The New Arrivals

Another Trip to the Animal Auction

We've had this guy for a while but he is very nosey. His life is continuously threatened by my mom as he doesn't always choose to use the yard as his bathroom. He still tries to impress his wife with his feathers.

I don't think this pony has a name yet. Colt loved riding the pony- as long as he could hold his Capri Sun. I'm not sure he even realized he was riding. Dad bought the pony with the promise it is pregnant. We already have a male pony so I'm pretty sure if it wasn't pregnant when it arrived, it is now.

This little guy is "Z". He is a Zebu (pronounced zeebu) cow. You can tell that he is about Colt's height. Zebus are miniature cows and he won't get much taller. He is so sweet and just a baby. Ray went to the auction with Dad and Bub so she helped pick out the animals.

This large animal is a mammoth donkey named Joe. My brother named the jackass after Joe Biden (yes, we have Obama). He is about 8 months old and not full grown. You can tell how large he is compared to Wes and Dad. His father is 6 feet tall. Dad will be taking him to Missouri to be trained to pull a wagon. We aren't sure why.

A trip to the auction involved leaving with an empty trailer and arriving with the trailer and truck full. Dad bought many, many more birds- chickens, pigeons and pheasants. They also bought a young llama for our neighbors with goats (coyotes are scared of llamas so they won't mess with livestock with llamas are present). Dad says he is out of the goat business (we only have 4 left) and is in the donkey business. I'll do an update on the donkeys. They are all precious.