From the cameras
Ranch journal
Each afternoon we collapse the five ranch cameras into one log — who was at the hay ring, who was on the coop roost, whether the donkeys were at the pens. One page per day, plus a Ranch Week wrap when that week is edited and published. Watch the same paddocks live on the ranch cam. Meet Virgil and Zander, or size the winter pile with the hay calculator.
2026-10-07
Donkeys standing near metal fence
Spotlight Did you see where Virgil parked himself this evening? The pair Virgil and Zander are over in Pasture 2a, standing by those metal pens and the water tank, just taking a…
2026-10-06
Brown cow stands in Pasture 1
The brown cow from Zander 's bunch stood out in Pasture 1. It stood alone on the pine needles. No other cattle were in sight. Several chickens occupied the coop. They stood…
2026-10-05
Cattle in the evening pasture
Pumpkin 's bunch stood out in Pasture 1 at 6:56 PM. One black cow faced the camera. A brown cow with a white face walked the other way. Two or three more cattle stayed back by…
2026-10-04
Chickens in the morning coop
Earlier Morning. At 6:39 several chickens are on the coop floor among the shavings, blacks and a white one near the perch. Kyle is in the coop with the others under the lamp. At…
2026-10-03
Cows spread among the pine trees
Spotlight Noticed Cinnamon 's bunch taking it slow in the pines. Several of them stood among the trees later in the day, just looking around or nosing the ground. A couple of…
2026-10-02
Four cows in the pine pasture
Quiet corners The barn sat quiet before sunup. Dust hung in the light. One goat stayed in the corner. Where it moved Two goats were in the evening pasture, one walking along the…
2026-10-01
Cow standing donkey lying in barn
A spotted donkey grazed with its head lowered in Pasture 2a at 5:07 PM. The animal stood alone in the open pine straw among several tall trees. That is Virgil . Zander of the…
2026-09-30
Two donkeys in the pasture
Earlier Morning. At six -nineteen six chickens fill the coop. Two perch high on the bar, four stand below on the shavings, some still, one turning slowly. At seven-fifty-five…
2026-09-29
Cows grazing Pasture 1
What's Pumpkin 's bunch up to first thing this morning? Four brown cows are scattered through Pasture 1, standing and grazing among the pines, one closer to the camera and the…
2026-09-28
Busy chickens in the coop
The barn was empty and dark. The coop was busy with birds. That was the contrast. Quiet corners Nothing showed in the barn at all. A lone chicken moved through the run in Pasture…
2026-09-27
Sugar's bunch on Pasture 1
Sugar 's bunch is on Pasture 1 at 2:22 PM, three cows on the pine needles. Two brown cows stand in the middle of the lot, one with her head down by a tree and the other still. A…
2026-09-26
Brown cow walks by barn
Spotlight Noticed Cinnamon 's bunch in Pasture 1 at 9:46 AM. Four cattle on the needle-covered ground. One brown walks slowly away, rear to camera. One black stands right of the…
2026-09-25
Donkeys and goats near the pens
Earlier Morning the chickens were already stirring in the coop, half a dozen of them moving around on the shavings under that bright lamp. A couple of white ones mixed in with…
2026-09-24
Two cows kickin' up dust
Y'all, Pasture 1 at 5:23 PM them two cows just mosey around and kicked up dust, didn't even hit the hay ring . Inside Barn at 8:00 PM was empty as a pocket — nobody home under…
2026-09-23
Donkey loafing in the pines
Y'all, Pasture 2a at 1:46 PM had that white donkey just standing in the pines not kicking up dust while a few critters hung by the metal pens, then Pasture 1 at 4:23 PM them cows…
2026-09-19
Two black hens on patrol
Y'all, Pasture 2b at 6:20 PM was just two black chickens moseying around that wire pen like they paid rent on the pines, then Chicken Coop at 7:21 PM had four critters clocking…
2026-09-18
Three cows kicking up dust
Y'all, Pasture 1 at 5:39 PM had three cows moseying across that pine straw kicking up dust like they were late for supper, then Pasture 2a at 5:50 them donkeys were just standing…
2026-09-17
Cows and goats at the pens
Buddy, Pasture 2a at 5:12 PM had a couple cows and some goats just standing around them metal pens like they had all day and nowhere to mosey. Pasture 2b at 6:27 PM the chickens…
2026-09-16
Donkeys grazing, turkey loitering
Y'all, Pasture 2a at 5:27 PM had a couple donkeys moseying around with their heads in the pine straw, a turkey standing there like security, and a chicken sneaking the bottom of…
