bruce commented tonight that the heifer at the other place has finally figured out how to stay with the group since its been days since she was out.   When he got the fence cleaned up he took a round bale of hay to the heifers at Ed's (hopefully their last one for now) and bedded the calf hutches. The rest of our world is pretty quiet.  I am feeding 9 calves, all that are big enough now that they just do their own thing.  The last couple milk cultures came back fine so there is nothing out of the routine with milking so we can get through the actual milking in a little over 1.5 hrs now.  The buck goat is out grazing by himself.  In summer we put a collar on him and tie him with a rope in hopes of not having any winter kids.  He gets plenty to eat since we move him around like a portable mower : )  Today I managed to add my first video, posted on May 23!  I have the technology with the new camera and computer but there is certainly a lot for me to learn!

This is the routine.  The cows walk out on a lane that is about 6-7 feet wide.  The dog runs back and forth to keep them moving.  When they get to new grass he jumps on the back of the 4 wheeler and rides home.

This shows the difference between where they have been and where they are going.  The blue barrel is their water tank which is supplied through black poly pipe from the barn..