First Cutting New Alfalfa

The sun was finally shining this afternoon, so I ran out and started cutting the 50ac alfalfa field.  The alfalfa is up to the pockets on my jeans and super thick.  Its going to make some serious hay if the weather holds.  The number of pheasant chicks in the field was pretty amazing.  I had to keep stopping to let the chicks run ahead of the tractor.  Most were the size of quail and could fly like quail, but there were some that were as small as week old chickens and they couldn't fly at all.  I never like the first cutting of hay because of all of the babies in the fields, but the hay needs to be cut so I figure that if I pay attention I can miss most of them.