Did you know that when donkeys are wet, they really have no interest in anyone touching them? It’s true – anything that pushes the water through from their coarse outer winter hair in close to their skin makes them decidedly cranky.
It started yesterday, that being Monday, with storms that brought torrential downpours to north Texas. The morning was windy and cloudy, but the real fun began just as we pulled into our driveway in the evening with 100 pounds of goat feed and an urgent need to get everyone fed before it became even worse. Just running from the car to the front door of the house left us rather wet. After a quick change and a check of the radar, it looked like we would have about 15 more minutes of downpour then it may lighten up a little bit.
That’s great! So we waited – and there was no sign of it letting up, so out we went in the rain. Me in my Carhartt and Bill in a rain slicker. I headed for hay storage, and he loaded in 50 lbs of feed – by the time I made it to the barn with the animals, my coat and jeans were soaked through.
25 minutes later, just as we finished up with the evening barn chores, there was the break in the rain. Isn’t that the way it always goes?! So, it should clear about 4pm today – and give us a wet and mucky barnyard, but at least it’s only from one direction!
The upside, in my way of thinking, is how fast the grass and hay will grow. Everyone cross your fingers for a good week of dry warm weather in early May for the first hay cutting. Other farmers, much like ourselves, will be thrilled to have local hay again!
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