The hubs called me tonight and asked if myself and my daughter could come help pull a calf. Like a nice wife, I agreed to head over to help. He told me he was going to go to the shop and grab the pullers. I told him I had to change my clothes and we would head right over. I had to take off my comfy yoga pants and put on a pair of jeans. I considered wearing my yoga pants, but then I didn't want to ruin a perfectly good pair of yoga pants. Don't you love yoga pants?!?
When my daughter and I got to the farm my hubs was watching the heifer {meaning she has not had a calf yet in her lifetime}. She was laying down and pushing with all her might. When we approached the heifer she got up and pushed. And then....well, watch.....
The heifer seemed a little confused at first, but she made her way over to her newborn calf to clean him {or her} up. Sometimes, first calf heifers aren't so loving and won't claim the calf. If that happens, it means I would have a bottle baby calf. So far, we haven't had any bottle babies this year. We did bottle feed one calf, but after a while the heifer decided she liked the little guy and decided to let him nurse.
I love seeing baby calves born and this gal was kind enough to let me stand 10 feet away and watch. The other heifers would come over and sniff the calf, but eventually leave. I'll tell ya, it takes a village to raise a calf or maybe I should say herd!
So we did not have to pull calf which is always a plus! Guess I should have left those yoga pants on!
{{{HUGS}}}
Awww . . . I love babies. And good mamma cows, But I probably shouldn't have watched the videos while I was eating my breakfast. ):
ReplyDeleteAnd all I can say is "who needs PW?!" Lol!