2026-09-15
Turkey stands, hens scratch straw
Y'all, Pasture 2b at 7:28 PM had a turkey standing proud behind the wire while a handful of black hens moseyed the pine straw on our side — nobody at the hay ring , just critters…
2026-09-14
Donkeys loafing, cows penned up
Y'all, Pasture 2a at 5:26 PM had a couple donkeys moseying around them pines while the cows hung back in the pens like they were waiting on a hay ring that never showed, then…
2026-09-13
Hay ring's got four customers
Buddy, Pasture 1 at 7:07 PM had four cows moseying up to the hay ring like it was payday — that black one and three reds crowding the green feeder and kicking up dust. Come 6:46…
2026-09-12
Cows crowding the hay ring
Y'all, Pasture 1 at 7:07 PM had four cows moseying up to the hay rings like supper just got called, black one and a couple reds working that green ring while another stood back…
2026-09-11
Empty barn, nobody punched in
Y'all, Inside Barn at 8:17 PM was nobody home — just a dusty floor, a post, and that hanging light, so the critters had already moseyed out. Come 7:16 AM on Pasture 2a a spotted…
2026-09-10
Donkeys holding court, y'all
Pasture 2a at 5:30 PM had y'all's donkeys just standing in the pine straw like they own the place — one spotted critter up front giving the camera the once-over and a brown one…
2026-09-09
Hay ring's got three customers
Y'all, Pasture 1 at 6:03 PM had three cows parked at the hay ring like it was a drive-thru, then the Chicken Coop at 6:23 AM was already a full house of critters hopping off the…
2026-09-08
Four cows hoggin' hay ring
Y'all, Pasture 1 at 7:14 PM had four cows jammed on that green hay ring like it was the only buffet in Huntsville, heads down and not even kickin' up dust, while the empty silver…
2026-09-07
Cows crowding that hay ring
Y'all, Pasture 1 at 6:59 PM had the cows piled up at the hay ring like supper got called, four or five of 'em working that green ring and kicking up dust under the pines. Pasture…
2026-09-06
Lone cow sacked out
Y'all, Inside Barn at 6:26 AM was quieter than a Monday morning — just one cow sacked out in the dirt under that hanging light like she called in sick and the rest of the crew…
2026-09-05
Napper and a barn lurker
Y'all, Inside Barn at 8:41 PM had a brown cow sacked out under that hanging light and a pale one standing back in the dark like it drew night watch, then Pasture 2a at 6:30 AM a…
2026-09-04
Cows crowded at hay ring
Y'all, Pasture 1 at 5:38 PM had five cows parked at the hay ring like supper was mandatory — four of 'em heads-down in the hay while that white one stood off in the pines actin'…
2026-09-03
Donkey posing by the pines
Y'all, Pasture 2a at 5:33 PM had that white donkey just parked out by the pines like he was posing for a calendar, while a brown cow hung in the pens, chickens scratched around…
2026-09-02
Evening cows at the hay
Pasture 2a at 8:01 PM was a slow mosey kind of evening — brown cow parked under the lean-to and a couple more critters standing at the hay like they had all night, then y'all…
2026-09-01
Donkeys goat chicken on patrol
Y'all, Pasture 2a at 6:21 PM had a couple donkeys and a little goat moseying around those pens while one white chicken stood out front like she was taking roll of the critters…
2026-08-31
Hay ring's already busy
Y'all, Pasture 1 at 6:41 AM already had three cows on the hay ring — two brown critters face-first in the pile and a white one standing off like she drew supervisor duty — then…
2026-08-30
Goat crashed the hay ring
Y'all, Pasture 1 around 6:08 PM was a full-on hay ring pileup — brown cow and a white one working that bale, a dark one moseying in and kicking up dust, and a little goat…
2026-08-29
Goats loafing back in pens
Y'all, Pasture 2a at 6:07 PM was mostly pine straw and empty dirt up front, with the goats and a couple cows hanging back in the pens like they paid rent and didn't care to mosey…
2026-08-28
Goats hanging by the pens
Y'all, Pasture 2a at 5:53 PM had goats hanging by the pens and a couple cows back at the hay while that pine-straw lot sat empty, then the Chicken Coop at 7:19 PM was black hens…
2026-08-27
Coop crew already clocked in
Y'all, Chicken Coop at 6:55 AM already had about six chickens on the shavings and roosts like the day shift never clocked out. Pasture 2b at 7:11 AM showed a rooster and two…
2026-08-26
Cows mobbing the hay ring
Pasture 1 at 5:44 PM y'all had the cows parked at the hay ring like it was the only diner in Huntsville, one brown critter moseying in while the rest worked those bales and a…
