Easter Morning Surprise!

No Easter eggs, no Easter bunny... but rather a cow on an Easter hunt for trouble!

Sally, one of our cows, is a curious creature. She tends to be in the thick of things no matter what is happening in the pasture. Today she lived up to her reputation. Early this morning we watched as Sally and few other cows crossed the stream that flows through their pasture and then congregated in an area where a culvert brings run off water from across the road onto our property and eventually into the stream. The cows typically don't go to this area, let alone spend any time there. But this morning, there they were. 

The cows returned to the main pasture and cow barn as we put out hay for them. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary, that is until we saw Sally. 

Sally, and only Sally, had tangled with a porcupine! She wore a face full of porcupine quills! 

Sally and her face full of porcupine quills.

The quills were even in the corner of her eye

Using needle nose pliers and working from the top of her head down,
we slowly removed the quills as Sally ate her morning hay.

Sally seemed to welcome the assistance. 

We didn't count the quills but we easily removed about 40 of them from Sally's face.

The quills were removed and Sally,
comfortable again, is back to being a happy cow.