The Stragglers

We are at the very end of our calving season.  There are only 11 cows left to calve...and we are waiting, and waiting, and waiting.  They are our stragglers, and according to the vet, they will drag this out until the 7th of June.  We are hoping they decide to calve before then, but we shall see.

The Stragglers

I am trying to convince Danny that we should leave two calves on the cows like we did last year.  He is pretty adamant about not fooling with it this year, so we shall see.  We had two calves on the cows last year, and that was kind of fun.  The first week was a little hard, because we would have to go find them and take them to their mamas, but once they realized that they had to move with the cows it was easy.  Then we weaned them at 5 months (because we weren't feeding them any grain).

Last year's (2011) calves that we kept with the milking cows

This was Yarn, last year at 5 months old.  She didn't like to go onto the feed pad with the cows who are waiting to be milked, but she was too big to slip under the fence like she used to do

This is Kiwi, who is laying down with her head cuddled up next to the bull!  He wasn't much for breeding cows, but he was an excellent babysitter.

Until I write some more...may God bless you and keep you, and may your hearts be open to His voice and His calling on your life.