Well, all my plans for a couple of hours off, yesterday afternoon, were in vain. The farmy had other plans. 
Hairy Maclairy decided to stage a break in into the Milking Parlour. A space he is not allowed to visit. 
The Shush Sisters were re-homed into the pig sty. They literally romped in all the extra space. Just loving it. Then I led Bobby and Queenie into the Dairy Mistress Field and they very obediently tested the new Hot Wire then stayed on their own side munching. 
And Daisy hung out in her own field. She seems well into a quiet waiting cycle. 
So I thought good, you all relax and I will sit down. I took the card out of the camera, plugged it into the laptop in my summer study and set it to load. Then went to the kitchen to make a cup of tea and maybe some breakfast, after all it was 2pm. I looked out the kitchen window and saw Queenie racing up and down the fence line with her nose on the ground. She appeared to be herding something out of sight in the long grass. OK this was unusual behaviour.
I cannot have been inside more than five minutes and in that time the Shush Sisters had escaped and were trying to run through the field out to the drive and it looked like Queenie was herding them BACK towards the barn. They kept getting away from her, laughing like drains no doubt and she would gallop in front of them and push them back. Apparently I am using the wrong animal as a dog! Though what she was really doing was trying to get a good sniff and they thought this was a great game.
So I called them. Hoping that they had learnt their call enough to come to me. How many days have we had them? ShuShush I called. Shushush.
Like tiny pink and red stars they immediately broke with the heifer, at full gallop they hit the fence stuffed themselves through, and ran straight out to me. Sheila found my boot, tagged me.. You’re It, then shot back into the field to tease Queenie some more. Charlotte in hot pursuit. I called them again and then ran to open the gate back into their new run, and they ran after me until they found a snow shovel that had water in it, then they had to throw themselves in there for a quick swim. Then they saw the hose and maybe it needed a nibble, then they saw TonTon who grabbed his frisbee and bolted under the stock trailer, so they did too. Snorting with laughter. I wish you could hear them, they quite literally chuckle and snort and guffaw. How they don’t hyperventilate and just fall over I do not know. After a number of side trips I managed to get them to follow me through their yard, into the barn and back into the inside pig pen. It was like gathering two tiny hysterical giggling whirlwinds.
So. Phew. Lesson Number One has been achieved. They come when called. Kind of.
So I worked for a while pig proofing the pig sty that had held the Plonkers for weeks without any trouble. Then it was time to start the afternoon work. Daisy laid down in the back field and huffed and puffed and moaned and I thought she might go into labour. But once she had my full attention she stood back up and went back to grazing then staring, then chewing.
I never did get my cup of tea!
Good morning. Time for me to start all over again! So many opportunities to laugh in this life. And today I will not make the mistake of disabling the camera half way through the day. So you don’t miss out..
Have a lovely day.
celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
76 responses to “Pig escape Thwarted by Heifer”
Hope you get to have a cuppa later today!
I can just imagine them falling all over themselves and laughing away, clearly enjoying all the fuss around them:) x
you are right they do quite literally fall all over each other in their hurry! morning ksenia.. c
Whew. I’m exhausted just reading about your afternoon and those run-away piggies.
Lets hope they stay in today and give us all a break!! morning audrey! c
Those piggies are just having some good old fashioned fun!!! And making sure everyone else, mainly you, joins them! They are a handful, that’s for sure!!! Di
It is going to get worse too i think!! morning Di.. c
the old game ‘greased pig’ comes to mind!!!
If you want to catch them you Have to get a back leg and then two, they are greasy even without the grease, just imagine that game!! c
It always happens…when you don’t have the camera there are many delightful things you could have photographed!
Have a good day today…maybe a calf will appear!
Linda
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we all live in hope! morning linda c
I would have passed out if I had not eaten breakfast till 2pm! No wonder you are so slim.
Happy 52nd anniversary Morristown. That is awesome. Strange how we never feel any older as we get there.
morning Diane, 52 years is quite a feat, it takes good solid work and a great sense of humour to stay married for that long.. they must be an amazing couple.. c
Oh, you painted that picture so well! I can see the shush girls running around laughing and snorting and you shush shushing. Wonderful! Glad you got them back in without too much trouble.
It was close.. this morning we were practising ‘go home’, i think that will be their next lesson, Shushush Go Home! c
Hahahaha…..!! What a day! I remember taking care of a neighbour’s 3 little piggies once and they escaped!! THAT was pretty hysterical chasing them around and getting them back inside their pen! Well you have a nice today today then Celi!
Even more terrible to lose someone elses pigs!! yikes! I bet you sighed with relief when you had herded them back in c
What brilliantly funny pigs!
Morning Mad!! c
Kupa and his hens sure do make a great pic! Sorry you didn’t get your much-deserved break but at least you were able to see the humor in the situation and laugh, rather than curse, at the silly pigs. Here’s hoping you finally get that cup of tea today! Have a wonderful day, Celi.
I love that shot of Kupa and his girls too, even though the hens are moving it still looks peaceful.. morning John.. c
I added the sound effects (which you described perfectly) in my head as I was reading. Oh, miss c, you give us such a rich gift with your words…
Well done, Sound effects are so useful to build tension or in this case hysteria!! c
I needed a good laugh this morning as we had a hail storm that has wiped out my veggies and flower garden. By far the worst storm I have ever witnessed. Thunder ,lightening..hail..a real gully washer…about 3 hours of Mother Nature showing us who is “boss”..ahhhrrggggg..so June 7 I start
again. (after I clean up the mess)…so piggies running amuck and that smug RAM will carry my
spirits. Thanks C…..
Nanster
Oh how absolutely dreadful.. hail is devastating. at least june is not too late for your squash and cucumbers and things.. as long as you can buy plants.. oh how awful.. poor you.. glad i could give you a wee laugh! c
Never a dull moment, eh? Good luck getting your cuppa in today.
Piggie Escape – making a break for it – ha! Love it – Have a Great Day:)
They’re two tiny female Steve McQueens happily without motor bikes:)