Happy Halloween from Lucky Penny Acres!
This year the goats decided to dress up for Halloween with Beanie and Harriet the most excited to join in without eating their costume!
Boo!
Harriet dons a costume.
The dogs refused to be left out of the fun. Here is Shaffron wearing her witch costume.
Shaffron in costume.
Click through for pictures of the fearsome Pennyguin!
You may recall that we picked up a couple of new hens from the NY State Fair earlier in the fall. We quarantined them in the chicken tractor for a few weeks to make sure they settled in to the new area and they were healthy.
After a couple of weeks and no signs of illness, we moved the chicken tractor into the field with the main flock so the new hens could see and smell the main flock while safely in the chicken tractor. Many members of the main flock crowded around the chicken tractor to meet the new hens.
The main flock meets the new hens.
Neither the main flock nor the new hens seemed troubled by each other and we were hopeful that the full integration would be successful.
Out in the country, traditional home defense products, like standard alarm systems, aren’t as effective because of the long distance and time before assistance can arrive. So, you have to go back to what worked in simpler times.
After some thought, we decided to build a moat around the house. Here are some pictures of the preparations for the moat going about 1/3 of the way around the house. It is approximately 10 feet wide and about 6 feet deep.
A view of the moat in progress.
Another view of the moat.
Another view of the moat with the backhoe.
Click through for more information about the moat.
With the summer winding down, it was time for the 3 tenant cows to head back to their home farm for breeding before winter. Now the goats get to have the run of the pastures until spring.
Here is a close-up of the cows at their water trough a few days before they went back home. Bell comes up close to check out the camera.
Click through for more pictures of the cows.