What's this?

Many of you will probably be able to tell what this is since it is so large in the photo. But when I first found it on my sheep's foot I wasn't sure (need new glasses). Diamond, my oldest ewe, was walking slowly and not looking quite right.  When I took a good look at her I found this stuck on her foot just above her hoof. It was so tight that it was starting to dig into her skin and I had to break it to get it off.  Diamond is fine now.

We are in a record-setting cold spell. It's predicted to be in the low 20's tonight. As I was wrapping pipes and my husband was fixing the pipes that broke I caught this photo of Molly.

What is she watching?

OK, did you guess what the mystery item is? It's the trimming from a donkey hoof. I don't know when it got caught on Diamond's foot but as it dried it shrunk and hardened.