We officially have all our animals on pasture, minus our little laying hen chicks (still very tiny and need to stay in the brooder). The sheep were moved from the corral to the pasture 2 weeks ago. The pigs have been there all along. Right now we have them in the garden uprooting weeds. They come in really handy! About 2 weeks ago we took our 4 large pigs to the butcher. Loading animals up for that is always the hardest part of working with the animals, because it's off routine. But we got it done. We were all very glad to have that over with! So now we just have the 5 little pigs.
We haven't been moving our cows everyday since we got them. We thought we would wait until they had their babies. And now that the grass is growing so well, it was a good time to put them in electric fencing too. Saturday the Storries (the family we get our milk from) showed us how to tag and castrate calves. So now that we have the calves taken care of, we are moving them regularly. They like the routine and get into it as much as the sheep do. It makes them look forward to seeing you everyday when you go out to move them. They are excellent lawn mowers! We have them in front of the chickens so that they eat the grass down for them. Then the chickens go and clean up after the cows. It's a great cycle!
We haven't been moving our cows everyday since we got them. We thought we would wait until they had their babies. And now that the grass is growing so well, it was a good time to put them in electric fencing too. Saturday the Storries (the family we get our milk from) showed us how to tag and castrate calves. So now that we have the calves taken care of, we are moving them regularly. They like the routine and get into it as much as the sheep do. It makes them look forward to seeing you everyday when you go out to move them. They are excellent lawn mowers! We have them in front of the chickens so that they eat the grass down for them. Then the chickens go and clean up after the cows. It's a great cycle!
The black sheep in the picture is a ram that we are borrowing for a month. It turned out that our sheep weren't pregnant, just really fat and healthy. Let me tell you, he is a very friendly guy. This time we know he's not related!!!
We have sheep in front of one egg mobile, and cows in front of the other one.
I love this picture!
Our broilers are getting so big! Its hard to believe that they have already lived half their life now that they are 4 weeks old! They get butchered at 8 weeks old.
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