Comments on: Gran Vilaya Trek, part 2

By: Grandma Bertie

Grandma Bertie — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:43:30 +0000

Bella, this is so much fun. I love your comments and pictures. Aunt Connie and I have lots of funny farm animals stories but I’m not sure I should tell all of them. We could be naughty. Just one of those anyway. Do you know how to put a chicken to sleep? Just tuck his head under his wing and while holding the chicken in that position move your arms in a big circular motion about 10 times. Presto, you have a sleeping chicken. They don’t stay asleep very long. Maybe it’s another fate, as I don’t think chickens wear deoderant. Just kidding.

Aunt Connie and I use to have the chore of feeding the new baby calves. We had a bucket that had a sort of sucking nipple on it. We would mix some special powdered formula with water and then hold the bucket ofer the fence so the calves could eat. They weren’t very good about taking turns or sharing and sometimes we’d drop the bucket. I always wished that their mother would teach them better manners, but maybe it would have been better if we’d have had more than one of those buckets. I’ll try to respond more, now that I figured out how to!

By: Aunt Jess

Aunt Jess — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 03:08:53 +0000

Bella,
Grandma Bertie said that a horse once took a bite out of her hair because he thought it looked like straw.
You are such an animal lover…you remind me of your mother when she was a little girl. Just don’t go sticking any tadpoles in your mouth!
Love you, chiquita!

By: normacole

normacole — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 06:23:28 +0000

Bella, Great Grandma Diedrichs reminded me of a funny farm animal story. When she was a little girl it was her job to milk the cow. One day she decided it would be fun to shoot the milk into a kitten’s mouth. While she was doing it, the cow got upset and stepped into the bucket of milk. She told her father that the cow got the milk dirty by stepping into the bucket, but not what she was doing with the kitten. Her father said, “It can happen to anyone. Give the milk to the pigs, they will enjoy the milk. Great Grandma Diedrichs said she never tried that trick with the kittens again.
Love you, Grandma Cole

By: normacole

normacole — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 01:19:02 +0000

Hi Bella, Reading your writing, I feel like you are talking with me and I am with you. So happy you are doing this so I can feel like I am taking the trip with you. Hummm, a funny farm animal story???
I remember going to my cousins, Susie and Jeanie’s farm in Idaho.
We were told to take some VERY LARGE pigs to the clover field
They didn’t seem to want to cooperate, so my cousins, who were very small girls, grabbed these very large hogs by the tails and pulled them to the clover field. The pigs made very loud noises and resisted, and I was amazed at my cousin’s bravery and strength.
Another farm animal experience was my grandparents would send me out to get eggs from the hens. They would fly at me with their claws and peck at my ankles. I would dance and flap around trying to get away from them. I probably looked pretty funny. Then my grandmother would come out and they wouldn’t move a feather when she would get the eggs out of their nests. They must have smelled the little girl’s fear. I told my grandparents I did not want to go get eggs.
Bella Rose, I really enjoyed your writings and hope you continue to share your experiences with us.
Love you, Grandma Cole