Austin traded horse training for Joe Saville for 4 bred heifers. Austin went to the ranch to pick them up on April 1. The next Sunday, the first calf was born healthy and strong.
The second calf was born the next day. After a couple hours, Austin went to check on him and he hadn't gotten up yet. He was too weak and cold to stand up and eat. So he brought him into our kitchen, and we wrapped him in blankets. We went and got goats milk from Karen Pilling. Austin ended up sleeping by the little guy on the kitchen floor all night long, giving him a bottle every couple hours. By the morning, he was warmer and a little stronger, so he took him out and put him with his mom in the big shed. He still kept going out every few hours to make sure he was eating, but then he got stronger and was doing so good.
On Wednesday, the third calf was born, and he was also little and not very strong. Hanna left school and came home and brought him in the kitchen. She weighed him, and he was only 34 pounds. He drank a couple bottles of milk, and then they took him back to his mom.
The fourth calf was born a week later, and he was healthy and strong. All four are doing great now. I would have never predicted having a calf sleep on my kitchen floor all night
The other day Lucy and Carly was home, and Austin sent them to check on the calves. Carly texted Austin and said they were doing good and it looked like they were having a daycare, and that one mom was watching all of the calves, and then they took turns.
2 comments:
I love your life. Calves are the best.
Posts like this remind me that your kids are having such a different childhood than mine are. Perhaps letting my kids only have a pet beta fish and nothing else means we will forever be banished to the "city slicker" crowd.
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