Sheila lives in the Corridor Paddock and sleeps in the Sun Room of the barn. But when she lays down she makes sure that her snout is poking through the gate that leads to the corridor in the barn. Like a short stout periscope. Her nose is always sure to get a wee scratch as I move to and fro. It is as though she watches and tastes life through her nose.
Charlotte flatly refuses to come down to the barn (I tricked her in once when it rained and she proceeded to bash her way back out) and remains in the Rat House Paddock. She will let me in to clean her bowls but gets upset if I let the dogs follow me in. So we just leave her be down there until it is time for her to leave. As long as it is quiet she is quiet and the fights through the fence are not as frequent but still daily.
It looks like this little piglet has his eyes closed smelling the flowers.
Daisy – No milking yet Daisy, still seven months to go.
I am developing a whole new set of muscles dragging the Chicken Ark across the fields. I shift them three times a day and they are voracious when they eat their grass, they pick out the alfalfa and clover first and even manage a few dust baths . We spent a lot of time watching them yesterday, they have a shady cool run and every single one is healthy and active.
The clean up crew is out!!
Good morning! I slept in until 6.15 this morning (horrors) so I am off out to see to my animals before they start to call out to me. A short post. Today has dawned clear, so I hope it stays this way and the hay dries. Though the powers that be at the weather station have taken out the threat of rain today, thunderstorms are still forecast for tomorrow. We hope to bale tomorrow. So lets hope the storms avoid us for the day. They would if there was no hay laid out to dry.
Have a lovely day. I had better hit the ground running. I will be feeding everyone in my nightie this morning!
Love, your friend on the farm, celi
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56 responses to “Periscope Pig”
Sheila’s snout is a hoot! In fact I thought you had buried one of the scary owls in the straw at first. I’m doing a sun dance for you, so the hay can be brought in safe and dry.
The clean-up crew looks pretty happy to out and about, doing what they do best. It would be impossible to pass that piggie periscope without acknowledging it. The wee chicks are growing fast. Daisy is lovely, as usual.
Now that’s a picture I’d love to see… Cecilia doing the farmy work in her Jarmies…
Good morning Celi ;thats gotta be some outfit mud boots and a nighty 🙂 🙂 sorry that thar is just funny!!! i just couldn’t resist nobody else said anything about it and it was funny . mike
It is true i was wearing my gumboots and a nightie, least I was cool!! c
Those chicks are growing fast!
yum yum
That piggy periscope made me laugh thinking about what someone walking by without realizing there was a entire pig attached would think of it.
I hope you avoided the rain. I think we may have helped you out by getting it all here in Massachusetts – it’s just not possible that there was any left over for the rest of the country!