Sheila my big fat pig still picks up her pigs bowl and takes it to bed with her. Hiding them. By the time I find it – it is buried in the straw in her hut. Her version of breakfast in bed. It means that at least once a day I have to crawl into her hut and retrieve all the eating vessels. Both she and Poppy find it very amusing when I am down on my hands and knees grabbing all their bowls at speed lest I get blocked in there by these two big pigs.
Her right eye is kind of puffy – can you see? This shot catches it mid blink so it looks worse than it is, and the other eye has a black mark around it but I looked at it and could see nothing wrong but best I keep an eye on it. Sometimes the sun and the angle makes one eye look puffier. She prefers to have her photo taken from the other side!
Aunty Del came across to join Lady Astor yesterday. Now that Lady is settling into a routine it is Ok to have another animal in the vicinity and Aunty loves babies. When she rests it is always in close proximity to one of the calves.Unlike Naomi’s mother who will go to sleep in another field!
She really is an Aunty bless her. It looks like Elsie’s new home is ready and so she and Potter will be off to graze on a new farm on Monday. I have told her new owners very clearly not to turn their backs on Elsie. That she is an anxious cow, which makes her unpredictable. So they are fully informed. 
Lady A was very relaxed yesterday. Her baby was in the barn with me all day and Lady Astor just wandered off and grazed down the back for the day. I fed Naomi at lunchtime. And after Lady was milked in the evening, out popped her calf like a cork out of a bottle.
Aunty could not take her eyes off her.
There will come a time when Naomi is too big for her mothers udder then I will wean her and milk twice a day. Hopefully this coincides with piglets. That is the plan anyway. But you know that they say about women planning and God laughing!
I hope you have a lovely day.
Your friend on the farm
celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
41 responses to “Where are the pigs bowls…”
Del is unrecognizable! She’s thickening up and squaring out, no more gangling calf. Now it’s Naomi’s job to be the resident gangling, bouncing calf.
She is coming along nicely and with a much slimmer diet than Daisy had, so I am hoping she will not get as big.. c
The best laid plans and all that….!
Yes, us girls know about those! c
I’m sure that Sheila is taking some food to bed for a midnight snack 😉
and by the look of her she most certainly does not need to be snacking in the night..
The poor thing gets hungry 😉
That does like a sore eye, maybe she is coming out in sympathy with me! 😉 I am glad the move for Elsie & potter will happen on Monday, I dread the thought of you being injured.
There is always the chance of being hurt when working with any animals really. I keep thinking my most dangerous move is climbing up the vertical ladder to the loft to feed the peacocks.. with water and feed in my hands..it is quite the performance.. I try to keep lots of straw below in case I fall as it will be a nasty one.. c
Nice long weekend this side. Sheila’s eye does look owey, hope it gets better soon. Laura
It is fine this morning. You have a long weekend? nice.. c
Just love the first shot of TonTon with Sheila! He is so wonderful!!! As is Sheila, of course!!! xo
Ton is quite a dog the way he watches my body language so the moment I go to find an animal he is already there..
Poor Sheila… I hope her eye mends quickly. How funny to visualize you crawling into the pig hut to fetch bowls!! I suppose animals have their games – and truly that is a rather clever one if you ask me! Aunty Del is just stunningly beautiful. Her red coat reminds me of the wild animals coats this time of year. The deer and foxes lose their winter hair and that beautiful red summer coat fills in.
Her eye is fine this morning, I guess with such a deep bed there is always the possibility of dust in the eye.. Aunty is a beautiful girl and very friendly.. a lovely animal to have around.. I am excited about Daisy Deer – when do you think she will have her fawns?
She delivered in early June her first twins, and her second set (last year) were late May. We can tell when the udder drops it won’t be long. 🙂
Oh heavens, that’s hilarious, that a piggie takes her food bowl off to sleep with her. Say, maybe that’s why they are normally fed from a trough that can’t be dragged off?
Aunty Del is so sweet to keep an eye open for Naomi. And Naomi is just beautiful; I love the blue-blackness of her coat. She almost looks like a polished ebony. Her mother doesn’t though. It’s hard for me to absorb the fact you get two gallons of milk from LadyA daily and that’s actually less than half of what she produces. That is one awful lot of milk! Well, hope she continues to 🙂
You have a lovely day too and thank you for the smile! Mame
The milk is just beautiful too.. morning Mame
Beautiful animals, the lot of them. Could you chain the bowls to something, like the biros in the Post Office? I don’t like the idea of Sheila being a cork in a bottle stopping you coming out!
My bread wasn’t marvellous, first try with the machine. Practice makes perfect, they say!
I usually give them a treat in another corner then dart in and get the bowls.. Sheila would be fine it is mental Pop Up Poppy who would be a problem.. c
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We had another wowzer of a thunderstorm in the early morning hours, a huge clap of thunder woke me up about 4:00am. There were tornadoes south of here and I heard hail coming down too. Spring weather. Aunty Del is gorgeous and looks so healthy and grown up. She will be a good mother. Those silly pigs. Playing hide and seek with C. Perhaps Ton could learn to go in and get the bowls.
You are right! Ton needs to go back into training.. c
Such a beautiful life! I can only imagine how hard you work, as I grow a lot of our food but have no animals other than two love-sponge dogs. I really appreciate the art with which you share your life with us.
Jane, thank you, what a lovely thing to say.. Love Sponge dogs – I won’t forget that line! Have an excellent day.. c
Your weather looks lovely. I am a wee bit jealous, we are back to winter here. Although we are only have rain. It is a very cold rain with wind so I have had to start the wood stove back up. The heat feels lovely.
Linda
http://coloradofarmlife.wordpress.com
we have the same today.. cold with rain! c
Boo likes his job. I bet you could easily teach him the “Get it” command, and he could drag those bowls out for you.
The bowl-carrying behaviour is also shown by some dogs. One of ours would hide it after dinner. A current one carries bowl, food and all, to another spot before eating, no matter where it is put. Being ‘otherwise’!
And never spill it. The old dog used to do that too! c
Love to hear the antics of animals. Doesn’t Sheila toss her bowl out her window when she’s through eating? Or pick it up and hand it to you for seconds? Seems to me she did that in front of the man who was amazed by her. I guess that’s only when she’s bedded down in the barn.
Plus isn’t it almost scary to live with a dog as smart as TonTon?
When she lived alone she would pick up her bowl and hand it to me, But you know Poppy. if anyone picks up a bowl she jumps all over it! c