Hay wagon days...

Muscovy babies are getting bigger. I let them roam the pen but they are still small enough to fit through all fencing exceptthe chicken wire so they need babysitting. I love to see them dig their beaks into the ground and pull up a fat worm that is longer then them. A chase by the other ducklings always follow as they try to get a piece of it. They chase the mosquitos and even eat the bees/wasps that get close enough for them.
I seem to have run into a problem with Lady Chia demanding the first choice of all grain and hay that is brought out.
On one ocaasion, I brought the hay in an extra wagon up the hill to them. I used it to haul down the water bucket and other items when I had to bring Frog out and carry her in the sling. It was much easier to tote all the stuff up the hill and back down in it. Of course they would not wait for it to go in their crates, & I was not going to stop them. As you can see, Cleo watches Lady Chia carefully because she never knows when she will do this...

When Cleo goes around and eats through the fence, Lady Chia cannot butt her out of the way so easily ,thankfully. I also put their grain on different sides of the fence since Chia can be rather piggish. She would have to go all the way around the fence to get to Cleopatra's grain which would mean excercise... aghast... Lady Chia is rather lazy and I have never seen her run for anything except the hay wagon. I am sure her old age has something to do with it. Good thing the kids have a red ryder with monster wheels I prefer for hikes and such. This one is pretty much a yard toy they ride down the hill in and "jump out before you get to the ditch" wagon. They would also do that in their peddle taxi car before I gave it to the Goodwill due to its abuse. It has seen better days but was still usable. Mine just used it as a hill sled.
Today I am harvesting the large sunflower heads and hanging them up in the garage to dry for winter use. All the corn stalks that grew (rather small cobs at that) I will also harvest up and let dry for animal winter snacks. Thinking I may dry some clover leaves and such for the rabbits to munch during winter too. I read about it on Homesteading today's forum on rabbits so thought I would give it try. Enjoy the sun while we still have it...
~Tammie