First thing out of bed, even before coffee (!!), still in pjs, I checked on Abigail. Nope, no calf yet. Then, I went for coffee …. only to discover that last night I forgot to put the lid on the carafe, which is what allows the coffee to drip into the carafe. Therefore, my coffee filled up the filter holder and ran over that, down the cabinet, onto the floor. No pictures of that. No sound either (good thing). So, I spent my first 30 minutes in the kitchen cleaning. Pig-farmer was happily away on a business trip.
Later, properly fueled, I trekked back out for today’s pictures. I was greeted by these escapees:
Then, I wanted to check Abigail more closely.
She got up for her morning back scratch. Notice her calm, relaxed ears?
While I was scratching her back, she snapped to attention. When livestock alert, so should you. I had to strain to listen for what she was hearing…. coyotes.
She and Pumpkin Pie headed for the barn, alerting the goats.
The big, old, barn in the east isn’t ours, nor is it where they were headed. It looks closer in the pictures!
After that excitement and morning exercise, maybe Abi will have that calf today!?
Here’s to hope (and patience) this Friday, friends!
Awaiting the calf announcement. I called off ranch trip this weekend. Too much rain chance and extra traffic with holiday.
Need to see how my foes are doing Sent from my iPhone
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Sorry to hear your plans had to change. Hope you have a happy weekend despite the change! I’ll post news of calf soon … I hope!
Good girls….run fast!
Linda
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Animal instincts are amazing!
Gosh, high alert! Lovely pics ..
It was an interesting scenario to catch with the camera!
Maybe it will be a bull calf. Then you will have your red, white, and blue for Memorial Weekend! Abigail is quite the looker. I bet she is a great mother. Keep us posted!
I am thinking it will be a bull calf! Abigail is a great cow. Hope to have good news soon.
Always love seeing your pictures. Good for that sharp sense of danger that those cows have!
It was interesting to be standing right next to her!
It’s obvious the goats were making a run for it but did the cows run, too?
More like a jog! Poor Abi; still heavy with that calf!