COLD DARK ROOM

[Maro2Bear]

They look like Friesian dairy cattle

Yep... they are Holsteins! Yet another “language” barrier/twist across the great Pond.

Holstein Friesians (often shortened to Holsteins in North America, while the term Friesians is often used in the UK) are a breed of dairy cattle originating from the Dutch provinces of North Holland and Friesland, and Schleswig-Holstein in Northern Germany and Jutland. They are known as the world's highest-production dairy animals.

If I was starting a farm, Id love to have Belted Gallaways or the majestic Highland Cows!

Or.....i forgot, a herd of American Bison.

 

[EllieMay]

And I am all caught up again. I know nothing about cows so could not comment. But we did see these on that weekend we were visiting Riebeck Kasteel. View attachment 270788View attachment 270789

That looks like a dairy cow. [emoji16]

Holstein Friesians are a breed of dairy cattle originating from the Dutch provinces of North Holland and Friesland, and Schleswig-Holstein in Northern Germany and Jutland. They are known as the world's highest-production dairy animals.

 

[EllieMay]

They look like Friesian dairy cattle

Well snap.. looks like y’all covered this already [emoji4]

 

[EllieMay]

I’ve been toying with the same idea for the past couple of years! Help, it’s contagious!! [emoji23]
Hope you actually do it! [emoji106]

Lets see a sample)) my kid is loving this!!!

 

[Kristoff]

Happy Friday all.

We had some rain yesterday, but TODAY large extended thunderstorms, high winds and possibly tornadoes are forecast.

Anyone have a small pond, possibly with algae issues? Interesting article here - https://blog.damascusenterprises.co...l&utm_source=twitter&hss_channel=tw-481433700

Not me, but the ponds in the city park have acquired a beautiful color “thanks” to the algae!

 

[JoesMum]

I will take your word for it. They would definitely be dairy cattle that is for sure. One of the reasons why I took a pix of them was that they were quite big.

They’re small compared with the Charolais!

 

[EllieMay]

“Hang” out? ROFL!!! [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]

That was totally unintentional. Y’all must be rubbing off on me more than I realized [emoji23]

 

[JoesMum]

For a good reason, I hope? [emoji33]

The RSPCA has been highlighting the high number of exotics they have had to rescue because they’ve been abandoned in the wild due to growing too big and/or being to expensive to keep.

The kind of thing we see all the time... people getting sucked into buying a “male/female” “pair” of Sulcatas with no idea that it takes more than a plastic tub and a lettuce to care for them or that they’ll grow into 100lb bulldozers.

The RSPCA has some monster snakes and iguanas in its care by the look of it.

 

[JoesMum]

But you can’t be as batty as @JoesMum [emoji6][emoji12]

 

[JoesMum]

Yep... they are Holsteins! Yet another “language” barrier/twist across the great Pond.

Holstein Friesians (often shortened to Holsteins in North America, while the term Friesians is often used in the UK) are a breed of dairy cattle originating from the Dutch provinces of North Holland and Friesland, and Schleswig-Holstein in Northern Germany and Jutland. They are known as the world's highest-production dairy animals.

If I was starting a farm, Id love to have Belted Gallaways or the majestic Highland Cows!

Or.....i forgot, a herd of American Bison.

Belted Galloways are gorgeous little cows. Very tough and their calves are so cute! [emoji177]

 

[JoesMum]

We have eggs! One can be seen in this photo just about. Mrs B has been sitting most of the day

 

[Maro2Bear]

Off to do a bit of shopping. Some wood for a gate to our deck, then to Harbor Freight for a new pump for our outood water fountain and maybe a Tortoise Trolly.

Rated up to 1000 lbs (453 kilos) ((71.5 stone)) - should be enough to handle Sully for another year

 

[Kristoff]

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[Kristoff]

We have eggs! One can be seen in this photo just about. Mrs B has been sitting most of the day
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Congratulations! Best of luck to your tenants! [emoji16]

 

[JoesMum]

Rated up to 1000 lbs (453 kilos) ((71.5 stone)) - should be enough to handle Sully for another year

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[Reptilony]

Image of the day

 

[Yvonne G]

Years ago my husband and I had a very small herd of limouzin cattle, all female, and we borrowed a young bull to be with them for a while. It's a French breed with a nasty disposition. The bad thing about old age is I don't remember why. Did we make and sell babies? Did we butcher for the freezer? About the only thing I do remember about having them was one of the cows had a rough calving and was unable to get up after. We had the vet out, but she eventually died. We must have eventually sold off that group. Then I remember we had two black angus/limouzin cross cows. Those had a much better disposition. We raised and sold several babies from them. When my daughter and I traded house I left the cows there. They lived into old age and were eventually put down due to old age problems. Oh man. . . I haven't thought about that in an awfully long time.

 

[Momof4]

Happy Friday all.

We had some rain yesterday, but TODAY large extended thunderstorms, high winds and possibly tornadoes are forecast.

Anyone have a small pond, possibly with algae issues? Interesting article here - https://blog.damascusenterprises.co...l&utm_source=twitter&hss_channel=tw-481433700

Thanks for sharing!

