Early Arrivals

As I mentioned yesterday, we came upon 2 bundles of joy at Patrick’s place.

This little guy is one day old.

He’s already up and running and as you can see by the drop of milk on his mouth, he’s already sucked.

This calf is only an hour or two old. He was trying to stand by the time we got to them.

But the problem was that she had him across the icy, raging river. She has to cross back over to get to the feed and that means the hours old calf would have to cross as well. We raced home to get the waders so that Patrick could get to the other side and help the calf. But by the time we got back, she had already crossed. The calf was still on the other side balancing on the icy edge. She raced back over and led him to a shallow spot. Before Patrick could get the waders completely on, they were crossing. It was an absolute miracle that the calf made it without going under, but he did. It was a close call to say the least.

Everyone is safe and sound and now it is time to prepare for 300 or more calves to arrive. Let’s hope their mommas are a little smarter and have them on dry ground, away from raging waters.

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