Lamb, Calf, and Cat

Well my little lamb wants in on the action now. Before she would sniff me and walk away. Yet now, as the calf drinks rapidly from the bottle, the lamb nibbles me! Feeling left out, she'll come up to me along with the calf, sniff around and start chomping on some part of me. First it was my Waldis, then the tops of my boots and now she yanks on my shorts!

The calf has been going through the 50 lbs of calf milk formula, I'm already more than half way through it and I only purchased ittwo weeks ago. Then again, I'm the one feeding him! I think I will start weaning him when he's about half way through the next bag. I asked TJ's Dad and three months is old enough to wean them. I can't wait!! Because in September I will be going back to Michigan for two weeks! Then I won't have to sell him or the lamb, that is if I can get him weaned in time.

The cat is a staple. An oldie but a goodie. He follows me around when I'm outside and likes to talk to me. He tells me everything that's been going on around the farm. Mostly he complains about the heat, the lack of nutrition in his diet, the bugs, the dogs that often come around, and he's constantly pestering me to pet him. He would love a full massage, but that just won't happen. Problem is is that I can't understand past the "meow" but I know he's very sophisticated and rules his little domain well. He isn't a regular farm cat, he's organic, preferring the grass to the mice.
Fat Cat laying on the weeds, trying to get a few pats!

TJ noted the other day that I often give personalities to animals. Well I know it's weird but when you're a loner on a farm it's gonna happen!

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