I hope the bad weather stays clear from you!
I get “pea soup” sometimes and it cycles thru and clear up.
Since building the bigger pond I noticed one end didn’t have movement so I bought a Pond Air 2 bubbler and it is wonderful! It cleared up the water and the turtle and fish love it! There’s two lines on one pump so I can move them where I want.

 

[Momof4]

Off to do a bit of shopping. Some wood for a gate to our deck, then to Harbor Freight for a new pump for our outood water fountain and maybe a Tortoise Trolly.

Rated up to 1000 lbs (453 kilos) ((71.5 stone)) - should be enough to handle Sully for another year

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That thing is awesome!! We move dressers and all kinds of stuff with it!!!

 

[CarolM]

The next Chapter in the story Tortie:
Chapter 2



Mmmmm Good Morning Everybody, little and big creatures all.

I am a little bit stiff and cold. I think that I will need to go out of my little burrow and sit in the warm sun for a little bit to warm up. Otherwise I will be very slow today.




AAhhh that is much better. So nice and warm and my body is not so stiff and cold anymore.
So what are we going to do today. I think I want to first go and visit Wise One and have a nice drink of water. And maybe eat some weeds, dandelions, hibiscus flowers on the way there.





Now that breakfast is done, lets go and say hello to Wise One.

Tortie: Good Morning Wise One. How are you today?

Wiseone: Good Morning Tortie, Well I am still trying to warm up in the sun, I am not as young as you anymore and it takes longer for me to warm up. What are you
going to do today little Tortie? And where is your friend Snelly?

Tortie: Well after my drink of water I thought that I would go explore a little bit on the south side of the garden. Snelly was gone when I woke up this morning.
And I am not sure where he is. Maybe we will meet up again later.

Wise One: Well enjoy your adventures little Tortie.

Tortie: Bye Bye Wise One, I will come back later once the water has warmed up for a soak.



Tortie left the pond and started walking to the south side of the garden. He had only been walking
along for about 15 minutes and had not gotten very far (as he was stopping often to graze on the
grass and dandelions that he found on the lawn) before he came across this very strange looking
creature. It was quite tall and Tortie had to lift his head up and up and up to see the end of the tall
creature. It’s feet were a dark brown and it has black legs. This creature has it’s front legs in the air
and it was waving the one and the other one was bent at an angle. It’s face has what looks like white
hair on it and Red hair on the top which comes to a point. Luckily Tortie has his camera again:





Tortie: Hello Strange creature, My name is Tortie and what is your name? May I ask what kind of creature you are?

Strange Creature: Well hello Tortie. I am a garden dwarf. And my name is Lucky. What kind of creature are you Tortie?

Tortie: Me! Why I am a baby tortoise, of course! Surely you have seen tortoises before?

Lucky: Why no Tortie, I actually haven’t seen one before. You see I just arrived here yesterday, I cannot remember where I was before but I do remember
arriving yesterday. I think I am going to like living in the garden. (And Lucky looks around the garden)

Tortie: Oh, Well welcome to the garden then. If you walk a little bit to the north you will find Wise One, she is a turtle. She looks after us all by the pond and
makes sure nobody causes fights etc. She is very old (whispers Tortie). And there is Snelly who also lives in the garden he is somewhere and if you
do by any chance see him please let him know that I am looking for him. But be careful of the Bird that flies over head. Snelly told me that the bird
is not vegetarian and likes to eat us.

Lucky: Why thank you Tortie, that is very kind of you to share that information with me. I will make sure to look out for the bird and if I see Snelly I will tell
him you are looking for him. Wait you did not tell me what kind of creature Snelly is?

Tortie: Oops. Snelly is a snail. See you later.

So off Tortie goes and carries on walking towards the south side of the garden. And Lucky walks towards the north to go and meet Wise one and introduce himself. Again Tortie has only been walking for 15 minutes and he comes across another creature. This one does not have his house on him. His body is long and he has four legs and a very long tail. His head and face are rather long too. He is also green just like the grass that Tortie eats. Out comes the camera for a photo for us:







Tortie: Oh So sorry, I almost ate you. You were hiding in the grass so well and being green I got confused with you and the grass. I do apologise.

Lizard: Oh don’t worry about it. Who are you if I may ask? And what are you?

Tortie: My name is Tortie and I am a tortoise. What is your name?

Lizard: Pleased to meet you Tortie, My name is Loses tail. And I am a lizard.

Tortie: Loses Tail? That is a strange name.

Loses Tail: Well, I am called that because I keep on loosing my tail. Luckily it keeps on growing back. Otherwise I don’t know what I would do.

Tortie: Oh. Do you think that I will loose my tail? (Tortie turns his head around to the side to try and see his tail.) Alas, he cannot because it is under his shell.
So he wags it instead to see if it is still there.

Loses Tail: Oh no! Don’t worry! That won’t happen to you. It is just something that happens to creatures like me. You know to my family.

Tortie: Thank goodness for that. As I rather like the tail that I have. I don’t want to loose it. I was making my way to the south side of the garden but it has
warmed up really nicely and I think that I would rather go back to the pond for my soak. Would you like to come with.

Loses Tail: Yes, I was actually on my way there already. I wanted to talk to Wise One abut something. Maybe she can tell me where I lost my last tail.



To be continued:….