Now that was a surprise wasn’t it!? I have been looking for a little heifer to rear as another House Cow. The Breeder called me yesterday morning with the good news that she had a wee heifer at last. She is another Ayrshire. Aida was born on Saturday and is very sweet. So I went over to her barn to have a look. The barn she is in was lowly lit and I had a low battery in the camera but I quite like this capture in the header. It gives her an otherworldly look. But on Sunday we will bring her out here to the farm and you will be able to see her better.
Look what else I found in her barn. 
I am also looking for kittens to put in the barn Across the Way. Chickens and cats work well to keep a barn clean. These guys are a little small yet though.
Back home in my own barn though no-one much was going outside. Do you see the chick?
It rained and blew cold right through to the late afternoon. Today will be better though. 
Off the loafing pen that Queenie rests her flerd in, there is a smaller pen with a very low doorway, that only the little animals can fit through. No grown ups allowed. I give the calves and Marcel their food and water in here, and it stays much cleaner and drier without any big animals having access. Being more sheltered the baby animals move in there to sleep. In America it is called a Creep. 
Two plonkers eating their afternoon tea. They love their weeds and grass. I make sure to leave lots of soil on the roots too. Though they have a little field of their own to dig in. Pigs get a lot of essential minerals from the soil.
My teenage peacocks and the peahens wander quietly about in their loft. They are very calm up there. I would rather they were in the gardens but there has been a decree from the Head gardener, no peafowl in the vegetable garden until later in the season. Ah well. We will wait.
Good morning Mama. Aren’t you looking fat. When the man has time to make my fences across the way the sheep will shift over there first, there is a good sized shelter belt that needs cleaning up and reclaiming. Sheep are good at that kind of thing.
Good morning. The Join Us page (above) has collected some fantastic comments, thank you, it is great to hear where you are all from and a little bit about you. I am not replying so there will be plenty of room for others but I am reading. It will make a great reference.
I hope you all find loveliness today.
Your friend on the farmy,
celi
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54 responses to “Meet Aida”
I’m so glad you’re having another heifer – take the strain off Daisy. Think of all those lovely Bobbies you’ll have. The pictures are all beautiful and I would love to see the menagerie in the flesh (and you, of course). Sadly it’s not going to happen, so I feast my eyes every day with the blog. Incidentally, I always imagined Mrs Noah to be plump = as round as she’s tall, so you can’t be Mrs Noah with your beautiful willowy figure.
Love from a Viv – still revelling in glorious T-shirt weather, which I am willing to cross the pond to the Farmy.
Aida is a wonderful surprise! And those are just wee kittens–so sweet! The little guys are cute in their creep. Mama looks good, glad to hear the peafowl are waiting patiently, the tiny chick peeping out is adorable.
Aida is a surprise indeed. I love the shield shape emblazoned on her forehead. All the animals are getting the best of attention.
That litter of kittens has been my Pot Of Gold since I was wee. Every spring I would be out in the barn hunting for them. Those mama cats were wily, though. I rarely found them before they decided the babies were ready for company.
My today is better… after reading this post and seeing the pics, – Aida is probably home and already settled in by now. Reading about the Farmy is happiness in a virtual bottle 🙂
Aida is beautiful.