This Little Piggy is Broken!

I always strive to provide useful information on this blog, so I thought I would let you know a very important farming fact.  It is also a law of physics, I think, but science isn’t really my thing.  Two objects cannot occupy the same space at the same time.

Therefore, both the cow and I should NOT have tried to both leave the milk room at the same time.

It really is all my fault.  I was being a tad lazy last night when I went to milk Beulah.  I usually swap into my Muck Boots (affiliate link) when I milk because, aside from keeping the mud off, they are also designed to protect my feet in the event that I get stepped on by a large animal.  Well, last night when it was time to milk, I was already wearing my cowgirl boots, (affiliate link) so I just wore them down to the barn.

Big mistake.  

When we were finished, Beulah and I both decided to leave at the same time.  She stomped on my foot and swiveled to go down the steps of the milk room.  She broke my boot-clad pinky toe.

This little piggy cried wee wee wee!

This is my second broken toe in the past year.  I will say that a broken pinky toe hurts, but it is nothing like the pain when I broke my second toe.  I’m getting around a little slower than usual, but I am getting around.  I have learned a huge lesson though about wearing proper footwear and using extra caution around large animals.  I suppose it was a lesson worth learning.

What about you?  Have you ever had a farming related injury?

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