This was not the original title of this post, but things changed this afternoon! The help that we called in, jumped ship – literally.
We have had a tremendous amount of rain, in fact I can’t remember the last time I saw the sun. This has created a problem in our pastures.
The sheep are getting lost!
In normal years, I would have started mowing the pastures by now, but this is not a normal year. There is so much standing water out there!!!
So, I called the neighbor to see if we could borrow a few of their cows to help eat down the grass.
The extra help arrived last Friday, unfortunately I wasn’t home and he threw them in a pasture with the sheep. I had hoped to move the sheep to another pasture before they arrived, but everything was fine when I got home.
They spent some time getting acquainted…
then the cows started chasing the sheep…
and vice versa.
My poor dog was a little perplexed with all of the commotion.
I’m glad we don’t own cows, but they are fun to watch…
and I love their noses. This guy was very friendly 🙂
Of course, this one was my favorite! Look at all of those splashes of color!
They seemed to be happy and there was certainly enough food out there, but yesterday afternoon while I was doing chores I realized there was only 1 cow in the pasture instead of 4 – uh oh!!! A little detective work on my husband’s part showed that they jumped the back fence and were over at the neighbor’s house.
Their moms are in a pasture near the neighbors and it looks like they were headed home. They have been weaned since February, but they still missed their mommies. I was hoping they would be here a little longer than 5 days!!! Oh well – hopefully the sun comes out soon and I can start mowing.
Stories from the Farm 
Longhorns?
Those are gorgeous cows… What are they? They should have felt right at home though, being black and white. Even Kate and Rose match! 😀 Oh and LOVE the pic of Kate and the cow with the nose in the air! 🙂
You are halfway right Michelle. The moms are longhorns and the dad is a corriente. I thought the same thing Joan! Thanks!
Funny Shannon! The cows sure look like they belong in your pasture. I like the pictures of the sheep and cows confronting each other, kind of reminds me of those “happy cow” commercials.
We have had the same rains you have had and I have standing water in places I don’t ever remember it pooling and puddling.
Wish I had so much pasture I had to call in help to control, but my brother-in-law next door does, and some of my sheep are eating fresh , long grass to their hearts and tummies content.
As always, fun and beautiful photo journalism that always warms my heart and makes me smile!!
I bet the sheep were thinking “those guys will never register with JSBA.”