We had a cow freshen during milking time tonight. We knew she was close, and Jenna's job was to keep an eye on her while we finished up milking. She needed a little help, but had a healthy heifer calf around 6:30 pm. That clean, dry bedding got a little messy with the birth, but she's doing a great job of cleaning her off...
Here she is at about thirty minutes old. All cleaned off and in a fresh bed of clean, dry straw. I think she's pretty...but I'm partial to black calves. She will be #378 when she gets her jewelry...
We left the cow and calf alone for a little while, and then milked the cow and fed the calf two quarts of colostrum...the first milk. It looks a little different than what you usually see, doesn't it?
All gone...I don't think I've ever fed a calf so young, that drank so well the first time!
Mom and baby are now settled for the night...and so are we.
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