So yesterday on my rounds I took the piggies out into pats paddock to have a munch on the grass. They love good long grass and there was a little out there.
Then with no warning, Charlotte, aka Miss Naughty, went for a walk outside the fences. I had opened the gate to fix the latch, she was behind me and out that gap before I knew it. Everyone was shocked. 
If you do not recognise that eye, it is Hairy MacLairy, he has to stand close to the camera every single time. Sheila ran up and down the fence line screeching how come she gets to go out. I never get to go out. She gets everything. I hate her, -raising her voice, – I hate you Charlotte, you are ruining my life. 
Charlotte was on an accelerated taste tour. Around she ran, with Ton and I in hot pursuit. When she left the field she ran straight for the ditch and as she began to totter down the bank I shouted (puffily as I caught up), that she was a VERY NAUGHTY PIG and if she went down to the creek I would get quite cranky. And she did the strangest thing. She stopped, turned her head to try and see me, but her double chins got in the way, and then reversed back up the bank. Walked backwards all the way.
Then galloped back into the field again. Shocking behaviour. Queenie was shocked too, but on the inside. 
Then Charlotte the ungrateful pig trotted back to the gate and was let back in. 
Once she got back to her own wee paddock she threw herself face down and lay quietly for quite some time. Sheila continued the tour of the animals with me, all huffily and vocally, leaving Charlotte behind to recuperate.
The Daily View. 
Temps are about the same.
Good morning. We are a bit worried about Daisy as her milk production is steadily dropping over the last week or so. I am only getting a gallon, each milking, now. Even less last night. There is no fields of grass left but she is eating piles of very good alfalfa hay. Plus beet-shreds, and alfalfa cubes, soaked in water and molasses and oats at every milking. She should milk well for months yet. What am I going to do if she dries herself up?
I will see what she does this morning then consult with the breeder.
It would be one less worry while I am away but if everything goes to plan, which does not always happen, I hoped she would calve and milk again in the spring of 2014. This is an awfully long time to go without good milk. I shall begin to seriously look for a little Jersey cow for this spring. Or, maybe, she will get used to her dry feed and start giving more milk again.
Ah well. Thats OK. We will work it out. At least if she is not milking I can cut down on her feed a bit and the hay supply will last a wee bit longer.
Have a lovely day.
celi
Oh and look what I found.. a piece of writing from last November that we should not ignore, because it is right. This little essay explains some of why we live like we do.
The Kitchen's Garden 
40 responses to “Charlotte makes a run for it – ungrateful pig.”
what a bit of exercise you two got !!!!!!
What a swine.
I can get a picture in my head of a charging pig hotly pursued by you… breathless and yet giving the pig hell…. did enjoy my imagination…
You are hysterical. In a good way, not a crazy way. Well, only a little crazy… 🙂
She is a very naughty girl, that Charlotte, but I’m so glad she feels well enough to be so naughty. Reminds me of a little kid she does. About Daisy, has she always been dried up after about this long milking? Their bodies can “learn” to dry up after a set time if that’s how long they’re used to milking. Sure hope you can find out what’s going on.
What an unusual eye Hairy has. Guess I’ve never been around sheep enough to know what they look like. So he’s the kid that runs toward the camera? There’s always one! Charlotte must have thought the grass was greener over there–or the creek was calling her name for a mud bath. Off to read your essay.
Oh, the ungrateful willful child-piggy! She did come to her senses…perhaps worried you really meant it ( they are very smart)
Sometimes a gal just has to live on the edge. Shush Shush Sweet Charlotte just had to have that wonderful, illicit taste of freedom. Virginia
charlotte sure is a pip! i guess she is feeling much better and just wanted to let you know!
LOL Cinders….what a perfect way to start the day…with a good laugh!! And your post from a yr. ago…Bravo C. making the world a better place doesn’t have to be fast and out loud…it can just be in your own backyard….and that’s good enough……because it’s the right thing to do and it does make a difference!! 🙂
She must be feeling better if she made a run for it. Have a Great Weekend on the Farmy:)
More Charlotte! More Charlotte! (That pig’s got star power!)
Please convey to the divine Mizzz Charlotte that her publis is v e r y d i s a p p o i n t e d in her!
Best wishes to the other noble beasts and wishes for more milk production, and word production – let’s not forget to throw that in.
Hi Cecilia,
Was passing by when I got transfixed by the sheer simplicity of your post embellished with some wonderful photographs.Being an urban dweller, such posts indeed shake us up to the realisation that we are getting increasingly distanced from our roots.
Thank you and God bless.
Shakti
Ah, the ungrateful pig. She’s just showing off her gams.