We'll be introducing other of our weanlings. Some of them will stay here; some are going to be for sale. It feels like a zoo some days, but we love every single minute that we work with them. They are fun to watch and even more fun when we get to play with them.
In other non-weaning news, we have two new babies this past week. Both are little polled black heifers. One has a momma who can't feed her. Last Saturday night was a long night after we figured out that she wasn't able to nurse from her momma. We were able to get momma in the chute and get a bit of colostrum milked out and syringed into this weak little girl. She got to spend the night in the laundry room with some very special girls who came to help. We are so fortunate to have friends like Kristi and her girls who literally drove over an hour to bring the right sized nipple for feeding (lamb sized), then stayed the night to help feed the packaged colostrum replacer that we did manage to have on hand. No matter how well prepared you think you might be, you just aren't prepared enough!
Even more remarkable, they took little Charlotte home with them so that she could nurse our "milk cow in training." She's still touch and go, but appears to be gaining a little strength now and is sucking on #22 (who is allowing it - good cow!) a bit more each day. In the meantime, our amazing friends are supplementing with a bottle and lots of love! We are grateful beyond words for them and their help.
Two days ago, little Gypsy Dance arrived! She's a gorgeous double polled daughter of Rominy Raya and 'Dance. She can run like the wind and turn on a dime. She makes us laugh too!
She hurries to catch up with momma,
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