…because this, March 21st.
What is wrong with this picture?
Yep, they got out again! This time was so scary, because they were out in the road!! They broke a board in our fence, went over the the neighbors’…where mahalo ke Akua, Shura saw them and called us right away. She shooed them into our other neighbor’s pasture, but the gate at the bottom was open, so onto the road they went. Auē!!!! There were lots of cars driving by; fortunately most of them slowed down, but sheesh!
Then they decided to go down Cherie and Eris’s driveway (right across the road). Yikes!! Because that’s a flower nursery there, and obviously we didn’t want the cows getting into the greenhouses! I called Cherie, and she and her adult son and they shooed the pīpī back through their pasture and up towards the road again.
We called Jake right away, too; he was way over on the other side of town in late afternoon traffic. Nolemana went into the barn and got the grain pail and walked down to the bottom of our road, banging on it. The pīpī know that sound, so they began coming up the road.
By this time, another neighbor, who weʻd never met before, had blocked the cowsʻ way going north, and she helped herd them up our road. Shura had come down in her quad, and she was helping, too. I took photos and videos and then helped to shoo them back into the pasture.
Bessie led the way.
Notice how Kiko decided to grab a snack on the way up.
We thought the adventure was pau, but nope. So kolohe Bessie! Finally, with the help of our wonderful neighbors, we got them inside again. The wahine helping to get them into the pasture,. had called her parents, who live just around the corner from us, and they came in their pickup to help, too. By this time the naughty pīpī were back in the pasture, so I had time to get to know them, too.
Jake and Jake2 came over and got the fence fixed later. They put some grain down on the ground for the pīpī, who were now content to stay home.
I tell you, we have the most wonderful neighbors!! Next door, across the road, and around the corner. All in all, there were eight of us working together to get the silly cows back into the pasture. We simply couldn’t have done it without all the help.
Needless to say, Jake assured us that he’d be doing some major fence repair on the weekend. More about that later.
Final score: Fantastic neighbors and us: 10. Pīpī: 5
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This is why I don’t want cows; they are hard on fences and hard to contain! Back when I lived on a working farm/ranch, we relied on nasty barbed wire and HOT electric fence, plus they had a lot of acreage to keep them occupied. But all you neighbors were rock stars!
You’re absolutely right, Michelle. It was ‘way easier when we had sheep in the pasture. Except for the coyotes, of course, but we had LGD to help with that. Then it ended up being neighborhood dogs who caused damage. Jake is going to be putting hot wire up for sure.
Our neighbors are fantastic!
Do you know that song “Don’t Fence Me In”? That’s got to be your cows’ theme song. Your neighbors are worth their weight in gold. Errybody kokua to keep da pīpī safe. Too much of an adventure, but I’m glad you had a happy ending.
Yeah for happy endings! And wonderful neighbors. We all help each other out all the time. I love living here! And “Don’t fence me in” is the perfect theme song for these crazy cows!