A New Momma on the Farm!

We’re so excited! Our heifer Annabelle had her first calf on Monday! She’s a “heifer” no more and enters the hallowed ranks of “cow-hood.”

Here's Mr. Fix-It checking on her at 1 day old.

Annabelle is 3 yrs old and our first baby to have a baby–well, cow-wise anyway. (We seem to throw a lot of bull calves around here!)

Here she is yesterday at 4 days old.

But our baby girl had a baby girl! And she’s a tiny little thing–with ears so big you’d think her daddy was a mule! (Just for the record, he wasn’t, it was our bull Chester. Don’t want you getting mixed up or anything!)

I hope she grows into those things!

She’s a spunky little thing too! Already racing around on those wobbly, toothpick legs.

It's gonna take a lot of work to keep those "wings" clean!

And Annabelle is a great momma so far! No help needed at all. Although I have to admit, our cows believe that “it takes a village” and you’ll find them all washing her up and keeping an eye on her skittering around.

Here's her "big brother" checking up on her Tuesday before she really got her legs going good.

Now we just need a name… (Yes, suggestions are welcome!)

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A New Momma on the Farm! — 14 Comments

aurie on July 1, 2011 at 11:42 am said:

How cute is she??! I just love baby animals 🙂
Name, huh?? Chloe?
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- va_grown on July 1, 2011 at 11:54 am said:
  
  Hmm…Chloe is good, but someone at the office just named their new baby that, so it feels a little funny to me.
  They are so adorable, aren’t they? I could watch her out there for hours.
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Monica on July 1, 2011 at 12:39 pm said:

what a super cutie! and tiny too! We had two “heifers” calve this year, not as tiny as yours but they are turning out to be good mother’s too. It’s amazing how the Lord orchastrates things. Name? hmmm….Olivia…?
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- va_grown on July 1, 2011 at 12:54 pm said:
  
  Farming teaches you so much of what you can do, while also giving you constant lessons in what you CAN’T do–like deliver healthy babies to happy, competent mommas. It’s an amazing way to see His work every day!
  Our cows are little anyway, but she’s definitely “teacup” sized. 🙂 Smallest we’ve had.
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Tayet Silverspoon on July 1, 2011 at 2:16 pm said:

Hi! Found you on Farmgirl Friday. That calf is to cute! I just had 4 chicks hatch on my farm. Come check it out! How about Bambi or Fawn for a name? The color and the big ears remind me of a deer.
Tayet
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- va_grown on July 5, 2011 at 10:17 am said:
  
  Thanks for stopping by! Your chicks are adorable–it’s awesome that you got to get pictures of them actually hatching!
  I’ve been kicking around the idea of Fawn too–because of the deer-look and because that was the name of one of Laura’s cow from the Little House books. 🙂
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Alana Jo @ Bull Rock Barn and Home on July 2, 2011 at 5:28 pm said:

Ah what a cutie! I <3 babies! Congrats.
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- va_grown on July 5, 2011 at 10:08 am said:
  
  She really is adorable! We’re all in love.
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Teresa on July 2, 2011 at 11:45 pm said:

She is adorable! Congratulations on being a grandma~sort of…
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- va_grown on July 5, 2011 at 10:07 am said:
  
  Yes, again! 🙂
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Tayet Silverspoon on July 5, 2011 at 11:45 am said:

The Little House books rock! I’ve read them over and over again.
Tayet
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- va_grown on July 5, 2011 at 11:59 am said:
  
  Yeah, and now I’m reading my worn out copies to my kids and they’re loving them too! I’ve heard about whole homeschool unit studies based around the books.
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Tayet Silverspoon on July 5, 2011 at 11:12 pm said:

I’m homeschooled! I’m also only 12… I hope I someday read them to my kids.
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- va_grown on July 6, 2011 at 2:09 pm said:
  
  And you’re already managing a blog for yourself? Way to go! What great experience you’ll have–I’m just getting the hang of this stuff at 32!
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