[Jacob-list] [Fwd: worth a few hoots of laughter]

[linda]

Hi Kate,

When I went out to feed this evening and the lambs were all chasing each other, your story 
came to mind.  I just had to sit down laughing remembering the picture you painted with your 
post! Thanks for sharing.

Linda

On Wed, 21 Mar 2001 20:51:02 -0500, Kathryn Shirley wrote:
>Back when I was new to cows.....I had a brand new red heifer calf.  Cute
>as a button.  Unfortunately, it was cold and rainy, kind of like today.
>The poor thing was shivering so hard she practically knocked herself
>down.  Possessing more money and nerves than sense, I drove to the
>nearest tack supply place (north Raleigh) and carefully perused the foal
>blankets.  You know, the cute ones for newborn horses.  Finally found
>one that would be small enough and plunked down the money ($60).
>Brought the thing home and wrestled a small but determined calf into
>it.  Several bruised shins, stomped toes, thumped ribs later Joan and I
>had a blanketed calf.  Well......
>
>Calf freaked and went streaking across the pasture, tripping over and
>steppin on the brand new blanket.  Other cows, curious over the
>commotion (and the "new" thing) ambled after the calf who is moving at a
>high rate of speed.  (Interspersed with abrupt slow downs when she
>stepped on the blanket).  Soon we had a running calf, running cows,
>which, of course, attracted the horses.  So. Now we have a running calf,
>flapping blanket, running cows and running horses careening around the
>pasture.  Ah!  Gets more interesting.  Sheep are now excited and so we
>end up with:  one ticked off calf tearing up the blankety blank blanket,
>ten cows chasing said calf, two horses galumphing along, 32 sheep
>baa-ing, bucking and leaping, followed by two humans who decided that
>maybe a blanket wasn't such a great idea.
>
>
>
>
>You can pick yourself up off the floor, now.....
>
>Kate Shirley, Humbug Farm


Check out our 2001 Jacob Sheep lambs at:
www.PatchworkFibers.com/lambs.html
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