I just returned from checking the cows in Andrew's trusty Ram Charger (known to us as "The Ram"). I had some help:
Actually, the boys and I had gone out to check the cows together a few minutes earlier and to tag my new calf that was born this morning. After the tagging was done, and the calf was recorded in the book, we drove around and found another of my cows calving. We could see two feet, so we left her be for a little bit. Andrew drove back to the yard, then he and Jacob went down to the Kintyre park to drive their remote controlled trucks on the pavement while I went back out to try my hand at being midwife... Here's some of what I saw:
AN UNCOMFORTABLE MOTHER...
...TRYING TO DISTRACT HERSELF WITH GRASS...
...A FEW MINUTES LATER--A HAPPY MOTHER...
...AND THEN-- A 10 MINUTE OLD CALF ALREADY TRYING OUT IT'S WOBBLY LEGS...
...ISN'T NEW LIFE AMAZING?......THEN, I DROVE AROUND SOME MORE AND CAUGHT A COUPLE OF MY COWS IN THE ACT OF BATHING THEIR "CHILDREN"...
...GOOD GIRLS--KEEP THOSE BABIES SHINY...
And now, just so that my blog doesn't get a little too animal-heavy, I thought I'd post a U-tube video about the Von-Trapp Children Singers. Enjoy~
2 comments:
Oh WOW!!!! Thats so cool! About the cow I mean. The last cow we had that had her baby died....:(
I LOVE the Von Trapp's!!!!!!! They are SO talented!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I agree about the baby calf!
I see it all the time with our puppies =D
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