I left the cattle busily eating doc and nettles yesterday morning, but as soon as they think I have gone this is how they behave. The marsh cattle live a life of luxury!
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Clearly they thought that it was about to rain 😉
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I don’t think so. It was a sunny day.
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So much for that bit of folk lore 😉
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The marsh cattle lie down a lot. They were all flat out in Hoo Brook pasture when I checked on them late morning today.
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Perhaps all that Himalayan balsam makes them gassy!
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That might be true if there was any Himalayan balsam on the marsh for the cattle to eat, Ratty. I think they are trying to tell me that they don’t want to eat the nettles, docs and thistles. I locked them in Hoo Brook Pasture yesterday and overnight because I need them to get on with the job they are there to do.
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Tell them they can’t have any pudding until they eat their greens!
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That’s a difficult concept to put over to cattle.
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🙂
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