Friendly Reminder of Hornets & Yellow Jackets Around Goat Toys - Enjoy our fun story!

So yesterday I mowed some of the pasture and then figured I'd move the one wooden square they lay on from the one corner to where the big 53 inch cable spool was - it was falling apart and I figured how hard would that be to get out when I wasn't feeling great and the tail end of a hot day -nightmare!

Here's your reminder to check your goat's toys and platforms so you aren't in the position I was in last night! Oh yeah, have allergy medicine on hand, too!

Girls came over with me, I flipped it and I don't know what I was doing - holding it up or what but I noticed Nyx snorting and then my leg hurt and looked down and there was a hornet on me while looking over quickly and seeing a nest that was under the platform, then Nyx took off running as Echo stamped her hind feet and then we all took off running! That hurt!

The girls were rubbing their noses, so I think they got it there. So I ran up and got the allergy medicine - Echo stepped in a nest a year or two ago and that's what was recommended on here - she was fine. Came down and gave them each one with some animal crackers. Seem to be okay, I bet it stings if they got it on their face, as I can still feel it on my leg!
OK, so I told them let me go see what's going on over there. Well, when I was in the house I saw I only had a tiny bit in the hornet spray, but didn't really want to spray that stuff in the pasture. The girls kept trying to come with me and I had fears the hornets would look over and swarm us like a movie nightmare!

I figured I'd call my brother and see if I should knock the nest open with a rake - thankfully it was a chilly day and almost dark. He was sorting jewelry for the flea market (really) and wasn't really listening or helpful. I said, I'm going to use the big extension cord as a rope and pull it out of the pasture and deal with it. I said, if you don't hear from me, come pick me up out of the yard tomorrow. He didn't even say yes. Nice.

So out I go with the key to the gate, the extension cord. I got the girls tied up at the other end and went to wrap the cord. Of course here comes Daisy the Cat, she jumps right up ON IT! I yelled and ran at her to get OFF!! She took off. Got the cord wrapped around - 100 footer I was complaining all I had earlier this week when goat ate the barn fan extension cord - and started pulling. Let's just say even with the mowing I did, pulling a wooden square up a slight hill in tall grass, worried your are going to get stung, is not fun! But I did it! Got the damn thing out, grabbed Daisy when she came up to it again and put her in. Grabbed the can and gave it a squirt. Grabbed Cesar Cat and put him in when he tried to go mess with it. Got girls loose and put everyone up for the night.

This morning both girls were okay, but when I went to where the platform was, I still saw some flying insects, maybe yellow jackets. I had one of the old wooden cable tops that I laid in the grass last year for them - bad idea! Looks like there's yellow jackets that made a nest in there, so I'll need to get that sprayed later, too.