We can't complain about this one! Meet Euchee Creek's Eclipse, the polled red daughter of Halo and Belle Fourche Washington. She's a full sister to our Harper (although she's polled and he is horned). She was a very sturdy 53 pounds! Halo delivered her with no fuss in the pasture early Friday afternoon.
Here's our Carnival wearing her halter. She's actually doing really well with her weaning now. Mom Seanna doesn't come around - at all - so Carnival has accepted that her corral mates are her only friends. Lucky for her (and us) her mates are Yanni, the spoiled rotten show girl - and Yoko, in halter training mode herself. All three of them are positively thrilled when the feed bucket shows up and they are all guilty of pocket searching for treats. It makes getting a picture or two just a bit difficult (see below):
A corral of red girls!
It's now warmer than we can ever remember for a March in Wyoming. Today we are at 76 degrees and here's the bad news for our local area and most of the surrounding counties:
It's dry as a bone here. We're seeing green grasses in the pastures, but we're also covered in dry grass that would go up very quickly given any spark. Rain (without storms) would be appreciated!
Lots of babies still on the way - we've now hit that point where it's a real guessing game as to who is next! Think heifers!!!
***And in the interest of honesty - and making fun of myself - two of our previous heifers mysteriously and magically turned into bull calves. Someday (like now!), I'll learn to go back out after they've been up and around for a day or two and check again for those little dangly things between the hind legs! I checked them both immediately at birth when those little dangles were still elsewhere or just part of all the birth goo. Chris will now double check for me too!
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