Brush Yo Teeth

Today Everett and I visited the cows again. We moved them down into the bottom of the back bowl, pushing them through brush and opening up a lot of overgrowth. By doing this, we exposed the cows to areas that they had not been before. There wasn't much grass but the cows quickly started munching on the plethora of brush and leaves that were around.

We ran into a problem with the calves that had gotten out under the fence. After we moved the herd, we went back to gather up the calves. By doing it in this order (rather than getting everything together then moving them) a bunch of the cows that we had moved came back up the hill in search of their calves. After some more time spent herding on foot, we were able to successfully get the cows in the same general area - which after a couple hours was good enough!

Later in the afternoon, after putting up more fence for new paddocks, Ev and I returned to the cows to find them laying down and the calves prancing around. According to Joe and Everette, this is a sign that the cows are happy - that they are content and all their needs have been met. To me, the cows seemed happy enough laying under the trees and chewing on leaves.

Tomorrow, Matt is arriving with his party and I will be taking the afternoon and Wednesday off. In the morning, Ev and I are going to move the cows into their new paddock (still in the Pick Nick Grounds) and rearrange some fencing.

I took pictures today but left them in the Mule (the 4x4). I won't be posting for the next few days but will be enjoying some quality family time... and seeing Phish.

Look for pictures soon!