Friday, May 13, 2005

The Cattle Are Out!

All the cattle are here in the pasture by our house right now. My dh feeds them constantly, and they finish it up waaaaay too fast. We need to do the spring vet checks and get them out to other pastures. It seems as though someone is always calling, "Everybody help! Cattle are out!" They've discovered that the green grass on the other side of the fence is long and lush and that they can jump the fences or push them down enough to get to the grass. This is a case where the grass truly is greener on the other side of the fence! Coming home last night after dark, we found several cows "mowing" the orchard. Have you ever tried chasing an all-black cow through a stand of pines on a dark, rainy night?


Snowie is home. We are not sure what made him so
sick, but we are glad that he is acting a little more
like his usual self. We all noticed that he is purring
more. Welcome home, Kitty!
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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi Jean, I had to laugh at your "cows are out story". It reminded me of the time we got a call at 4am from our neighbor across the highway that our horses were over there! All 5 of them! Fortunately there is not much traffic at 4am and when they saw the bucket of grain they followed me right back to the pasture. The fence is more secure now:).

Sheila

Anonymous said...

I had to chuckle at the mental image of chasing an all black cow at night!

Pensguys

Dy said...

*hee hee* Wow. Sounds like an adventure, although probably one of those kinds reserved for the city relatives who come to visit the farm... "we're going cow chasing!"

Hey, may I impose on you for a bit and pick your brain about cattle and making the engineer-farmer transition? Pretty please?

Dy

Jean in Wisconsin said...

Sure--Do you have my email?