…not break INS.
I know this is hard to see but at the end of the pig sty is .. well WAS a fence.. 
The Shush sisters have been loitering in their summer fields, and hanging out in the sun-room on the South side of the barn, which meant that I had moved the Bobby Blanc into the nice clean pig sty, as it has access to the outdoors which his pen did not. This was a temporary arrangement while I cleaned his quarters.
Look who bashed down the fence, that they have ignored for the whole summer, and broke INTO the pig sty. 
Letting the calf out to frolic with the sheep. 
I had only been gone about an hour and a half, visiting the Old Codger, and back I came to a muddle and two fat stuffed cows, who had been leaning over the short pig sty fence into the feed area, stretching their long necks out and ripping up bales of stacked hay and gobbling as fast as they could. 
I led the cows back out with the promise of pumpkin. Daisy immediately picked hers up to shake it and lost it over the fence giving us a demonstration of how hard she is on fences. She just rides them down. Then she gave me her bad face when I told her off for leaning again. She is in heat as well and you know how naughty she gets then.
I know you will say what about electric fences. But John has an aversion to them which I am just waiting out. I have a solar charger waiting in the wings. 
The Daily View.
So cold that I spent a good part of yesterday finding and setting up water heaters for the water troughs. And a lamp for the milking pump which played up yesterday morning in the cold. That pump is a such a lemon. 
So frozen fingers crossed this morning that it works. John turned the lamp on when he left for work at 4.30 am. Lets hope that an hour and a half is enough time as I am loathe to leave a lamp on in the barn overnight. Too dangerous when everyone is sleeping.
It seems to me that those fingerless gloves might be good for milking too. I will find some possum ones when I go to NZ. I have quite the list now!!
Have a lovely day. I think we have more sun coming today which is nice.
celi
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59 responses to “We usually have break outs…”
My friend Margo has two horses who she takes everywhere with her…and I mean everywhere…even to our cabin where there is no electricity. She pens them in with a fence which looks like the electric fence at their stable. Just a thin little chord on sticks. They don’t dare get close. Maybe a temporary electric fence plus the look of one later would be enough to keep the naughty ladies in their place? 🙂 Love the kittens!
Sounds like a real circus at the farmy! And those kittens–oh, how they make me want another, but our eleven-year-old (foundling) cat, Oliver, wouldn’t be a happy camper, I’m afraid. (Neither would hubby!) Have a wonderful, warmer day.
You are so generous to share your troubles with tender-feet like myself. Being a city girl, I have no real notion of the frustration you feel, so I end up laughing about Bad Bad Daisy AND Queenie with their antics bad behavior and P.M.S. And that picture of the kittens is priceless. How do you manage to catch THE MOMENT!
My daughter and I LOVE the kittens picture!
Cows are an incredible force – even if they lean on something, they can crush it or knock it over! Sometimes they don’t know they are doing it, but in your case with the fence, I’m sure they realized their weight was their friend lol.
Oh the antics on the farmy…all about food…..!! “Boss” can sure give a look….looks like she is
jutting out her lower lip….while QUEENIE is pretending she is not there. I would love a video
of the whole caper…..then we could put narration in…
Hope you have a glorious day…..are you packed !!??
Nanster
Not quite, tho soon i am going ton stop wearing my good clothes.. oh thats right there are only three!! c
Your animals keep you busy – love the shot of the kittens – ha! Have a Great Day on the Farmy!
I love fingerless gloves, I wear them all winter through and in the house too. I think your cats photo puts paid to that whiskers theory. 🙂
Oh Cinders…you must have been reading my mind or something…I was just wondering last night about Bobby Blanc because we hadn’t heard much about him lately and here he was…the whole reason of this morning’s farmy post!!
Ok, that kitty photo has to be published somewhere for the whole world to see!! It is priceless!! 🙂
I don’t mind sharing~! My FB page has four! c
Life at the Farmy is better, a million times better than (ugh) reality television. Hugs Virginia
That shot of the kittens cracked me up! And my goodness Daisy is one determined cow. I like her.
Crafty Daisy… she scoped it out, and you gave her, one.. two… opportunities… and they were “in like Flynn”! Oh, and yes, loved the photo of the kittens 🙂
Having been zapped by an electric fence before (and my youngest son managed to do it twice!), I don’t like them, but I guess they would be a good deterrent! Silly Daisy.. 🙂
Possum fingerless gloves -you learn something every day, well at least I think I do …..
…and I was expecting you to say it was the naughty little pigs!
naughty little piggies! c
We had sunshine today for a pleasant change. Aw, those kittens are so cute!