April pt. 2

Well, since I did my first April post in the beginning of April, there was a lot more that happened between then and May. So I figured I'd do a part 2 so that the May blog post wasn't a novel.

Our current #LaRueFarm stats:

2 of our cows had calves. The first was a little bull calf named Joe (name credit to our 5 year old niece) and the heifer calf is named Lulu Bell.
Lulu bell was born in the middle of the night in a rain storm. Jon couldn't sleep one night and felt like he should go check on the cows. He went to the farm and the mama cow was in labor, he came back to the house to get a rope in case he had to pull the calf and when he got back she was born! Unfortunately she was born right in a mud puddle out in the rain, so Jon went in the pen and dried her off, got her standing up, and drinking from her mama. I'm so grateful he went and checked on them!!
Because she was handled at such a young age, she is much friendler than the bull and we can pet her.
Joe-

Lulu Bell-

So the chickens grew really fast! I let them roam around the yard to eat bugs and the really enjoyed themselves, instead of being in the box in the garage.

They loved being by the horses.
Unfortunately one day they wandered outside the yard, and the neighbors dog got the little hen (right in front of the 9 year old neighbor girl, yikes!) so after I was done comforting her from the recent trauma of watching her dog play with a chicken like a rag doll, I carried the dead hen home and tossed her in the trash. (who am i?! i didn't even cry!) I was sad though. But then we just had the rooster and there is no point in having just a rooster because they become aggressive. If you don't believe me, just read THIS post!
SO we decided to give the rooster away, meanwhile we had to catch him first, so Jon, being the man that he is, thought he should try to rope it. And that was the funniest thing ive ever seen.

I wish i had video of it. Surprisingly enough, he was not able to rope the rooster, so we just cornered him and caught him.

 So now we are chickenless. It was fun while it lasted.

The dogs are still enjoying their lives. Heelers are the best, they're just so content no matter what

Quincy is not very photogenic, and she always turns away from the camera whenever I point it at her. oh well.

That's all!
Still not quotes from Jon... he must just not have been very funny this month lol