Storybook Farm Llama Trekking B&B: Morning Chores

Storybook Farm Llama Trekking B&B: Morning Chores

Morning Chores

Well, I am hoping this blog is a bit more tame than some of the weird stuff previously!  That is what happens when you are left alone with all these critters...your mind just goes off somewhere! :)

Speaking of critters...I went out this morning, as usual, to feed the llamas.  We recently built a new hay feeder and it was empty...so I went to the hay shed, got some hay and hoisted it down the drive to the feeder.  It has become habit over the years to count my llamas.  Do women with more than 5 children just "count" them?  Anyway, as I was throwing the hay over the fence and into the feeder, those nasty girls would play musical feeder and MOVE!  I was having great difficulty getting an accurate count.  I know I have 15.  I could get to 14, knowing there were four boys in the other pasture.  SO....off I run...down the drive, around the corner and into the barn...only to be met by ALL the llamas that were out feeding!  Now the barn is congested when they all come in and getting a count was difficult again.  I'm counting out loud...One, two, three, four...they move.  One, two, three, four...they move!  Arrrgh!  ONE, TWO, THREE...

At this point, I raise my arms and yell...Are you paying attention here?  C'mon...all together now...1,2,3,4...left, left, left, right, left! I'm marching in place and they all stop and stare!  Okay, got their attention!  1,2,3,4,5...movement!  NOT tolerated!  "Okay ladies...sound off!  I"m tired of this!  One, two, three, four..."  They are staring again and the movement stops!  From somewhere in the rear....I hear....a very low, unmistakable...HUM!  Now, if I could just get the others to "Call out" I'd be fine!  That is a relative term!  All the llamas were there...took two runs around the building, but I got 'em!

Here are a few pictures from around the farm!  Enjoy.  And, please leave a comment, if you will, so I know I'm not just here, alone with all these crazy critters!! :)  Thanks!

Gadjit, deciding if it is too cold to come out to eat!

Girls eating grain...now countable!



Izzy, eating what is left in the grain bucket while I run back and forth to count!



Mo, waiting at the trail for our return.



The barn, obstacles and trail in the trees.



Winter on the farm!