Getting Comfortable

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One of the heifers that we brought home last Sunday is trying her darnedest to feel comfortable in the surroundings here on the farm.
She has been walking fence lines to make sure she is aware of the boundaries. She searches out the other animals that she was pasture mates with at the farm where she was on grazing duty.She especially likes to hang around with Topanga’s young calf. The two must have bonded back at the neighbor farm and they watch out for each when we are in the pasture with them or if the dogs are not on leashes.
Seeing her today made me laugh because she found a good mud spot and smeared the stuff all over her face before parading up the logging road and back through the pasture field. She was such an unusual sight that even Topanga’s calf didn’t want to be seen around her.
We see cows do this in the summer time when flies and other nuisance critters that bite or sting are bugging them (pun intended). It seems that this mud mask is just because she wanted to feel special after being away from the farm since spring.
Within a few days, the mud will dry and flake off. Or the rain will come and wash the whole thing away. We will have to watch and see if she continues to mud-up or if it was just a one-time thing.