Yesterday afternoon, we were returning home after some errands and we got a call from the guy who was fixing one of our rooves. He said a tree had fallen in our goat paddock, across the fencing. He was standing guard to make sure the goats didn’t get out. Fortunately, we were only about 5 minutes away!
There is a very large oak tree in the buck paddock and the trunk splits into two sections about 15 feet off the ground. The smaller of these two sections broke away and fell unto the back section of fencing. We lost at least six sections of cattle panel fencing, several posts and a four foot gate. you can see the damage in the picture for this post.
Fortunately, all the goats are fine, in fact, the bucks are loving having all those oak leaves to munch on. There was some mistletoe on the branches and we had to remove it all because it can be toxic for goats (although, the goat love it even more than oak leaves!).
Chuck secured the fencing temporarily and we will start the cleanup soon. It was an oak tree and so we will split the wood, stack it, and use it for firewood next year.
