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Waldo, the Children's Zoo barn cat.

Cow bath

May. 10th, 2015 11:46 am
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Here's zookeeper Joe, keeping Rumba the Randall steer steady for his bath.

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My new coworker saw me trying to get a selfie snapshot with Rumba the bull, and said "oh I need to get one for my neice" and provided a much better 3:00 snapshot.
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These two rams are elderly animals that live in the Children's Zoo barn. They're part of the contact yard ("petting zoo") but they have the option not to participate, which they usually take.
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In the afternoons the Children's Zoo has been letting the goats out of their stalls to roam the barn for exercise (and for fun for the guests and staff). Here Lanandra is holding Zeke.
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Lakenvelder chickens. These guys are very pretty, but kind of aggressive, at least compared to our docile Buff Orpingtons.
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Katelyn and Starbuck.

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Anything good in the fridge, Starbuck?
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Meet Eva, a 53 year old retired circus hippo.

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Rumba

Aug. 26th, 2014 08:01 pm
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Up close and personal with Rumba, a Randall bull.
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An out-of-town friend visited the zoo with her family.

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They got to see the Poitou donkeys be led back to their stalls.
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This is a view, from the barn, of Rumba the Randall bull playing with a spindle toy.
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Introducing Turkey! Turkey is from a litter of confiscated puppies that were all named for Countries in Asia and the Middle East. (Turkey barely qualifies, but I guess it used to be Asia Minor).

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Over the weekend a very very small goat came out of one of our small goats.
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What is it about picnic tables that impels our domestic animals to become mountain climbers? Here the new ladies come over to see if Alex has any treats for them.
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First: Big news! We got a trio of new chickens! They are young Buff Orpingtons, and we are going to slowly introduce them to our current ladies. I asked a vet I work with how one does this, and she said it was similar to introducing cats to each other, which was basically already our plan. Both flocks are in adjacent coops in view of each other. At some point we'll let them come into contact and then we'll integrate the two groups.

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Alexis noticed this tulip sent its stem right through an insect-feeding hole in a dead oak leaf. Go, life, go!

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The Virginia creeper is awake and ready to cause some trouble!
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Zookeepers photographing pigs eating pumpkins.
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A chilly and vacant Children's Zoo Barnyard.

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