 I pulled a calf out of a cow! She's the baby on the left. It's the season. Our pasture is becoming populated with tiny calves and they usually sort of just pop out in the night on their own. Well, with some work by the mothers. BUT-- Wednesday morning, one young heifer--first time mother-to-be--had a little foot appearing and reappearing out of her backside for a few hours. No Progress. Eventually, Gideon was able to coerce her into a sheltered space with some hay underfoot, and he wrestled the chains onto the appearing and reappearing feet, and... we pulled. Lots of pulling. And we pulled a big, white baby out! It was awesome.
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Why, I frequently whine, must it be so windy here in Delhi!?! Before the day job this afternoon, I filled in the hoof print divots in the yard from last month's midnight cattle stampede, and I was comfortable out there in my winter parka.
Winter parka! In late April! I suppose living in a long, beautiful, valley has it's climatory quirks. |
Susan FrisbeeArtist, library director, farm hand and organization mistress, but never the family chef. Archives
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