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
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41 responses to “Where are the pigs bowls…”
I hope you have a gorgeous day too! I can see you in that hutch retrieving those dishes .. 😊
Poor Sheila is terrified that famine might strike in the middle of the night. She has to make sure there are emergency rations on hand… A traditionally built pig needs to maintain her figure, you know! ANZAC day holiday on Monday, hurray. The ceremonies this year have been especially moving, as it’s the 100th anniversary of the Gallipoli landings. Huge turnouts yesterday for the Dawn Parade everywhere.
I fully understand Sheila: I always eat breakfast in bed 🙂 ! Well, I do clean up after myself !! Could someone not take a photo of you in retrieval mode please ? [naughty me!!] Yoicks what one learns on a US blog as far as Down Under is concerned . . . . since Saturday was an official Public Holiday in all my news Monday supposedly was a work one . . . thanks Kate and I had just finished a list of about 20 business phone calls I had to make early in the day!! Obviously a country girl I am . . .
Sunny would give me not just his dish after being fed he would also get Charlie’s and Smoky’s too. He just simply started doing it one day and didn’t stop till he was too sick to do it anymore. He was a very smart dog, missed his calling being just a house pet, he could’ve been a rescue dog, or a police dog, but he was happy and i was happy and that was enough. I do miss the help with the dishes though.
Love to see photo of your rump emerging from pig hut..what a corker that would make for next years calendar
very nice shot..
I love that Sheila!
You could try putting the peafowl’s feed and water in gallon jugs or in buckets and drawing the feed and water up into the loft with a rope once you are up there. When you are done, just lower the containers and the rope will be ready for next time.
Hopefully this is a sign Aunty Del will be a good mama.