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Raining today, better than ice or snow :)

Big moos
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Little moos
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Put them together and they are the moo crew.

Jesus is Lord and Christ ✝️
 
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that's what happens when i don't get a nap. my sleep-schedule is all messed up in the winter and then it starts sorting itself out when we get nearer to spring with both exercise and more light coming along...
Here too... HOW are you supposed to get out of bed when it is still dark out??????
 

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Muddy moos 🤣 and they don't care! My goats? Nope. Starve first...not walking in wet!!!!!
It seems to me they don't care about being wet at all. I actually think they enjoy a good shower.

One thing I found odd... snow and frost doesn't melt right away when it forms on their backs either. Then I read somewhere it a sign of good health. And that they have a fat cover of sufficient depth, to insulate them from the cold. Who knows if that's truth or not? But it kind of makes sense, when I think about it.

We are blessed to have the moo crew.

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It seems to me they don't care about being wet at all. I actually think they enjoy a good shower.

One thing I found odd... snow and frost doesn't melt right away when it forms on their backs either. Then I read somewhere it a sign of good health. And that they have a fat cover of sufficient depth, to insulate them from the cold. Who knows if that's truth or not? But it kind of makes sense, when I think about it.

We are blessed to have the moo crew.

Jesus is Lord and Christ ✝️
Yes... you do not want them overly fat... but you want them to have enough fat on their backs that snow does not melt.

Very important in cold climates for cattle and horses and similar.

Goats though... they NEVER let snow sit on their backs!!!
 

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I use a large riding mower to pull cart.
Me too... Last year I bought a battery riding mower... did not want to deal with the gas, oil, spark plug, carb... and wanted QUIETER... Bought a Greenworks... ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT.... granted, can't go in the rougher woods much, like an ATV or UTV... but it pulls the cart great... and the lawn sweeper... had gotten the walk behind mower the year before and the batteries are interchangeable if you stay in the same "volt"...so it sold me... Have the small tiller now,
They also had a great sale on it ... plus I qualified for 12 months NO INTEREST financing on half... so put down 1/2, and financed the rest... it will be paid off in a couple more months ....definitely worth it.. Has a "hitch" in both front and back .
They have both zero turn and the regular "tractor" riding type.. I got the tractor riding type because of getting off and on with the replaced knees... easier than sitting down "into" the seat.
Got a whole line of stuff...
 
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