When you live on a farm there's never a dull moment. There's always something happening.
This morning at 4:45 I was awaken by hubby. He was making a lot of noises so I woke up to see what he was doing.
He was awaken by a yelp and followed by a distressed baahhh from the goats. When he looked out the window he saw a pair of red eyes. So he went to get his flash light so he could look at it better to see what it was in our yard. But by the time he got back with his flash light the animal was gone. So we went outside to check on the goats to make sure they were still alive. When we went outside the goats were gone and one of the gates was wide open. The goats must have gotten scared and gotten out of the yard. So we went looking for them luckily they were very close by just hanging out right by the pigs but looked a little shaken. So we lured them back to the front yard area with food.
We believe it was a coyote that was in our yard but can't be for sure. So by the time we were done putting the goats back and checking to see if there's any coyotes hanging around and went back inside and it was already 5:30...and at 6 is when we usually get up to get the kids ready for school. I think I'll probably need a nap today!
The interesting thing about this incident is who left the gate open? I know I didn't, my hubby didn't, the kids swear up and down they didn't. I remember in the scripture somewhere that says the lord watches over you and watches over your flocks at night. I think that's exactly what happened! If the gate was not open the goats might not have been able to escape and might have gotten eaten by the coyote.
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I really don't think these goats are smart enough to open
this gate on their own and manage to get out
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| Hubby went fishing by the river late afternoon today and found this huge paw print...very well could be the coyotes' |
Does anyone know what kind of paw print this is??? Is that a bob cat or coyote? Or something else?
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