Who knows! As soon as I returned to the mountains to farm, I encountered a natural disaster.

Chapter 161 Prenatal Care of Sheep

The movement was a 'pop', which was very strange.

Zhao Yeqing pushed the door open and walked to the door of the pet room. He saw several dogs opening the back door, and a large pile of snow fell into the house, burying one third of the small pet room.

The few culprits were looking at the sky and the earth, looking away from her, as if to say, 'It's none of my business, I don't know anything. '

Zhao Yeqing felt his temples twitching.

How to clear this snow and where to pile it.

The snow around the house is the deepest. The reason why it can reach a thickness of nearly two meters is because after it snows, the snow will collapse the house. Every two days, Mu Xi will wait until the wind volume decreases slightly. Mu Xi goes out to remove the snow from the roof. Sweep it down.

The snow that had been swept accumulated around the house, so when the door was opened, the snow would fall directly into the house.

She looked at the looks of the dogs, grinded her back molars, and pinched the ear of Xiao Hei who was closest to her, "Is that you?"

Several dogs avoided her and left her surroundings pretending to be nonchalant.

Xiao Hei didn't dare to look at her, and neither did the dogs.

Sticky and Snowcake were lying down next to the fireplace watching the show.

"Forget it." She turned the hand holding Xiao Hei's ears to the top of Xiao Hei's head, rubbed it vigorously a few times, walked out of the room resignedly, and brought in a large bamboo basket to transport the snow out.

Mu Xi was clearing the road and saw her transporting the snow. He came over and said, "You go spread the salt and I will move it."

She shook her head and said, "Forget it, I'll wait until you clear a path first. If there's a place that really can't be cleared, I'll spread salt."

Salt can change the freezing point of water from zero to minus sixteen degrees, and can melt snow, but the current temperature is not suitable yet.

The pet room was not far from the door. Zhao Yeqing removed the straw mat on the floor of the room, filled the bamboo basket with snow, dragged it out again and again, and finished cleaning it in ten minutes.

Mu Xi cleared a road that could lead out of the yard. The road bifurcated to both sides, and one could walk on it to feed the cattle, sheep, and horses.

The cleared snow did not dare to pile up on both sides of the road for fear of collapse, so it all piled up outside the yard.

After the road was cleared, the two discovered that not only the woodshed behind them had collapsed, but also a corner of the roof of the tool shed had collapsed.

Inside the tool room, metal tools are piled in the area where snow has fallen. There is no need to worry about the snow falling, but it still has to be cleaned up and the holes in the roof have to be repaired.

The wood Mu Xi scraped together from home was not enough to patch the roof, so he had to clear the snow from the tool room first.

The snow on the meadow is also very thick, but the blizzard is accompanied by strong winds. The snow is not so deep that if you step on it, you will be immediately buried in the snow. The depth of the snow is probably a little below Zhao Yeqing's waist, and you can only be buried if you step on it. A little above the knees.

Seeing that Mu Xi had already cleared most of the snow from the tool shed, she thought for a moment and said, "Let's just cover the woodshed with plastic sheeting when the time comes. Move the fallen roof of the woodshed to repair this side first."

Now that there is no wood, we can only demolish the east wall to make up for the west wall.

After the two men moved the heavy firewood shed roof, Zhao Yeqing went to feed the animals.

Xiaohong's hair has grown a lot longer, so she won't cut it in winter because she can keep it warm.

Maybe it's because I haven't been out for a long time, so I'm not in particularly good spirits. I only feel energetic when I eat grass.

Zhao Yeqing took the comb hanging on the wall of the stable and carefully combed its hair smoothly. Xiaohong then rubbed her head against the palm of her hand.

Things are going well inside the sheep pen. The bellies of several pregnant sheep have obviously bulged now, and they will be almost ready to give birth in more than a month.

There are only two areas in the sheep pen at home to separate the sheep and goats. It is also time to put the pregnant sheep in a separate area.

If sheep fight in the sheepfold, it is easy for the pregnant sheep to abort.

Zhao Yeqing shouted into the yard, "Have you done it over there?"

It was just a roof repair, and it didn't take long to finish. Mu Xi was clearing the unfinished snow in the yard.

When he heard Zhao Yeqing shouting, he put down the shovel in his hand and walked over.

"what happened?"

Zhao Yeqing expressed his idea of ​​raising sheep separately. Mu Xi turned around and went to get the rake for sweeping sheep dung and clean it first.

Sheep and goats were raised separately, and pregnant sheep and goats were also raised separately. The two separated two single rooms in the sheep and goat areas, and locked the two pregnant sheep and two goats in them.

Pregnant sheep also need to pay special attention to the water trough. If the water is spilled on the floor when drinking water, it will not be long before the temperature is like this. The sheep will easily slip and fall, leading to miscarriage.

Zhao Yeqing took a few wooden sticks and nailed them to the side of the pregnant sheep's water tank. He added a piece of plastic sheeting to make the wall of the water tank near the inside higher so that the water would not overflow when drinking water.

The feed trough must be cleaned before feeding. The silage left over from yesterday's feeding cannot be left in it for fear of mold. Pregnant sheep will miscarry if they eat moldy pasture.

Zhao Yeqing was already familiar with the pre- and postpartum care of ewes, and even put some highland barley in the ewes' feed as a luxury.

She speeded up her work. After feeding the sheep, the cows had not yet been fed.

Cows are more tolerant to the cold than any other animal. They looked almost the same as before the snowfall. Mu Xi cleared the snow from the silo and made sure that the silage inside was not affected.

He took the silage into the cow pen and saw Zhao Yeqing looking up and down at the cow, "What are you looking at?"

Zhao Yeqing frowned, with confusion on his face, "Look at this cow, has it gained weight?"

Recently, Mu Xi has been doing all the feeding work. He looks at the weight and weight every day, and he can't feel the gradual changes. After hearing what she said, he observed carefully.

"Compared with the two cows next to it, it seems a little fatter." Mu Xi was also confused. This cow usually has a lower appetite than the other two bulls.

Zhao Yeqing blinked, and a thought suddenly flashed through his mind. He was stunned for a moment before speaking, "She...couldn't she be pregnant?"

Otherwise, there would be no way of eating the same feed. Only the cow would be fat, or only the belly would be fat.

Neinei also looks bigger than before, although it's not obvious yet.

Mu Xi was also stunned when he heard this, and seemed a little dumbfounded, "I don't know..."

The two put the grass in the trough and hurried back to the room to check the cattle's feeding information.

But the family that raises cattle is obviously not as careful as the original owner who raises sheep. They don't have many books and their notes are a little sloppy.

Zhao Yeqing recognized a line of words inside,

'The cow's tail is crooked, the gestation time is x years and x months...'

She suddenly remembered the cow's tail she had seen before. At that time, she was still mumbling why the cow's tail was crooked.