Here's Yanni!

Given that the AGM Show and Sale begins in 2 weeks, we should be starting to really get prepared to go.  Yanni is in fine form except for one teeny tiny little thing (okay, lots of teeny tiny little things....):  Warts on her chin. 

You can just make them out in this close up.  If cows could have acne, that's what this would look like!  Actually, I had my fingers crossed when we took her to the vet that it was something really simple and easily fixed with a tube of ointment.  No such luck for this year.  He trimmed on them a bit and said that if we were super lucky, they'd disappear quickly (or) if our show karma wasn't too good, then they'd spread and we'd be out for the season with her.  Ugh. 

In the scheme of life, this is just a bump in the road (or on the chin, if you prefer!).  Carnival hasn't been in the same corral, so she may/may not get them regardless of how careful we are with handling.  We decided that taking only one little heifer all the way to Indiana probably wasn't worth the level of effort it takes to get ready to show, so we've scratched both girls from the AGM.  We're still going though....  Wouldn't miss it for anything!

We have just over two months until the next show, so crossing of the fingers is in order.  Yanni looks awesome again this season, so we're sorry that we won't get to show her off.  The warts will clear up sooner or later and she'll be perfectly beautiful again!

****It's interesting to read about the dang warts, too -- some articles suggest that lack of nutrition, missing minerals or stress can bring on the warts.  Trust me, this heifer is so spoiled and stress free that it's not funny!  She eats show feed top dressed with kelp and other goodies,  has county appropriate loose mineral available at all times, quality hay and fresh water.  What more does a show heifer need?!   It's a virus that must run it's course.  At the wrong time of year for us.  Again, in the greater scheme of things, we just shrug our shoulders and move on!  I'll make her a ribbon for cutest heifer with warts in Wyoming!