Awww

[Pol]

Ahhhh.

SEE HERE ..... for a .swf film.

Pol

[Stephen]

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Oh well here's another cutie to tug on the heart strings

[Ian]

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Oh well here's another cutie to tug on the heart strings

Oh dear - the doggie is a cutie but I hate being slobbered - yuck!

As for the piggies - all I can think of is how best to prepare the roast potatoes

Ian

[Pol]

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Well I love being licked by dogs. I can't get enough of it, especially the sort of dogs that have warm, damp tongues and dinky little noses. That's why one of our sons sends me that sort of stuff.

Those little piglets are so cute. There was once a pig farm and shop on the marshes that I used to enjoy visiting whenever we went to the beach. They closed down maybe 4-5 years ago so I just have to content myself with Kebab and chips these days .. and no pork, ham or bacon to bring back home for supper.

We were at the beach today actually. I took a snapshot of the kebab shop from inside my bed in the camper too. There nowt to compare with the sheer luxury of curling up in bed on a beach carpark and tucking into Chicken Shish and Chips.

Here's a copy of the snapshot. Best Kebabs for miles around.

Pol

[Bearface]

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Oh well here's another cutie to tug on the heart strings

Ok, so you beat me to the piggies

Here are two babies (each less than a week old), followed by their Daddy:

[Pol]

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Ok, so you beat me to the piggies

Here are two babies (each less than a week old), followed by their Daddy:

Now there's a handsome family if ever I saw one. The one wiv the pink nose and protruding tongue's gonna be a real genius. The signs are already evident in those eyes.

The cowcrzy Jennifer is really gonna love that lot.

Pol

[Bearface]

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Now there's a handsome family if ever I saw one. The one wiv the pink nose and protruding tongue's gonna be a real genius. The signs are already evident in those eyes.

The cowcrzy Jennifer is really gonna love that lot.

Pol

Sorry, sorta hijacked yer thread a bit there. But I couldn't have Uncle Steve posting pics of pretty piggies without conveying the cuteness of the cows and calves...

Anyway, it was interesting, because apparently when the calves are just a day old, they're separated from their mothers and moved to a shed with the other little 'uns, where they're weaned off the teat and given milk and food pellets in the normal way.

Initially the farmer uses his finger to provoke the sucking reflex, and then lowers his hand into the buckets from which the calves quickly learn to feed and drink - they aren't bottle fed as you'd imagine. They remain there for 8 weeks, and then the females are moved to the junior shed until they're old enough to become milkers, while the young lads are sold to other farmers for a variety of purposes. It all sounds very cold and businesslike, but as we talked to the farmer, he spent a great deal of time comforting the calves - stroking and talking quietly to them - so you could see he loved his animals, which was quite touching.

We actually went into the compound where the mature milking cows were kept, and I was amazed at how tame and inquisitive those ladies were. One of them came straight over to me and had a good sniff, while several others wandered over too, apparently not remotely nervous or uncomfortable around humans. One particularly large one seemed especially confident, and strode over to us for a closer look. When the farmer pointed out that this fine specimen (the one in the third picture) was in fact the resident bull, I suddenly realised I was wearing a bright red coat and laughingly suggested to the farmer that the whole "bulls seeing red" thing was probably a myth anyway...........but he just looked at me quite solemnly and said "Er, no. It's not a myth...". Right then :0

The mothers are put back with the other cows and ready for regular milking duty within a couple of days. They don't seem to suffer any separation anxiety at all, at least not after a day or so. Interesting stuff...

[Pol]

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Sorry, sorta hijacked yer thread a bit there. But I couldn't have Uncle Steve posting pics of pretty piggies without conveying the cuteness of the cows and calves...

Anyway, it was interesting, because apparently when the calves are just a day old, they're separated from their mothers and moved to a shed with the other little 'uns, where they're weaned off the teat and given milk and food pellets in the normal way.

Initially the farmer uses his finger to provoke the sucking reflex, and then lowers his hand into the buckets from which the calves quickly learn to feed and drink - they aren't bottle fed as you'd imagine. They remain there for 8 weeks, and then the females are moved to the junior shed until they're old enough to become milkers, while the young lads are sold to other farmers for a variety of purposes. It all sounds very cold and businesslike, but as we talked to the farmer, he spent a great deal of time comforting the calves - stroking and talking quietly to them - so you could see he loved his animals, which was quite touching.

The mothers are put back with the other cows and ready for regular milking duty within a couple of days. They don't seem to suffer any separation anxiety at all, at least not after a day or so.

I've no problem about wot you wanna stick in any of my threads. Forums should be light hearted and fun at times imo otherwise they can get 'heavy' with too much of the 'clever stuff' that sometimes goes over the head of us mere mortals. Besides - we're in 'Did You hear' anyway.

That's very interesting about the calves. We were once away in the camper pitched on a farm in Devon and there was a cow having a bad night after her calf had been stillborn earlier that day. The farmer had her out in the field next to us and the poor animal was very distressed and mooed all night looking for her baby. The farmer and his son took it in turns to stay with her and comfort her as best they could.

They apologised to us the following morning because they were worried we might have been disturbed by all the noise .... but we hadn't minded in the slightest. It was just so sad to hear her in what was an obvious state of distress and grief. Poor 'moomie'. She was fine after a while though - quiet and calmer the following night.

Hugs, chest scratches and ear waggle greetings to your warm and cuddly hunk of tail wagging Juice.

Pol

[bigbob]

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Can i do ''cute and cuddly''?
Two words people never use about me (not even the wife)

B..

[Pol]

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Can i do ''cute and cuddly''?
Two words people never use about me (not even the wife)

B..

I really can't even begin to imagine why people can't appreciate just how cute and cuddly you are.

You should've entered that second picci of the deer in Jennifer's "Make Me Laugh" salon because it has me creased up laughing. It's so rude but so funny. I'm helpless with laff'n here. :''''''D

Wicked.

Pol

[cowcrzy06]

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AWWWWWWWW
they're so cute!

[cowcrzy06]

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I will second that!!

[bigbob]

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Got to admit i did'nt have a clue what you were on about .
So i had a look i missed that in the background .
However i've a better one than that and this one will take some licking .

B..