This is what happens when a cow (or heifer) comes into heat. Everyone wants to jump her and yes she wants to jump everyone else. Aunty Del is silent when she is in heat. Unlike other cows who bellow for two days! Not naming any names. With Aunty the first indication of heat is this kind of behaviour. 
Interesting what you learn being one of the Fellowship of the Farmy, isn’t it.
So I called for help and yesterday evening she was bred. (Good mucous though the nice man called it a good discharge – i don’t know what is worse) Fingers crossed again. If this does not work I will not breed her again until next year. I do not want to be milking into the deep winter. I did that one winter with Daisy and about got frost bite, – do you remember? Viv made me little heated pocket pillows for my blue fingers. I still have them. Anyway I hope this one takes. It was a new man who bred her and a new straw of bull semen. So cross those fingers again.
Tahiti is the busiest little gilt – she is desperate to get in with the BIG pigs. But she and Molly must wait until Saturday. We do not want any ‘incidents’.
These really are Big Pigs. And Sheila gets pretty growly when other people-pigs mess up her bed.
Mrs Flowers has been talking to Violet about the dangers of too much mascara. This mirror in the garage is much used by the big birds. Who, as you know, are very liberal with the mascara- they are all into the Smudged Look.
I hope you have a lovely day
celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
31 responses to “Once again …”
I love a mirror… or 3, especially old mirrors not for gazing but for hanging and capturing light and reflections, and in my day it wasn’t too much mascara but “you’re wearing too much eyeliner!” Well, it was the 80’s 🙂
I love eyeliner and wish I had somewhere to wear it…. the cowshed will just have to do!! c
I think there’s only one person allowed to mess Sheila’s bed 😉
and that would be ME
Most definitely – she’s a faithful pig 🙂
Oh, no, not the mascara talk. 😉 I love that teeny peahen. She’s such a good student. I don’t blame Sheila. The bed is only big enough for one.
I love the the girl talk with you in the mirror. I have my fingers crossed for Aunty Del, and Tima who keeps teasing us. The photos are wonderful. Our indian summer seems to be coming to an end, it was truly wonderful and very welcome.
Every time I’ve been away from the farm and return, I realise how much I’ve missed it, Celi. I shall hang on the tale of wayward Auntie Del (with whom I can, tragically, identify) and whether the latest one takes.