Backwash

Blaze was getting a drink out of the blue bucket.

Oh, Blaze, that is not proper water bucket etiquette.

Don't do it, Victoria.  You don't want to drink from that bucket!

Melting

We're positively melting.



Dolly can't even manage to smile for the camera.



Look what those geese do to stay cool.  Yes, the stinking human really has that many geese here (plus Lucy who wasn't at the party).



They hover around not only their pool, but our drinking water too!  Dang geese!

Geese Like Water

If you didn't know, geese like water.  They do.  If they see the tiniest little bit of water, they are trying to take a bath in it.



The human went down to see if there was actually any water in the old bathing hole.  Not much water at all.

They act like they thought the human was going to eat them.



Here's a video from a couple of years ago when there was actually water.

Silly geese!

Look Who Showed Up

The bovine ran out of water in the Back Forty.

Now we have to try not to get stepped on by those big water hogs.

Complaining

I'm probably going to be complaining a lot.  The human gave us clean water in the tub.

Yep~that's our clean water.

I can't believe I have to put up with this.

Look at the pitiful pile of hay she gives me.

Look at their hay.

Yep, I'm going to be complaining quite a bit until I get to go out in the pasture and feast on that green stuff.  You have been warned.

Featherbrained Peacock

The peacock is not very smart.

Handsome, yes, but smart no.

He thinks he can get a drink of water from the pool.

It's frozen solid!

He can't drink ice!

Silly bird.

Betty Lou and the Goose

Bettly Lou and the goose both want to drink out of the bucket of water the human set out for us goats. Who do you think is going to win?

I think Betty Lou sees something. Maybe she has an idea.

Looks like the goose won, but what's she looking at?

Betty Lou went to the cattle tank.

Can you believe we have to put up with those geese?

I'm Hot

It's very hot here right now. I'm positively wilting. (I don't know how Bambi looks so good.)

Even the kids are all worn out.

We're still trying to convince Maggie she shouldn't put her kids in dark tubs in the sun.

The human did bring us nice buckets of clean water, but those ornery geese nip at our ears, so we have to wait for them to finish.

We're looking for every bit of shade we can find.

Hope you are not so steamy.

Training the Human

Someone certainly has done a good job training the human. Whenever Naughty Rooster Boy sees this,

he struts over and starts circling close to the human. Now, when we do that she shoos us away and tells us to get a drink from the cattle tank (goose sludge).

She fills him up a bowl of water!

Look at him.

He circles.

He dips his beak.

He almost dances while he drinks.

A little bowl all to himself. She says, "Here you go, Rooster Boy." She doesn't even call him Naughty Rooster Boy!

Considering he's supposed to be a raccoon snack, he certainly has trained the human well.

Bud Not Drinking

When the human was getting fresh water for the girls in pens, Bud wanted a drink.

His tongue just was not long enough to reach. The human did let him get a drink when she was done filling the bucket.

Shocking!

Look at that poor llama begging for a drink of water. We all feel his pain. We've all been getting shocked when we drink from that nice blue cattle tank. We are not happy about this. The human did at least give us water in the green tub.

The human did have her nephew and his dad come look at it, and they did do some work. Then she tried telling us it was fine. She FORCED me to put my mouth on it. I was going to put my horns (cast and all) through her gut if she tried that again. Then she dumped it out. The llama was trying to let her know that was not acceptable.

Do you know how much it hurts to get your tongue and lips shocked???? It knocked poor Lucy Goosey on her butt. I know I don't speak highly of the geese, but when she tried to get a drink and it knocked her back, who wouldn't feel sorry for her. The human refilled the green tub, and her dad came the next day to look at the cattle tank.

She got home and dumped the tub to try and make us drink from that tank again. Sure, like we're going to believe her that it's safe. The geese weren't happy about the tub being dumped either.

Finally, we refused to drink long enough that it was getting dark and she refilled the tub.

We all wanted drinks.

Those geese were waiting for us to leave.

Finally, they all got a drink too.

I hope she really gets this thing fixed even though we do not plan on trying it out again.

All of us in the barnyard are showing a rare solidarity and we've decided the human gets to stick her tongue in that thing to "test it".