A mixed group of six older cows and four youngsters were lying down resting and chewing their cud on their favourite Sandy Hill corner at 11:30 this morning. Youngster 230 was sat on the opposite site of the path to the others and was having a little snooze. The others were all happy and very relaxed.
After about ten minutes, yearling 271 came wandering along from the Hungry Hill direction, mooing as he came. He wandered into the middle of the resting group, got a few head shakes telling him not to sit down next to some of his herd mates, before he found a nice spot and lay down.
The other eight, cows 33, 219, 228, 270, 214, 215, 227 and 234, were found amongst some trees and bushes around ///bids.shrub.minds on Hungry Hill at 11:55. Steer 227 and cow 234 were initially lying down beside each other, relaxing and chewing their cud, before cow 33 decided to move them on for no reason. The others were standing, chewing their cud. After a short while, cow 214 went and lay down in a bush slightly away from the others, while steer 227 began grazing in the surrounding area. I noticed that cow 215 had a bit of a scratch on the left-hand side of her lower neck area (photo below). It didn't appear to be causing her any issues, though. The cows remained in the bushes until 12:20 when they started wandering along to meet the others.
The cows were all good today.
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