The Ladybug came in hollering from her chores a few weeks ago–which always sets my nerves to tingling a little bit, because who knows what’s happened now? {smile} But she was excited because she had good news–she thought our cow Molly had a calf! So we threw our boots on and trooped out to check.
Sure enough, she was off in the back field all by herself–and our cows always stay in their family group!
She’s a pretty laid back cow, but I still took my time approaching her.
She had a still-wet little one in the grass with her.
After snapping a couple pictures and making sure momma looked ok, we left them alone. Molly is a good momma and knows what she’s doing. Her body condition was under what we want it to be though, so I also took a few moments to move the sheep into a different field and lower the competition at the feed trough. She delivered a bit earlier than expected, or I would have separated them sooner.
The ladies weren’t sure if this was a good plan or not, but a feed bucket convinced them to follow directions. {smile} Having hauled off those bull calves a week ago as well, Molly’s gaining back in good order. Now we’re just watching for lambs!