Suzanna was attempting to work with one of her 4-H heifers last night when the other one got loose. Somehow the heifer she was working with also got loose and a party ensued. Thomas came racing into the house to say that the heifers were loose. Since my hubby was already down by the barn, I figured he could handle this one and sent Thomas back out to tell dad. Thomas came flying back into the house 5 minutes later to say the heifers were running through the garden and now were heading for the wheat field. First I thought to myself, "where is my husband", then looked out the back window to see to happy heifers romping their way to the wheat field with Suzanna and Kathryn running behind.
Hubby and I joined the project, with a lesson in not chasing, but rather circling around the heifers and driving them rather than giving them more reason to run. Once the heifers had the chance to calm down, Rhoda, the older heifer realized that Suzanna was walking toward her and basically let herself be caught. She had a halter on, so once Suzanna started leading her, Fancy followed right along and back to the barn.
As we were heading back to the barn, we began hearing Kathryn hollering for us. She hadn't noticed that we all turned north toward the heifers and had kept heading west, got over the hill and couldn't see any of us. Thomas headed back up the hill and found her. She was not a very happy kid!!!!!
All of life is a lesson, and the kids learned that you don't bother chasing the heifers, cause they can ALWAYS outrun you.
PS: One more guinea hatched last night and I added it to the collection with the surrogate mother. She was happy to have it.
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