Calving Started Across the River

We have been watching the main herd that is located across the river. A couple of the cows had started to bag up and look like they were getting close to calving.

Hannah  delivered a heifer calf in the early morning hours and had the calf cleaned up and nursing before breakfast. We found the pair by themselves back by the stump patch.

We got the rest of the herd eating hay out of the feeders located by the barn, then took some hay back for the momma and baby. We moved them off the hillside and and into the nursery field (this is the same field that will be the hay field in late June).

Heifer Barbera weighed in at 70 lbs. The move from the hillside to the field was a slow go because Barbera wasn’t in the mood at first.

That big puddle by the gate kept Barbera from following her momma into the field. Patient Hannah would not go any further until her baby was by her side.

Once both the girls were in the field, Hannah went right to the hay pile because she was overdue for breakfast.