Mud and cattle

After all the rain this past weekend we finally caught a break.  Tuesday was dry; and today was mostly sunny and dry, except for a brief shower in the evening.

Tuesday I was able to move a large bale of hay out for the cattle.  The pasture - with grass - is more dry than the corral.  Most of the main corral is grass-less and therefore a mud pit.

Today it was time to move a large hay bale into Buddy's part of the corral.  This meant driving through the corral, which while drier, is still muddy.  The tractor had no problem driving through the mud.  While the mud is many inches deep the ground under that layer is thankfully solid.

On Tuesday much drier than when it was raining - but still muddy.

By the end of the weekend a lake was around this feeder.

Here are photos of the cattle after I let them out of the corral so they could eat from the new bale.

At the new bale

The calves eat the remnants from the site of the previous hay bale.

Dirty face

Calf 13

A video of a cow and her calf.  43 seconds long.   https://youtu.be/0Cnb2VVw35Q


A video of some of the calves.  2 minutes 18 seconds long.   https://youtu.be/guoE8kBLAFY

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