Happy Belated New Year from Chickens and Goats!
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| Mabuko, representing all Chickens |
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| Tobi-chan, representing all Goats |
May there be more mice in your straw bags this year!
Chickens and Goats know a thing or two about mice. Mice sometimes like to build their homes and raise their families in the big bags of rice straw we store on the farm mostly for goats (their bedding) and a little for chickens (their nest boxes).
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| Bags of straw on the farm. If mice don't find anything better, they come here. |
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| If the bags were closed, mice would eat through the plastic to get inside. |
I imagine it must be warm and cozy in the middle of a straw bag, and I'm sure mice appreciate it too. So I'm always careful not to disturb them when I delve my hand in the bag to get some straw. I have learned that a surprise is mutually unpleasant. Anyway, in the Year of Rat may there be many happy rats and mice around the world!
... Uhm.
... Okay, I think our chickens and goats didn't get this wish right. I'll correct it for them.