Ding Bat

We has a couple of stragglers born last night.  It rained 2 inches.

This one ended up on the wrong side of the fence.  Joe found it and put it on the right side.  But the nanny is a ding bat, Joe's words.  She also has an udder issue, future picture, that makes it difficult for a newborn to latch on to. 

So we went to get them up and make sure the baby nursed.  That is where the nanny ran off to.

Joe put the kid at the gate hole.  If you zoom in you might can see the nanny.  She didn't go through.

Instead, she turned around and ran back to the other end of the field.

We got her with two others that haven't kidded yet and headed back to the barn. 

This time she went through the gate. 

You can see the size of her milkers.  Very nice if you are hand milking but a little difficult for a newborn. 

After Joe got her pinned against the wall I was able to help the little one latch on and nurse.  I milked some out of the other side so maybe it will be easier for the little one to nurse on later.  We left everyone in the barn over night.  Hopefully tomorrow things will be sorted out. 
 Kid Count - 67