Posted by billonthefarm on April 16, 2009 at 18:44:31 from (205.161.2.144):
I finished checking the cows this morning about 8:30. I was in the shop and travis was helping me get the radiator back in the Versatile when my phone rang, it was 10:30. It was bud, one of the guys who sold me the cows, and he wanted to know when the yellow cow had the calf. I said I had no idea, nothing was going on at 8:30. He had his helper go out to the pasture check on the cow and calf. We talked on the phone for a minute and he said his helper was signaling him to come out and that it looked like something was wrong. Travis and I jumped in the truck and ran over there. The calf was still in the sack and they had helped him get out and momma was cleaning him up so everything was ok. We hung out there for awhile, always fun to watch just after they are born. She was busy taking care of her calf then about an hour later she layed down next to the calf. About 2 minutes later she got back up and low and behold there was another calf. I was excited but of course worried too. We stayed till about 1:30 watching them. She claimed them both, no problem at all. The first calf was a heifer and she nursed right after the second one was born but we waited and waited for the second calf, a bull, to nurse, nosed around all over but never sucked. Went back tonight when nick got here and watched the bull calf but didnt see him nurse. We put momma in the chute and put him on her but he showed no interest. I tried and tried but nothing worked. We finally decided to just wait a while and see what happened. I talked with tom, my top cow advisor, and he said if he isnt nursing we will need to move pretty quickly to keep him going. After about 45 minutes I took him over to the chute and stuck his head in there and he went to town. I guess he had his little belly full earlier because there was no doubt he knew what he was doing. Took a load off our minds wathcing that little guy nurse. Another good day on the farm. bill
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