Happy Birth Day...

We were beginning to wonder if she was ever going to have her calf...

All in her own time...only one week late...

I never get tired of seeing the babies stand up so soon after birth.  They wobble around for a while as they find their legs, but soon they're up and running!  This little big guy has had his first bottle of colostrum and will soon be settled in for the night.

Happy birth day bully!

A Cow and a Calf...

It wasn't hard to find something to go with the letter "C" tonight...

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.

Linking to Alphabe Thursday