2026-08-25
Cow loafs, goats mosey
Y'all, Pasture 2a at 7:10 PM a brown cow was parked at the shelter fence while two white goats moseyed the pine-straw fence line like they were late for supper, and over in the…
2026-08-24
Four cows at hay rings
Y'all, Pasture 1 around 5:31 PM had four cows parked at the hay rings like they paid rent — one black and three brown just working that hay under the pines and kicking up a…
2026-08-23
Donkey and cows by the pens
Y'all, Pasture 2a at 5:20 PM had a donkey and a couple cows moseying the pens while a white goat stood there like it owned the pine straw, then Pasture 1 around 5:42 PM was the…
2026-08-20
Three chickens report for coop duty
On the ranch, one chicken fluttered around the Chicken Coop at 7:50 PM on August 18, a turkey strutted through Pasture 1 at 8:24 AM and 6:59 PM on August 19, one cow grazed in…
2026-08-18
Three chickens ruling the coop at 8:02 PM
On August 17, one chicken was spotted at the Chicken Coop around 8:02 PM, one cow grazed in Pasture 2a at 5:13 PM and again at 6:19 PM, one donkey was seen in the same pasture at…
2026-08-17
Three Chickens Up Past Bedtime
On August 16, a single chicken was spotted fluttering around the Chicken Coop at 9:02 PM, while one cow grazed in Pasture 2a at 7:13 PM and again at 7:40 PM, and a donkey was…
2026-08-16
Two chickens home by 7:54 PM
On August 15, a single chicken was spotted at the Chicken Coop around 7:54 PM and 7:59 PM, including moments with 2 critters visible on camera. The following day in Pasture 2a, 1…
2026-08-15
Four chickens home in coop
On August 14, a single chicken was spotted fluttering around the Chicken Coop at 7:24 PM. That same evening, one turkey was seen strutting through Pasture 1 at 5:23 PM and again…
2026-08-14
Four chickens clock in early
On the ranch, a single chicken fluttered around the Chicken Coop at 5:53 AM on August 14, while one turkey was spotted strutting through Pasture 1 at 3:49 PM that same day. A cow…
2026-08-13
Three chickens ruling the coop tonight
On the ranch, one chicken was spotted fluttering around the Chicken Coop at 8:23 PM, one turkey was seen strutting in Pasture 1 at 7:34 PM and again at 2:44 PM the next day, one…
2026-08-12
Coop’s booked: three at six
On August 11, a single chicken was spotted fluttering around the Chicken Coop at 6:00 PM, while one goat was seen prancing at Pasture 1 at both 5:49 PM and 6:54 PM. That same…
2026-08-11
Three Chickens Coopin’ at 7:17 PM
On the ranch, one chicken fluttered around the Chicken Coop at 7:17 PM on August 10, with three critters noted there at that same time, while one cow grazed in Pasture 2a at 5:45…
2026-08-10
Three chickens at coop, 7:18 PM
Ranch activity included one chicken fluttering around the Chicken Coop at 7:18 PM, one turkey waddling through Pasture 1 at 8:01 PM, one cow grazing in Pasture 2a at 5:34 PM, one…
2026-08-09
Three chickens at 7:38 PM coop
On the ranch, a single chicken fluttered around the Chicken Coop at 7:38 PM, with activity noted at that same time again, while one cow grazed in Pasture 1 at 6:23 PM. In Pasture…
2026-08-08
Three chickens, late-night coop edition
A single chicken fluttered around the Chicken Coop at 9:06 PM, with three critters noted there at the same time and two more at 7:38 PM. One turkey was spotted waddling through…
2026-08-07
Three chickens: coop and chill!
On August 6, one chicken was spotted fluttering around the Chicken Coop at 7:45 PM, one cow grazed in Pasture 1 at 5:09 PM, one donkey kicked up dust at Pasture 2a at 5:26 PM and…
2026-08-06
Three chickens clock out at coop
On August 5, one chicken was spotted at the Chicken Coop around 8:10 PM, while one turkey appeared at Pasture 2b at 8:11 PM and one donkey was seen at Pasture 2a at both 5:33 PM…
2026-08-05
Three chickens clocking 8 PM coop time
On the ranch, a single chicken fluttered around the Chicken Coop at 8:03 PM on August 4, a turkey strutted through Pasture 1 at 8:06 AM on August 5, and a cow grazed in the same…
2026-08-04
Three chickens after hours in coop
On the ranch, a single chicken was spotted fluttering around the Chicken Coop at 8:09 PM on August 3, with additional activity noted later that evening. A turkey was seen…
2026-08-03
Three chickens clock in early
On August 3, one chicken was spotted fluttering around the Chicken Coop at 6:13 AM, while one cow grazed in Pasture 2a at 7:03 AM. One turkey was seen strutting in Pasture 1 at…