This was first published March 27, 2012. P.S. That annoying sound in the video is my camera!
Grasshoppa,
Are you ready?
Here is the birth of the calf that I teased you with the other day.
I did not edit this, because I wanted you to see the delivery in real time. This is cow 437 (though I had told Vernon 431… oops!) and so this should be her 7th calf.
Old hat.
Just squirt ’em right out.
Well, ok… after being in labor a while…
After filming my Vlog, I had walked to the Durango and thought, “Hmmm… I wonder how close she is?”
She had been laying down when I arrived to film, and only when she stood up during filming did I notice the water sac.
I started the car, rolled down the window, and started to film. Once I zoomed in, I could see she was close, so I stayed. Sure enough, it wasn’t long til she pushed the head out, then the rib cage.
I left my car then, trying to get closer to make sure the sac was off of its nose so it could breathe. blehblehbleh, yucky jumpy video… but then, whoosh! I paused and zoomed in again, and could see the eye blinking and the sac was gone… so I just stopped and let momma do her thing.
You can hear the guys coming on the four wheeler for their afternoon rounds… a few minutes later they were checking out “my” baby!
We had good timing, folks!
That cow made it look so easy!
So what was it? Male or female?
New birth is always amazing.