Calf in the Tub... again

Tuesday morning Dad and Josh went out to go check cows and found my (Rebecca) cow had calved. The calf was cold and not doing well. Dad had to head into work so Josh and I went out and brought the calf in and threw her in the tub. After dousing her for a good while we dried her off then went back out to get Momma cow.    These pictures are taken with my new camera....


It is amazing how some animals are so gentle. The Momma cow was my old show heifer (Faye) and didn't mind at all that we were touching her, putting a halter on her and towing her back to the house behind the pickup, or messing with her baby. We got her into the barn. At this point the baby was still not warm enough and not getting up and nursing. I got some warm milk and was down on the ground in one of the little stalls in the barn feeding her out of a turkey baster (Don't worry, this one is especially marked for animals. You can still come have turkey with us anytime. :D) while Momma cow was standing right in front of me mooing at her baby. Great cow if you ask me. :)

Baby was still not up and doing well so we brought her back in and gave her another bath. She is now up and doing great, nursing and sleeping as little babies do. It took a while for her to figure out that I really wasn't the one to get the milk from, that it came "udderneath" her Momma.

This girl is doing great now, and it will be fun to look at her in the pasture and say, "Do you remember when she was born cold, and we had to throw her in the tub..."



~Rebecca for the Herd