We had this big round bale of wheat delivered from the friendly people at the Kyogle rural store last Wednesday and we rolled it down into the boys' paddock on Thursday afternoon after work. It was rather heavy but rolled down pretty well, though it was a little reluctant to roll where we wanted it to go.
It didn't take long before the boys came over to investigate and they found it to their liking, which was a relief. As I posted last week, the boys' paddock is pretty much bare of grass now so we've been hand feeding them with bales of lucerne and rye grass for the past month or so. The boys have lost weight and are no longer at their rotund best.
Baxter particularly liked it and would use his head to loosen up the wheat so he could have a good go at it.
Here he is covered in wheat stalks. He's a loveable rogue.
By today (Sunday) the boys had demolished the lovely symmetrical shape of the bale so that it now resembles a hay stack. They've eaten a fair bit of it but hopefully there's still a few days left. I'm hopefully going to move them into our other paddock on the other side of McGuinness Road this weekend. Our neighbour, Bill, has been grazing his cattle in that paddock for the past couple of years but I've had to close the gate on his beasts so that our two can get access to some grass. Hopefully there will be a bit of growth in that paddock after we had 16mm of rain a few days ago.
2 comments:
They look so cute!
they are, Alex....were the boys here wen you were here? I can't remember...hope you are well
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