Thirsty girls in the sun. I love the way they eat grass (and apparently drink water) by wrapping their tongues around the blades, then ripping, rather than biting with their teeth. It reminds me of an elephant trunk.
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This was a beautiful thing because I was trying to get the cattle back to a paddock in the middle of the field--they could've run everywhere. (Plus we'd just spend forever trying to untangle many yards of polywire that had gotten wrapped tight in and around one's hoof, so I was low on patience.) But, they've learned to trust us, so when I called...they actually came as a GROUP!
They followed me right on up and into their paddock, without any cajoling, dog, other people, or lines to set up. It's amazing when things work!!
And back into the paddock.
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Sometimes things don't always work out, but you still have to deal with them. One of the girls at our place died sadly. The buzzards found her before we did, which made for an even more unfortunate situation. You can't just leave a dead animal in the field though. So there we were, brother and sister (and dog) on a drizzly June day, armed with a tractor a truck and some gloves, figuring out how to (re)move a decomposing 800lb animal:(
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Hillside/wooded grazing (always aware of the dogs too)
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Pretty views of the farm...we should all take more time to just enjoy where we are!
Anna, this is Jim. Not to laugh too much, but I know exactly what you are saying with these photos and captions.
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