Saturday, April 17, 2010

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!

3 comments:

  1. Awh! how cute! Yes! she is a real dandy and I do like her face markings. Name her Miss Crook for her crooked face! She sure does have big ears! ha! and little feet! Will be fun seeing the others...glad she's doing well...debbie

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  2. Ha! Yes, we'll call her Miss Crook, good name, LOL.....

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  3. Oh congrats on the new baby!! Is that a new picture on your header? It looks great!!

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