Plum And Brooks

#94 Plum, was acting funny when we began the morning chores across the river. She made a trip into the brush and lingered a little while before slowly joining the rest of the mothers-to-be at the outside hay mangers. We walked down to where she had been standing and saw a large puddle from where she was standing when her water broke. Knowing that labor would start soon, we moved her into the barn where she began eating hay. She acted totally unconcerned about what was going on.
We finished feeding at the outside mangers then fed the cows with calves in the nursery field before going back into the barn to check on Plum where she was still eating while having a contraction now and again, but not consistently. We decided to giver her an hour to herself.
At the hourly check, she seemed no further along than she did earlier so we went about doing other chores. When I checked back with her again in less than an hour, she was just pushing the feet and head out. By the time I unlocked the gate and got inside, Brooks was already born.
Plum jumped up and started licking him off. He was born hungry because within 10 minutes he was standing and trying to find a nipple.
Mother and baby were moved into the nursery field with the rest of the cow/calf pairs the next morning.
Welcome to the farm, Brooks, born 4/5/2018 and weighing in at 81 lbs.