Some cow pictures

I have been capturing some shots of the cows...

"Missy" and "Mister" in their enclosures just out near the bus

"Mister" got moved last week - his hut and enclosure were moved into the barnyard to make room for the container that replaces the storage that Jimmy gave us in the storage container outside the bus. Mister and Doofus seem to like each other...

Doofus gets picked on a bit, especially by the heifers in the field with him, so I think he likes that there is another "boy" that he can bond with... Doofus is about 2 months older than Mister - Doofus was born at the beginning of March and Mister near the beginning of May.

These are the "kindergartners" up behind the house - eating in a line, shoulder to shoulder...

I have thought that a leader might emerge from this group, but they seem to still be participating in "everybody doing the same thing". When they are eating shoulder-to-shoulder like this, one will push in from the back and everyone moves a little left or right - it reminds me of the children's song, "There were 10 in the bed and the little one said, 'Roll over, roll over'... so they all rolled over and one fell out, there were 9 in the bed and the little one said..."

I think I've mentioned before that the "kindergartners" don't always come when we put the feed out - sometimes they do, but not usually. The group will happen up to the trough at some time later in the day and find, "Oh wow, there's food in here!"

Yesterday, however, one enterprising fellow made his way to the trough without any of his compatriots!

He was happily munching away until I got too close and he decided that maybe he should head back and join up with the crew.

After he re-joined the herd, eventually all of them made their way to the trough... I wonder if they smelled grain on his breath!