farm pics at christmas

Here in central IL we have a very white christmas. About 6 inches of nice new white snow. Still, its another day on the farm and things go on just like any other day.


Before going to christmas eve dinner with the family, chores need to be done. Checking on the cows while the snow falls.


A couple of young cows check me out while I check on the tank heater in their water tank.


After checking on the cows I head back home down the road. Snow on christmas eve is nice.


Back home, the calves raced outside as soon as I started the tractor. They know exactly what that noise is.


24 noses in the bunk and eating, perfect.


After a little shoveling of snow this morning feeding was under way.


Doing chores alone today and with the snow I was a little late getting to the cows. But they were happy to see me!


Enjoying a mix of hay, corn stalks, corn gluten and corn silage. It has a nice smell to it actually.

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This group of heifers will grab a mouthfull out of every pile and follow me to the last pile and stay there and eat. I have no idea why.

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As I finished up chores at the Higgs farm the sun was trying to poke out.


I guess I wasnt alone doing chores really. Wrigley was doing his job talking to the cows while I took pics. He is wore out and napping somewhere, a quick look around and I dont see him downstairs so that means he is sleeping on the foot of my bed. Not much traffic out and about while I did chores this morning. Mostly snow plows and I saw a couple of guys goose hunting. Much like wrigley I am planning on a lazy christmas afternoon.
From here on the farm,
merry christmas everybody !!
bill

Because after the last pile there's nothing new to check out! And they're not about to waste energy going back to previously checked out piles until the current one is gone!

Thanks for the tour, BILL. Give Ole WRIGLEY a handful of MilkBones for me. He soooo reminds me of one of our past dogs...except he is a "he" and ours was a "blonde she"...well, sometimes she was "blonde"...heheheh!

Merry Christmas from NC where it is lightly snowing!!

Rick

Nice pictures. We just blew snow this morning. Merry Christmas from northern Iowa.

Hey Bill, Merry Christmas & thanks for the pics. I know they're in their winter coats and all but MAN some of those heifers look wooly. Any unusual genetics or just well prepared. Thanks, Nick

Merry Christmas Bill - and Wrigley!

Thanks for sending the White Christmas our way.

We went down south of Bartonville to the inlaws last night and kinda glad we didn't have to go farther. Plowed the drive off this morning waiting for the stepson to get there - nobody took my picture tho! Guess I should have givin the wife her new camera BEFORE I went out and think daughter was busy scoping presents under the tree.

Jim

Bill,

Thanks for the pictures. Your operation is really nicely constructed. Maybe someday I'll get mine organized as well as your is.

Tom in TN

Thanks for the pics. Looks like the weather is better than it was a week ago. Have a happy and prosprous new year.

Thank you for the pictures. You know the next pile is always better than the last one dropped, right??? Merry Christmas, from JayinNY.

Really nice pictures, I always enjoy your posts, and it is extra nice of you to take time from your chores to take pictures for us to enjoy. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your family and Wrigly

Bill, thanx for the pictures! I really enjoy them. I really get a charge out of Wrigley! Greg

Bill, thanks for sharing.