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Special Guest Column:
Written by Guest Haybologist/Haybeestician
Monique Reed, College Station, TX

Down here in Texas, we have lots of these gentle creatures, but we tend to call them haybeestes. I have even been able to walk up to them and pat them while walking in the fields, and sometimes they will let you sit on their backs, though they will hardly ever carry you anywhere. They have very sweet breath and their coats are long and rough.

You can always tell the young ones--their circular edges are still nice and crisp. The matriarchs and patriarchs are slumped and shaggy. I have, on occasion, seen an infant. These have the cylindircal shape of their parents but much smaller diameters. They are usually at the edges of the field, perhaps so they won't be trampled by the older haybeestes. I've never actually caught two haybeestes engendering a third, but who knows what's going on on the bottom of a Stack?

Texas haybeestes tend to be a playful lot. They like to make Rows, as Sarcasta has noticed, but sometimes they line up to run races, and I think some of the Stacks are more for fun and less for defense. They can be quite acrobatic! I think some herds must practice close-order drill, too. It's amazing the precision they have.

Sometimes you can tell that one of the herd has committed an offense or broken a taboo because it will be off in one corner of the field by itself while all the others are gathered at a distance. Oh, well--most herbivores are prone to a little flatulence now and then, I guess.

While the sad destiny of a haybeeste anywhere is eventually to be consumed, Texas haybeestes, at least, seem to be well taken care of until then. Sometimes they are given plastic raincoats, and I've seen ranchers taking whole families out for rides on trucks. (It's really sad to see one who's fallen off on the side of the road!)

I've often thought about adopting one as a pet--I see them eagerly pressed up against the fence with the "For Sale" sign, each one begging, "Pick me! Pick me!", but I don't think one would fit through the gate in my yard.

-Monique Reed, HBS (Haybologist/Haybeestician)

 

Farmers often protect their haybles from the elements, much as prized racehorses are given custom-designed, wearable coverings in inclement weather:


Reef Industries, Inc.
, makes custom plastic covers for haybles.



Calhoun Agri Services

builds "Super Structures" that house and protect entire hayble herds.


These haybles have been given individual plastic coatings so as not to restrict herd movement.

 

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