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Post by Blessings Farms on Oct 21, 2015 9:32:15 GMT
But this is what it is all for . Grandpa got to baby set last night . Everyone else was at hospital with daughter
so we all did chores together and it was fun ! The goats are always a hit but Suprise and his hair do and petting
The Dexters all most won last night .
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Post by genebo on Oct 21, 2015 15:40:02 GMT
Dave, That is the thing about Dexters. I love to play with them and pet them and share them with others.
Face it, you are hooked.
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Post by jamshundred on Oct 21, 2015 16:40:35 GMT
Ummmmm. I am not loving them at the moment. I have spent the morning chasing 30 Dexters up and down a dirt road. . . . and across hay fields where they are frolicking in their escape thanks to an owner who left a gate open! What the hack. I needed the cardio.
Interestingly to note . . . they are resting and napping. I wore THEM out!
They are too smart for my own good.
Judy
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Post by lakeportfarms on Oct 21, 2015 17:42:08 GMT
I know the feeling Judy, I have just spent half the morning chasing ours back into their respective pastures. Fortunately I have it set up where I can limit their escape to the lane I drive down with the tractor to feed them, but every time I go to open the gate to drive into their pasture they rush out. They're not even following me for the food. So I have to go round them all up and get them back into the pasture before I go on to feed a different herd at another gate. I've done this with 4 separate herds already. I'm going to wait until Sheril gets home before I even think about feeding the young heifer herd that also has the goats in the pasture! No sneaking up on them at all  |
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Post by genebo on Oct 21, 2015 18:21:44 GMT
My neighbor put up one of those solar powered gates, with a latch. He has a remote control that unlatches and opens the gate, then closes it behind him. I'm really considering spending the money for that. Hans, why don't you buy two of them and send me one? Maybe for Christmas?
It would save me getting down off the tractor but it wouldn't matter much to the cattle, though. I once left the gate open for two days and none of them went out.
I want the goats to come out and keep the brush clear alongside the road, but I have to bribe them to come out with treats. They eat brush for a short time, then go back into the pasture. I can't keep them out long enough to do my job.
Seara is the cow that escaped as she was being brought here. Judy and I walked her down for a long time until she was too tired to keep going. She went into the pasture once she got tired enough and has never been out but once since then. That time I left the gate open for two days I spotted Seara grazing just outside it. That's what made me realise that the gate was open. As soon as I got close, Seara took off running back into the pasture. None of the others have been out. They like it in there.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2015 18:38:05 GMT
Judy, One of these days you are going to listen to me and put up electric fence and you will wonder how you ever managed with out it.  Although Clem has been going over the poly wire that is set up for rotational grazing almost every day so he can go get the good stuff that the others have not been on in a while. Every night I find him in the same patch of clover. Hans, I have my winter lots set up so that I move the cows over to the next one before putting the hay out and then let them back in. Once they learn the routine very easy and no cows going out the gate or worry about one getting in the way and getting hurt. |
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Post by Blessings Farms on Oct 21, 2015 20:34:44 GMT
Ok maybe the Dexters are only great 90 % of the time but the Grandkids they steal my heart !!!
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