Calf Hunting

J called me at work today because he thought there could be a potential calving issue.  When checking this group of cows, he found a new calf on the wrong side of an electric fence.  He got that pair back together.  Then there was a calf born yesterday in the hay field.  When he got that one back, two different cows were interested in it.  J got the right pair together, but still had the issue of the other cow that looked like she had calved but now calf.  She was holding her tail out like there might be a backwards calf.  J got her up and checked but could not feel a calf.  After talking on the phone, I thought it best to just run home and check.  She had already calved but where was it.

This was the hayfield one of the other calves was in.  It looked pretty empty.  

On closer inspection, I found him. 

The cow had been on the other side of the fence up where the truck is parked.  

J hefted him up

and loaded him in the truck.  

It was the right calf for the cow.  Three different calves in the wrong places, might mean something went through the herd and spooked them.  Probably a coyote.