While the heifers are continuing to calve under close supervision, a calf was born early in the cows. We keep an eye on them as well, driving through them, counting them while feeding to make sure nothing has wandered off. But this little guy came a bit early. Spunky and lively though he was, there…
Tag: calf
Knuckling Under
While you might think of the phrase, “knuckling under”, as a synonym for giving up or surrendering, during calving season, that means something else. This little twin has the condition we call Knuckling Under. Her front hooves are bending under instead of letting her walk normally. Give her a couple of days, and those ligaments…
Baldeeeeee
I can’t resist a baldy calf! If you’re on Instagram, or you click on my link to my Instagram account, you can see a short video of this cutie!
A Calf Is Born
This video covers one of heifers, number 660, and the process of having her calf. We noticed her standing off from the herd, holding her tail out in a kinked position… an almost sure sign that labor pains have started. We walk her into our calving shed, spreading new straw in a pen. We would…
Kids and Calves
There’s a lot of suction power from a calf, and this one keeps sucking the bottle lower and lower! The girls are petting the soft hair… It doesn’t take long to drink a bottle! Lorelei barely made it in time to hold the bottle!
Calf Work Video
I made a quick video from the other day. It shows Victoria, Daniel, and Brandon working a calf through the chute. The calf comes in, gets its vaccinations, a shot of mineral supplement, a wormer, and a nasal “flu” shot. It is out 30 seconds later. Calf Work from Carol Greet on Vimeo.
Not So
(Part Two) Two bags of IV fluid, antibiotics, electrolytes… and the calf lays on my lawn, in the warmth of the afternoon sun. We alternate a bottle of milk replacer with a bottle of electrolytes a couple of hours later… hoping the fluid will kick his gut back into gear. As the sun sets, we…
Scourge
He won’t say it. But I see it in his eyes, in his touch, in his gruff, “You’re all right. You’re OK.” His rough hands rubs the black hair on a (not so) small nose, petting the calf like a dog, and dust rises to the top of the hair and coats his hand. The…
Stepmom
OK. I got it backwards. I was supposed to take pics of the new chicks, NOT the calf. I didn’t figure any of you would really argue with me when I took pics of the little cutie pie, but, hey, if you’re a chicken lover… sorry about this. The little guy has been fed bottles……
Close-up and Often
The cutest little calf is a resident of our hay shed. It’s mom has gone AWOL. Vernon can’t figure out who its mom is… There’s no one bawling around like they lost their calf. There’s no one with a tight bag wanting to feed a baby. There’s no sign of anything that can help us…
Meet Spock
I had taken photos and a movie of a calf being born the other evening, but it turned out too dark to share with you. That was Spock. I guess since I “thought” about sharing it… you would all know who I was talking about! Duh. So, sorry about that! But here he is… in…
Identity Theft – Wyoming Style
Since I’ve asked for questions for my next Q&A session… I received one that deserves its own entire post! Plus, this has happened recently, and I wasn’t there to document the process, so once again I’m going to bring back to life an old post! Carole asked: “Since you have a heifer who lost her…