Thanksgiving is coming - soon or so it seems!  At Moosters, it means the end of the sales for the year.  The last of the "kids" will be leaving home over Thanksgiving weekend - our biggest bull, Winchester and our smallest heifer, Sky.  It's always a bittersweet time for us.  On the one hand, we can't keep them all.  On the other, we'd sure love to keep them all.

This year, we've said goodbye to some real favorites:  Stewie, our little rock star (we can't wait to see him next year at the AGM!), Carnival, our first Reserve Grand Champion and Winchester, simply because he's a big marshmallow (and he was born here three years ago and has already left once and just had to come back home).  We miss Belle, our horned pocket cow (not a good combination when most of our pocket cows are dehorned or polled).  Oh, and our sweet November who died in a truly tragic accident after she went to her new home.  Actually, I guess they are all favorites, but some are just special.

Thanksgiving weekend also means that our newest non-Dexter addition is going to be coming to live with us!  We got to meet him this weekend for the first time:

 

Check out those ears!

 

 

Meet Yodel, a six month old standard donkey.  He's going to help with guarding the herd when he gets a bit older.  For now, he's going to learn to be a Mooster and will continue to learn how to walk sweetly on his halter.  He's highly motivated by treats!  Yodel is truly going to be a new, but definitely fun experience.  We can't wait until he gets here!