farm animals – Wandering Cows

Weekly Photo Challenge: Partners

June 26, 2016June 25, 2016Posted in weekly photo challengeTagged farm animals, lambs, nature, partners, sheep, Weekly Photo Challenge11 Comments

Partners in crime. These two lambs looked like they had been up to no good as they walked out sheepishly – no pun intended – from under the farm machinery.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Partners

~ Spotted Cow

Mist-ified friends

May 20, 2016May 20, 2016Posted in europeTagged Amalfi Coast, farm animals, goat, goats, Italy, mist, travel photography11 Comments

On one of the particularly misty walks on the Amalfi Coast, we heard chimes of lots of little bells ringing on the cliffs … when suddenly, a herd of goats emerged from the dense fog. They eyed us up curiously, especially one brown goat who stared at us very hard and didn’t divert his gaze.

~ Spotted Cow

Broody

October 20, 2015November 8, 2015Posted in ukTagged broody, farm, farm animals, hen, Photography4 Comments

I couldn’t persuade this broody hen to come out of her hutch and into the light a bit more … not even for a piece of cake and a cup of tea !

Anyway, I’m in a holding pattern on the blog for a week or so. Life is a bit hectic at the moment with work, overseas visitors and a weekend trip to Liverpool. I hope the weather holds up. The forecast for Liverpool is rain, which isn’t great because I haven’t mastered how one holds up a camera and an umbrella simultaneously. Suggestions welcome.

~ Spotted Cow

Weekly Photo Challenge: Boundaries

October 4, 2015October 20, 2015Posted in weekly photo challengeTagged boundaries, ewe, farm animals, Photography, postaday, sheep, Weekly Photo Challenge7 Comments

Sheep in the waiting pen, queueing up to be milked.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Boundaries

~ Spotted Cow

Blue Eggs

June 6, 2014August 1, 2014Posted in europe, foodTagged blue eggs, chicken, Esparragosa de Lares, farm, farm animals, geese, hatching, lambs, Photography, sheep, Spain, Travel, village life10 Comments

Esparragosa de Lares, Spain

A rural holiday wouldn’t be complete without a farm trip. We took off into the outskirts – a 7-minute walk! – to D’s cousin’s farm. I was excited about seeing the animals, city-dweller that I am. There were just-born baby geese, hens a-hatching, roosters strutting, chickens running away from humans and curious lambs wondering why we were hanging about.

D’s cousin gave us freshly laid eggs which had a blue-ish tinge. Apparently, they are no-cholesterol eggs, although I haven’t been able to verify that. Anybody know?

~ Spotted Cow