http://www.prophetstown.org/wordpress Happenings at the Farm Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:25:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I am raking hay today with Hayley and Abby. They trotted the first two rounds and after five rounds, are having their first break. We will bale later on this afternoon. Rain is coming in tonight. Last week they kept calling for rain,but when it would get here, the clouds ... http://www.prophetstown.org/wordpress/?p=191 Well we baled hay all day yesterday and it was heavy loaded pure alfalfa bales. We did 556 bales and had it unloaded in the barn last night. Six boys from Harrison were recruited by Miranda. Most of them are from the football team and they are worn out! ... http://www.prophetstown.org/wordpress/?p=190 Echo and Storm are doing tremondous. They are both drinking three bottles of milk a feeding. We are working on getting them drinking from the nurse bucket. Echo has taken to it but prefers the bottle. Storm on the other hand does not think much of it. Andi is due ... http://www.prophetstown.org/wordpress/?p=189 I am live from the field today. I am raking hay with Hayley and Amanda. I am extremely pleased how well Amanda has been driving this summer. The hay is pretty wet - fog this morning and late dew. I am not sure if we will be able to bale ... http://www.prophetstown.org/wordpress/?p=188 I cannot believe that it is Aug already. This summer is just flying by. We are mowing hay today - again. Using Aurora and Ava on the mower and they are chugging along very well. Megan is going to drive Hayley and Amanda on the trolley. We weaned colts a ... http://www.prophetstown.org/wordpress/?p=187 It's going to be very hot again today. I am sure glad we got that hay off the field yesterday. It didn't even rain last night. We just loaded up the wagons, so we have to unload them today. But it shouldn't be too bad. Pam took Molly in to ... http://www.prophetstown.org/wordpress/?p=186 I am raking hay this morning and we'll be baling this afternoon. Lots of dew this morning and couldn't start raking until late morning. We have rain coming tonight so it's all gotta be baled this afternoon. Yay for hay baling Janet had her calf last night. Two calves in one ... http://www.prophetstown.org/wordpress/?p=185 Janet had a bull calf around 4:30 yesterday afternoon. A bunch of people were here for milking and she waited for everyone to leave and then broke her water. We haven't named him yet, but he's red and white and real sharp. I am pretty excited to have two ... http://www.prophetstown.org/wordpress/?p=184 Addy had her calf this morning at 7am. She did wonderfully all by herself. She had a heifer calf that we named Echo. She looks just like her dam. She is nursing and walking, slowly, around the paddock. Both are doing great. Come out and see our new calf! http://www.prophetstown.org/wordpress/?p=183 I am tedding hay. It is such a nice morning and I have about half the field done. I am using Aurora and Amanda today. Amanda is in a bad mood and is making the turns difficult but all in all she's doing well. But the bad thing about mowing ... http://www.prophetstown.org/wordpress/?p=182