It's Getting Warmer at the Farm

Last weekend was my birthday so I didn't go to the Catskill Animal Sanctuary but today was much warmer than it has been. The first thing I did was scoop food out for the chickens.

Then another volunteer and I went out to a barn in a pick-up truck and we shoveled out old hay out of the barn and into the truck bed. Then we drove the old hay to this huge hay and manure pile and unloaded it.

After that I chopped up carrots, tomatoes, celery, grapes, string beans, apples and bananas for the pigs. I threw it all in a bucket and other volunteers and workers at CAS fed the pigs.

I swept out the excess hay from a different pick-up truck and put it into a wheelbarrow and took out the garbage in the kitchen.

I really like being out on the farm, the animals are really great. Here are some pictures from today.

Watering, Feeding and Grooming

On Sunday I was at the Catskill Animal Sanctuary and it wasn't as cold as it has been. The first thing I did was, in the barn, I gave the chickens and a pig more water. I cleared out the old water into a wheelbarrow and dumped it outside. Here's a video of my day.



The piglet Amelia can be mad annoying to all the other animals but she's still really cute.

I brushed five horses to get the dust and dirt out of their fur.

I fed a bunch of pot bellied pigs this grain-like stuff and some fruit. They attack the food when you put it down by stuffing their faces in it.

I chopped vegetables - cucumbers, leeks, asparagus - for the pigs.

The day was fun.

Another Cute Piglet Video

It's kind of hard to resist cute little pig videos, especially when the piglet is chasing a dog...and winning. This is Hannah (the dog) and Amelia (the piglet) that Caleb mentioned on Sunday and can be found on the Catskill Animal Sanctuary's YouTube channel.

It Wasn't As Cold Today

I cleared out a lot of poo again today. I shoveled poop. Do you know, cows are huge?

I fed the animals today, too. Horses, cows, pigs and goats. They all eat hay. Except the goats get lured into their building with grain then they eat hay. The goats stay inside for the night.

The pigs are super huge. A couple of pot bellied pigs escaped their pens. It was fun and cute but we had to round them up.

Amelia the piglet didn't grow much bigger from last week. Amelia was playing with Kathy's (who is the CAS founder) black lab dog named Hannah and it was so cute. See another video of Amelia below.

It wasn't as cold today so I didn't have to be in a coat, which was very nice. I was able to move around more. I think that the animals like the warmer weather better but I didn't notice any behavioral changes.

Here's a video from CAS's YouTube channel showing Amelia going to Petsmart.

Piglet Video

This piglet is so cute; Caleb gets a real charge out of her.