Brandi*
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Some of you may remember last year when I posted about the starving cows next door. The house was empty and up for sale at that time and the owner was letting a guy keep his cows in the pasture. Well when I informed the property owner that that was NOT enough grass and that the cows were starving he immediately called the cow's owner and had them picked up that night. Well about two months ago the cows were back and both were pregnant this time. There was still very little grass but at least what little there was was green. The black cow had her baby about a month and a half ago but I have been watching the other cow very closely because I knew it would be any day. I have also been feeding them whatever I could. I had been communicating with the owner that I didn't think that was enough grass for those huge beasts but I hadn't gotten through yet. So a day and a half ago I took some watermelon out and I noticed the red cow was nowhere to be found. I had to go searching for her and I finally found her in the back of the pasture with her new BABY
I came inside and called the owner to let him know she had it.
I took my hubby out to see the little guy last night and he got to pet it on the head. I told him he was probably the first person to ever touch the little guy
My hubby seemed to be tickled by that
Then just a bit ago I got a call from the cow owner. He said he was taking the Mom and if I wanted the baby I could have it
I said "YEAH"! He is a Jersey mix which is what I originally wanted before I got Buddy! Now Buddy has a friend and I am so very excited! The icing on the cake is that there is only one "beast" next door now so the pasture should be able to support her and her two babies( she has a drop calf on her too). The owner said he knew I had been feeding them and giving me the calf was the least he could do
I am sad that he couldn't stay with his Mom longer but milk calves rarely get to stay with Mom for more than a day. He will have a good home here once he settles in and realizes I am his new Mommie
Here is a refresher of the pics I posted last year...
This is a pic I took yesterday of the Mom and the baby.
And this is from just a bit ago when we got him tucked into Melody's stall. I had just thrown Buddy's left over replacer milk in the dumpster last night so I ran out and pulled the bag back out
And this is what Melody thinks of the whole thing OH!
I took my hubby out to see the little guy last night and he got to pet it on the head. I told him he was probably the first person to ever touch the little guy
Then just a bit ago I got a call from the cow owner. He said he was taking the Mom and if I wanted the baby I could have it
I am sad that he couldn't stay with his Mom longer but milk calves rarely get to stay with Mom for more than a day. He will have a good home here once he settles in and realizes I am his new Mommie
Here is a refresher of the pics I posted last year...
This is a pic I took yesterday of the Mom and the baby.
And this is from just a bit ago when we got him tucked into Melody's stall. I had just thrown Buddy's left over replacer milk in the dumpster last night so I ran out and pulled the bag back out
And this is what Melody thinks of the whole thing OH!
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