How ironic that we were talking about burro’s tails earlier this week, even if we were talking about plants.
Bernard’s donkey tail is perfectly fine.
So is Ellsworth’s.
Nigel’s burro tail is fine too.
Fergus’s tail… well, that’s another story.
What or who is responsible for taking the long hairs from our handsome boy’s tail?
Fergus isn’t talking and inquiring minds want to know.
Morning Bray Farm 
February 10, 2011 at 4:21 am
Hmmmm….around here I’d be pointing a finger at Gimli the Goat!
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February 10, 2011 at 5:35 am
I want to know! 🙂
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February 10, 2011 at 5:39 am
I smell a goober there. Does he have “fine” hairs stuck in his little toofies?
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February 10, 2011 at 5:43 am
Is it a sign of Spring coming?
Is he shedding from back to front?
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February 10, 2011 at 6:14 am
Goats. Does he back up to a shared fence with Leland and Meggie and Abigail when you’re not looking?
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February 10, 2011 at 7:08 am
Yup, I’m thinking goats, too.
If not them, then it must be barnyard fairies. 🙂
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February 10, 2011 at 7:48 am
Moths. Big, Mutant, Scary Moths.
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February 10, 2011 at 8:18 am
Said the knitter. 😀
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February 10, 2011 at 9:56 am
It was Colonel Mustard in the library with a candlestick. The Olde Bagg
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February 10, 2011 at 12:17 pm
Lol How funny that you would post this today! Two of our horses have beautiful long tails. The third one currently has a tail that is half the length it used to be. We couldn’t figure out what had happened to his tail. Recently we were sitting on the porch watching the boys play…and you guessed it. Russell was tugging on Hawk’s tail. That goober just stood there and let Russ chew on his tail! Mystery solved.
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February 10, 2011 at 12:35 pm
Now, do you think that someone/something is really taking bits of his tail away or is he just cursed, like many of us, with bad (tail) hair?
Chester’s tail is right nice, but Beau’s is pretty stubby and erratic… it could just be Fergus’ burden to bear.
🙂
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February 10, 2011 at 12:38 pm
Well, of COURSE my first thought was Barnyard. But the goat experts probably know better.
Poor Bernard. He really does bring it on himself, though…
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February 10, 2011 at 12:52 pm
Looks like someone is chewing tails!!!
When I bought my mare as a two year old, her tail had been chewed, up to the tailbone. Her little sister chewed her tail off!
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February 10, 2011 at 1:09 pm
C’mon Fergus. Cough it up – who’s robbing you of what should be a beautiful tail like your brothers? Poor Fergus.
Suzanne
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February 11, 2011 at 1:45 am
Oh Fergus, don´t bother! We all have our problem areas!
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February 11, 2011 at 6:43 am
My thought was exactly the same as Flartus…..
“Hmmmm, if someone has been chewing on something, especially something attached to one of his brothers, who is that likely to be?”
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