Am I a cow whisperer?

Last night I had finished mowing the lawn and noted that the cows were coming into the west pasture. It was about a half hour before sunset and I had not tried to find #14 since she first approached me a few weeks ago. I walked up to the fence and started talking to the cows as they walked by. None were closer than 10 yards away. Some stopped and looked at me curiously but no one approached. I kept at it for about 5 minutes and then I noticed one cow walking towards me. She got close enough for me to see it was #14. When she was about 10 feet from the fence she stopped to pee. before walking up and licking my hand. As soon as she started approaching the others stopped and watched her and many moved closer. I looked out and the cows were all fanned out looking at me over the adjacent pasture.

I didn’t want to reach for my camera and potentially scatter them so II yelled at Craig who was in the shop. I had to yell pretty loud so he could hear. He looked out saw all the cows and thought I must be injured based on how loud I was yelling. He came running and once her realized I only wanted him to take photos, he needed a minute to recover.

By this time #14, now named Elsie, had wandered off and the others came closer. A young cow (about 6 months old) approached and was very friendly. She let me pet her for about 5 minutes. Even though she was not tagged yet and has NO distintuishing markings I decided to name her Caitlin – seemed timely. Hopefully, I will be able to pick her out in the future. Then #100 approached and let me pet them. I was going to name her Honey until Craig told me Honey was a boy. I quickly renamed him Henry.