Queenie is waiting. Waiting on Daisy. Dazey Daisy.
Who does not seem to be in any hurry to do terribly much. She now is (officially) a week away from calving .. they say if the calf comes earlier it is more likely to be a heifer, later a steer. Of course there are about a million exceptions to every rule. But we are all waiting.
Below is a Kong toy for dogs. You put peanut butter or something in the little reservoir and your dog chews and licks it out and is amused for some time. For my dogs the Kong is a treat. There are two but one is always lost. ‘Find Kong’ will send Ton hunting all over the house until he finds it. Perfect for his medicine then. I broke the antibiotic capsule powder into a pat of peanut butter and stuffed into the Kong. Then told Ton he could not have it ’til I said. So naturally when I said eat up, he ate it up as fast as he could.
Do you see the lump under his chin in the first shot? Poor Ton. Hopefully between the antibiotics and the hot compresses it will dissipate soon.
Sheila and I dug a path through the snow banks, and worked at opening the gate so she could get out into the Dairy Mistresss field for a walk. This pig loves to be out walking. Even when her pigs trotters get bright pink with cold, she will keep strolling along. Like me she hates ice, but snow is not a problem.
Scrapper has his own solarium. Not a stupid cat.
Marcel listening. He knows I am there somewhere.
The milking parlour is golden in the afternoon light after its scrub. Waiting days. Waiting daze. Waiting for Daisy.
I hope you all have a lovely day.
Your friend on the farmy
celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
62 responses to “Waiting Daze”
Wait! If Daisy is going to calve soon, that means it’s March! It can’t be March. I’m stuck in January somewhere. SPRING, where are you?!!
Yes it is March and snowing interspersed with icy rain outside, but just above freezing which is just wonderful.. c
The pregnant pause. 😉 May as well be patient like Daisy!
Yes we are on a pause now.. morning bev! c
Sheila’s not stupid – going on walks and chatting to her friends is much easier than having 8 babies 😉
Sometimes I think she is too cever for her own good, she was very helpful with the gate lifting it so i could push it over the shovelled snow.. c
Your milking parlour looks lovely. I really like when things look ‘ready’, prepared, full of potential.
Christine
I am greedy with anticipation; last night was the first night not below -10C, actually not below -20C in about 3 weeks. Ton looks good but needs the front claws blunted a bit 🙂
Honey once ate 3/4 of her new Kong in about an hour. She also ate the toe and half an inner sole of one of my new paddock boots in about 30 mins. Thankfully she’s not so bad these days. I hope Ton treats his Kong with a bit more respect.
Goodness me! Even Boo the Savage has not been able to actually eat a Kong.. c
Holely Buckets!!!! LOL When a pup or just recently? My golden Maisy stopped that behavior around two years old. Now I have the wait for Summer to get past this! uffda….LOL
I love your bed for your goldens! Going to order one too! My friend who has three goldens who are real chewers has one and recommended it! Glad to see you have one too!
Scrapper is right, the car is a nice warm place when it’s sunny. When it’s cool here (under 24C) I set my bread to prove on the dashboard of the ute, instead of in any room without air conditioning! I can see it rising from the kitchen window, and know when it’s ready to bring in. Nice and warm, away from drafts. Ton is looking bright and alert despite his cyst. Clever idea with the peanut butter and the toy. Good night from north Queensland cyclone country.
Kong’s have been lifesavers around here over the years 🙂 I hope Daisy isn’t waiting for all that white stuff to disappear first? Milking parlour looks awesome – very inviting. Laura
I have booked a front row seat and in the meantime am content to relax, doze and wait for the show to begin!
LOL That’s what I was thinking too! 🙂
So good to see some water instead of snow everywhere on the farmy Celi! Our snow should be gone by today, thank goodness! And then Spring will be here!!!! Yeah!!!!!!!!! And it’s coming your way super soon too!!! 🙂
Though not today, today we have snow AND ice falling out of the sky.. maybe spring will come this afternoon?.. c
Good morning!!!
