But only for the feet.
In the heat cattle will stand in one area and urinate then stomp their feet until they have made a puddle for their feet.
went one better and have them a wee pool of water.
They seemed to like it!
Sheila finally got her big body outside and dug her wallow. Once she had got that sorted she lay out there in the water all day and did not come into the barn last night.
The three little pigs live in their wallow. It is getting deep too, I cannot tell them apart anymore they are so covered in dried and wet mud.
It is very hard to creep up on a pig. Their ears followed my progress.
A Frenchman was my Dairy Maid yesterday.
And that job includes feeding little Talia. Talia is a vigorous little calf for being early. She drinks very well – I did not need to train her to the bottle at all. She latches on like a pro.
Today the crew and I go across to help Jake get his vegetables ready for the farmers market. Our contribution this week is sunflowers which we will go out and pick shortly.
But first the milking and feeding of everyone all over again.
I hope you have a good day
Love celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
49 responses to “Cows Love wallows too”
i’ve seen kids do this think of thing too )
Quite happily laying there! c
Everything looks so lush and green!
Yes we are green – lots of rain lately! c
Lots of rain here, too. My strawberries are rotting on the vine before they ripen. Sad.
Goodness, sunflower blooms already, seems just like last week the seeds were planted? We had our first frost this morning, keep cool everyone. Laura
These blooms are from the self sown plants.. c
Things seem to grow very quickly where you are. Not a single sunflower out yet here in the Dordogne. But, my first courgettes are ready and will be picked today or tomorrow. I have never grown them before. You were my inspiration. Merci.
From now on you’ll have a job to keep up: The last time I grew them they spread like wildfire across the whole veg patch, and obliterated the paths.
Never having grown much before besides herbs and tomatoes and fruit trees, I am quite excited about that – for now…
YES! Courgette is a great plant to start with. I wish mine would grow better! Dis you get a cucumber in? That is always fun.. c
No, we did not. I will have to try some. Thanks.
I bet the sunflowers are beautiful!
They are gorgeous – there are piles of them. c
Little Talia’s a hungry girl, she has some catching up and growing to do.
She is growing already.. c
Awww… love those chubby little plonkers in their lovely wallow.
Aren’t they sweet.. c
That little Talia is a winner. She seems like a joyful little thing, tugging on her bottle. The pigs are too cute in their mud boudoir.
Talia is very bossy – she is already head butting the bottle – she is going to be a headstrong calf I think.. c
It must take a lot of time feeding and watering all those lovely animals. Say Bonjour to the Frenchman for me.
love,
ViV xox
LUckily I have help! c
Three pigs in their wallow are the best. Your crew is so fortunate to be working your farm.
They are all in the kitchen at the moment – cooking and bothering each other.. c
My favorite pic for today are your 3 big pigs in the wallow.
Ha ha – I knew cows did that, but it strikes me as weird nevertheless. Talia looks quite sleek and healthy and of course those warthogs look as happy as a pig…
Warthogs!! c
I’m sure Tane is a secret mini warthog roaming the plains 😉
Oh she is so cute your little Talia heifer. Where is the farmers market? I’d be so happy to buy sunflowers. My Gerbera daisies have failed so miserably I could cry.
The Farmers Market is in Champagne every Tuesday.
Awww, Talia is a wee lovely girl. Somewhere there is a photo of me 60 years ago holding the bottle for one of our twin heifers who arrived early. Their mother wasn’t able to feed both of them and became hypoglycemic so we bottle-raised the beauties. Thanks for the memory, Celia!
Hypoglycemic – merciful heavens – c
those wallowing piggies look so contented. I love the photo of the French dairy hands bottle feeding little Talia.
It always makes me smile – the things they get to do.. c
those piggies are quite content aren’t they- as is Talia!
It was so hot yesterday.. c