Hoppy arrived yesterday, he is visiting us to keep Hainoa company until Islay is old enough (end of the year). He is a couple of months older than Hainoa and is less shy than she is. He seems very mellow and good natured which is good... and a bit surprising considering he is a bull. Highland bulls generally seem quite even tempered.
Apparently he is a very fine specimen genetically and conformation wise. He certainly looks very nice and is a pretty colour - rare colour called silver dun so we are told.
He has settled in well and the pair of them have been happily grazing side by side. It feels a bit of a responsibility looking after someone elses cow and it will be more embarassing if he escapes than when it is our cow, but it is nice to see Hainoa with a friend and looking so relaxed.
We had some friends round to lunch before he was delivered by the very
nice cow man, so we had had a few glasses of wine and were able to speak French perfectly (?!) and have a nice chat about Highland Coos, how to look after them, their different colours, suitable fencing etc.
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