The Land of Moo » Birds and Beasts

The week before Thanksgiving, Rosie the pregnant Jersey cow exhibited symptoms that made us worry about  another premature birth. So we moved her to the barnyard where she could bask in the afte...

http://www.thelandofmoo.com/2011/01/11/babys-here/

The grass along the driveway was getting a bit tall, so I called the mowing crew.  They come pretty fast most of the time.  I just open the gate and yell ‘cow’ a few times. We’re a family...

http://www.thelandofmoo.com/2010/10/03/mowingcrew/

There I was, wandering around in the pasture, checking every tall stand of grass and cluster of brush for the day-old calf that was hiding somewhere out there in the pasture. And I saw this . . ....

http://www.thelandofmoo.com/2010/09/15/a-short-strange-cow-tale/

Blue, our old Aussie, joined us as an 8-week-old pup in September of 1997.   Born on a Kansas cattle farm, he was a cute, blue merle out of full-blooded working Australian Shepherd parents.  ...

http://www.thelandofmoo.com/2010/06/21/bye-bye-blue/

We arrived home yesterday after an errand and found this lone duckling wandering in the yard. All alone.  Abandoned.  Unloved.  None of our dozens of adult ducks claimed it, even though it’s...

http://www.thelandofmoo.com/2010/06/18/an-unclaimed-duckling/

Someone asked me recently how many chickens I have.  I could only guess. In winter, I take a nightly headcount of all the birds during evening chores.  Now?  A headcount is practically impossi...

http://www.thelandofmoo.com/2010/06/09/babies-everywhere-i-turn/

I goofed.  This strange mismatch is completely my fault. A few weeks ago, I swiped all the eggs from beneath the nesting turkey hens.  Why?  Our turkeys have a terrible track record as parents...

http://www.thelandofmoo.com/2010/05/26/not-the-mama/

Now that they’re big enough to keep up, the goslings spend their days wandering outdoors with the flock.  The flock has, of course, slowed its pace to accommodate the little ones, and they res...

http://www.thelandofmoo.com/2010/05/21/out-and-about-with-goslings/

Sometimes the chickens roost on the tall stacks of rabbit cages in the barn.   The top of that cage is about six feet off the ground, so it’s not surprising that I didn’t notice that one of...

http://www.thelandofmoo.com/2010/05/20/not-a-safe-nest/

Out here in the boonies, it’s common to see box turtles crossing the road.  Now and then I happen upon a damp, dirty snapping turtle crossing ground in search of a different water hole — ho...

http://www.thelandofmoo.com/2010/05/15/snapping-turtles/