Kong toys are great! They hold up better than the others I find! You might try the Kong Saftestix! All my friends who had dogs love them! Well,..their dogs enjoy them tremendously! I order my two from Amazon!
We don’t have that one but we do have two of the smaller versions and a treatstix that I load up with kibble! 😉
The kids look like they are in great shape! Will be checking in to see the new babies!!!! Sleepless nights ahead!
Have clean up to do now that the snow is melting…lots of poop!!!! 🙂 Oh joy! LOL
Poor Ton…but he will be well soon…hopefully!
Taking Summer to Petsmart today for a new collar and then to Fleet Farm for the largest crate they have. Would be nice to have another for downstairs!
Her first class in the intermediates is tomorrow! Yay! Then signing her for a frisbee class and the agility training!
Spring where are you!!!! So sick of the snow and cold days…everyday!!!
Hope all goes well for calving!
Take care!
Mere 😀
Mere, I think you will find Frisbee, Flyball and definitely Agility classes can only be started after 18mths old. You need to let Summers bones harden up and set ie hips and shoulder sockets especially. Wish you would blog and post photo’s of Summer 🙂 Laura
yes, Boo has to be slowed down too, he wil come in limping sometimes from taking too high a jump in the barn.. c
Honey has had 3 cruciat ligament operations in the last 3 years (one operation failed) and the vet and surgeons all warn against frisbees as often dogs twist as they jump to catch the frisbee and land again. Of course, not all dogs have issues but had to mention it, goldens being rather big and bouncy. Our agility classes started at around 18 months and the obedience classes started around 6 months of age. Honey devoured the kong about 4 years ago, when she would have been 4 years old. Joy
Oh no, poor honey.. yes Boo is still on Go Long, which means I throw it while he sits and then he runs after it. He is certainly a twister, I stopped throwing it for him to catch when he tried to somersault and catch it landing very clumsily.. Labradors are big dogs too I imagine a jump, twist and heavy landing would be an issue. I have never heard of agility classes, maybe I will see if there are some here for later on. Boo is now just over 12 months.
p.s. The hard red ball that has a hole in it to load up with peanut butter is great too! I fill it, toss it and she will enjoy that for a while then we play fetch and drop it! Bigger than a tennis ball and these little alligator puppy teeth haven’t done anything to it yet! Can’t wait to let the kitties out of the barn….should be fun to see Summer meet them! Hope she is as nice a your Boo!!!! 🙂 And I loved the photos today too! You are a great photographer! I am having a time of it taking photos of Summer! I have taken to making videos instead! Too much action! LOL Thanks for the visit while I have my coffee! 🙂
I forgor to ask…are you still considering the goats? Looking into them myself.
No goats here at the moment, i believe I have my hands full!!.. c
I keep wondering when your snow will go ansd how long it will take for the ground to thaw enough so you can start planting
Morning claire, I don’t think we will be planting for a while, the ground is frozen a long long way down and it is going to take a while to warm up.. and it is presently snowing with a low of 12F tonight, so I am thinking maybe the beginning of May for the brassicas and onions.. I don’t know, it might warm up but nothing can drain properly until the ground thaws.. c
That’s a tough one x
My dog doesn’t fall for the “hide the medicine in the treat” trick. You should have seen the filthy look I got from her when I tried it. But fortunately she’s small, so I crush her antibiotics on a spoon, mix with a little water, wedge open her jaws and pour it down her protesting throat. Followed by a nice smelly treat (she likes fried bloodpudding!). I tried her with a Kong, but she wasn’t interested in it. She prefers to tear apart stuffed toys that she then expects me to sew back together again. 🙂
Have you picked out a name for the new calf? Or do you wait to see it before you decide what will suit the animal? I hope it all goes well for Daisy, though she seems quite serene in those pictures.
As for Queen Shiela – there really is no stopping her, is there? What an amazing personality she has.
morning .. if it is a steer, he will be’ the bobby’ they are all bobbies. If it is a heifer I have some very sweet names in waiting but these will of course be revealed when she has a live calf. there are no guarantees.. I am hoping my recent bad luck will retreat. c