Linda and her very new babies
We woke this morning to six new piglets (they’re cute when they’re small) and Polly’s long awaited calf, D…uncan! We went down for a quick visit and photo shoot before getting to work on a day of potting up tomatoes and direct seeding turnips and lettuce mix. Here’s everyone, including Charlotte, Albert, and Blue, all lined up for the camera.
I’m becoming more and more comfortable with the cows, although I do still have a healthy consciousness of their size. I love watching them, and look forward to my animal chore days. I am constantly challenged not to anthropomorphize, … but now that the calves are here, it’s interesting to see how they interact with their mothers, and how their mothers interact with them… how they don’t always come when their mothers call them, and the farm echoes with the calls of aggravated (or worried) mother cows.
I’m getting used to how much the calves change in the first few days, from sleeping most of the time at first, to getting up and playing with each other. What do they experience as they jump in the straw? At first Albert and Blue seemed to be a tight pair, but now Charlotte has joined them. And it’s interesting to see their different personalities (cow-alities) developing. Blue is a bit more cautious than the others, and I’m curious to see how she’ll change as she grows up.
More cow-watching coming soon!
Polly and her new calf
Charlotte, Albert, and Blue
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