"Off Day"

Today was an "off" day. Too muddy to do any outside work with the animals. This time of year, they like to hang out in the barn all day. They don't even like to be outside when it is wet and windy! Tomorrow we hope to put out a few round bales of hay to last through the weekend. More rain and maybe some snow is predicted so I want to be prepared. We've been putting off moving hay since it is so muddy. We don't like to drive the tractor in the pasture any more than necessary because it makes such huge ruts. Some of the goats have been getting square bales to eat waiting for Sunday's rain to dry up. They love the square bales because it is a better quality of hay than they normally get. They are in hog heaven. We moved our chicken tractor further up the hill on drier ground. With all the rain we've been getting, it was mired up in mud and didn't want to roll. It took two of us to push it. Hopefully, it can stay where the ground drains better for a while. Have been receiving several calls about bunnies this week. What makes people think of rabbits in January? Mine are finally all bred and we will have lots of bunnies ready for Easter. Looking forward to doing disbudding and tattooing tomorrow (I lied.). Not two of my favorite jobs, but they have to be done. The disbudding is not too bad; but, when you tattoo, ink gets everywhere. You can't wear anything that you don't want permanent green ink on and you need to wear latex gloves to keep it off of your hands.