Over the long Labor Day weekend, we spent our time fencing a new pasture.  The cows ate down the original pasture faster than we thought they would!  We decided to move them to the “swamp” area where there’s lots of grass.  We pulled up steel fence posts from around the farm to use again.  Lots of work and it was hot, of course.  The cows were anxiously waiting!  In fact, we treated them to some small hay bales!  Funny how they come running when they see the bales!
We opened the gates and Craig walked down to get the cows- with a handful of hay to entice them- and they followed him like the Pied Piper to the gate.  They all went in except the 2 smallest calves- they got skittish and stayed back.  So, it took another half hour or so to get them to go through.  They are kind of dense sometimes!  No- you can’t go through
the fence- you go AROUND!!  But, all is well and they are enjoying the new pasture.  We made a small paddock and will move them down the pasture as they graze it down.  We hope they stay here until the end of October, then move them to the winter pasture by the pole shed.

Labor Day Weekend 2014

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