Tag: hereford pigs
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Storm coming
They say. Who are they, anyway? Did they say? Poor They. The weather They. It would not surprise me to hear that They have all quit. Just up and gone away. They simply cannot bear to tell me about the weather today. There is a storm coming They say. Some Day. We will go out to play. I…
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Cameos of Cold and Calm
Queenie waits now. Altogether Daisy gave 70 pounds of milk again yesterday. But this morning is very, very cold. I am worried that the milking machine will not work. I held the calf back from Daisy yesterday because she had started holding her milk back from me – which is a recipe for disaster with a…
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The Runt
While Daisy’s calf hides, growing fatter by the minute, (not too fat we hope).. though at the moment I have quite given up hope on a calf at all, is it a fantasy calf? but there sure is milk! (larger breeds will calve up to 10 days later than the average table so being an…
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If Daisy had a Stick and a Thumb
She would bash me for this shot! Not long Daisy Girl. My two big fat pregnant cows. March is breathing down my neck and since it does not look like Sheila is going to respond to the hormone treatment. She has been keeping herself busy cleaning out the pens. One of her jobs is to…
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Are you my Mother? Some Sweetness.
Oh, there is so much to talk about. I try so hard to make these posts short and sweet enough to be fun to write and entertaining to read. I wish I could tell you everything that makes my eyebrows raise, everything that makes me laugh. Everything that catches my eye. But I would not…
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