Extra Work

Our last cow here at the house finally calved a couple of days ago.  We bought her last year from a friend because she was calving late in his herd, now she is calving late in ours (strike 1)  This is only her 3rd calf.   You probably can't tell from the picture but her teats are as big as corn cobs.  (strike 2)

 The calf was also sluggish so we thought we would get them up and make sure the calf could nurse.

 J pushed,

 and pushed and finally got fed up with it bracing every step,

and picked it up to carry it the rest of the way to the barn.  Talk about Farmercising!  That is all up hill too.  Anyway, we have still be having to put the cow in the chute to get the calf to nurse, twice a day.  The cow isn't the most pleasant of animals to work with either. (strike 3)  She is definitely on the cull list now.  Three strikes and your out.