The Remaining Animals

 Or as we call them...the Entertainment Staff.

 I am sorry to report that we no longer have rabbits.  Binker went on to the playground in the sky.  We think he was 9+ years old.  He was given to us after he was rescued from downtown Cincinnati.

This is the sweetest little girl.  She is a mother to all for sure.  She gets really anxious when the baby climbs.  And she tries to herd the yahoos all the time.

Ollie is growing up.  His legs are getting longer and his nose isn't pink anymore.

They love to play.  They are such outdoors dogs.

Boogie likes to watch the yahoos play.  I think that he is hoping they will feed him some leaves.  Ava loves feeding him.  Scoot was playing it shy today and he didn't want his pic taken.

Gladys always has something in her mouth.  She will chase anything that someone will throw.

She loves watching the squirrels.

Treats For The Goats

 

We shared some of the first watermelons with the goats and they loved it.

They use the fence as a tool for cutting the rinds into smaller pieces.  Murph always gives them sweet banana peppers.

Cooling Off The Animals

People have asked me how we keep the animals cool on hot days.  Lots of people have sent me the sic that is going around Facebook of frozen corn in cupcake tins.  This is what we do...

But first...I think she missed me!  ❦

Binker gets a frozen summer salad of romaine lettuce and granny smith apples.

The Girls dine on a veggie popsicle.

The goats love a good Licorice Lick.

And I put ice cubes in their water bucket.

It Was A Pretty Day

Everyone was out and enjoying the warm weather.

 Pumpkin seeds are such a special treat.

Finally Put Them To Good Use

They finally have earned their keep.  We have spent the last four days cleaning up the backyard.  Boy, do they love the weeds.

They just followed us around the yard and ate their way through several pounds of weeds.

They even ate in the light drizzle.

But then they got into a little bit of trouble because they ate some hydrangeas that I wanted to dry.

An Afternoon With The Boys

They found the surprise bucket of food.

But Scoot knows where the real bucket is.

Word gets around fast.

Boogie could care less.  He found some good wild morning glories to munch on.

And then the chickens got wind and then it was a free for all.

Boogie had some in all of the buckets.

Work Needing To Be Done

You can tell these two are brothers.  Always picking at each other.

And then there is Boogie, the boss of them all.

Tomorrow is a big day.  If the weather is nice everyone will be brushed and hooves trimmed.  And of course, water bucket filled to the brim and food buckets filled up with feed.  There might even be a little sweet treat in the picture for these silly boys.

Not Big Fans

 The good thing is that they keep each other warm.

Momma, please make it stop.

The best thing we have to date...heated water bucket!

I'll come out if you bring me a treat.

I like eating snow.

Boogie says who care, I'm going to have lunch.

Boogie needs to work on his sharing skills.

They Sure Can Be Silly

I'm trying again to get the chickens interested in music!  Looks like they may have some competition.

Who Let The Goats Out?

Boogie has found a new bush to munch on.

Note to self...take laundry off the line before letting the goats out.

Some of the boys have figured out how to reach the high leaves.

They are still munching on the old Christmas trees.

Everything is going to be well 'trimmed' about three feet off the ground.