And the Cow Jumped Over the Moon

An escaped cow, speed-fencing, the gorilla method, and ramming rams. That pretty much sums up my day!

This morning, while eating breakfast, we heard one of the cows mooing in distress. Bridget has been very vocal the past few days (aka she's been in heat), so we figured it was just her, moaning about being single, like ladies do. But at breakfast, Deobrah was concerned that the mooing sounded like it was coming from near the chicken shed, which is outside the cows' pasture. The rest of us convinced her that couldn't be the case...

Well, surprise surprise! Deborah was right. Katherine and I went out and saw Molly behind the chicken shed. Not a really big deal, right? Wrong again! 

Molly fled across the river. Mike, Deborah, Margaret, and I went over to try to bring her back. I helped keep Midnight, who was surprisingly distraught over the cow in his pasture, out of the way. It took a long while to get Molly; she is a fiery Irish redhead, after all! We tried using treats, her halter, and herding her, but nothing worked......until Deborah turned her back on Molly and we all stopped watching. Once Molly thought we didn't want her to follow us, of course she did! We got her returned safe and sound to her pasture buddy, Bridget, and hope she'll stay put now!

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Later in the day, Mike and I ended up speed-fencing. Speed fencing should be a new sport: it takes true talent. We were fencing off a new area for the dairy goats to graze, when they got free of Deborah & Margaret and started racing towards us-- good inspiration to fence like pros! As we fenced, I scared the goats back by using the tried and true gorilla method. It's the only thing that scares goats, when you run at them waving your arms like King Kong.      

Trust me.

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Last, but not least: The Ramming Rams. Katherine and I were outside in the front yard when we heard an extremely loud and equally strange groan. I looked over to see Jonathan sprinting through the rams' pasture, fleeing a wooly blur that just happened to have big horns. He leaped the fence as I cried "Run Jonathan! Ruuuuuun!"