We have a new baby........

Is this not the cutest face you have ever seen?

We have been expecting this little girl for over a week, and she finally decided to come into this world yesterday. This was her mom's first time calving so we were keeping a close eye on her...and it's a good thing we did! Being a first time mom, she didn't know what to do, she kept trying to pin the baby down and flip her over, so we put her up and worked with her until she accepted the baby. We were really afriaid she would hurt her badly or kill her, so we stayed close for about 3 hours, until she finally figured out what was going on.

She also wouldn't let the heifer nurse, so here we put her in gates and made her stand still to let the baby nurse.........

The baby is really strong and a good size for a first calf, she has a good strong suckle reflex!........

Here she is just born about 5 minutes old...........

Another shot with mom after she finally got to her feet........

Here she fell back down to rest before trying to get up and nurse......

I love it when they have these unusual face markings....it makes it so much easier to glance into the herd and see which calf goes with which cow. When they are all solid black or look the same it makes it much harder to tell them apart, LOL......

We are expecting 3 more any day now, I will try to get pictures to post of each one if possible. Everyone have a great weekend!