Today started out rather interesting. We’d planned to make a trip out to Grand Junction to do the in-between batches for lamb shopping, but we had to change our plans.
First, we had a surprise late lamb. It was nine pounds, nine ounces, and is doing fine. Mom had him up, dry, and nursed when we found them. I didn’t take any pictures because the next bit of excitement was this bull.
He had smashed down the wire fence in the back corner of our property. We got him back through the gate and with his cows, then we called the owner to tell him about the problem. This is the same owner whose cattle break into our hay field every single year. We explained that he’d be getting a bill for fence repair and replacement as soon as we got it done. Colorado is an open-range state, but if you have a legal fence in place and an animal breaks it down, you have grounds to have it repaired by the livestock owner.
Since our shopping trip went kaput, we decided to do Friday’s scheduled work today instead. Our main task was getting the lawnmowers working around the main house lawn. We have to use jug panels to keep them off the porch, otherwise we’d have sheep trying to get into the house!
