Our Cinder was due last week, so we put her in the stalls as the snow started. Fortunately, she waited until the snow stopped before giving birth to a lovely little (are you ready?) red, polled heifer! Meet Moosters Salsa:
Once the snow started to melt, we opened the gate so that Salsa could explore a bit. She zipped along like she knew exactly was she was doing. Eventually, we moved them both back to the pasture with the herd:
Neither of them were too excited.
More calves to come. Luna looks like she's ready to explode any minute, so we're thinking somewhere in the next few days. And we still won't be done!
How in the world do you get them to stay in the stalls, without jumping the gate? I'm terrified to try, especially with Cora, after seeing her ability and determination, twice!!
ReplyDeleteCinder was a show girl, so she's actually quite content to be inside. She's lived here since she was 3 months old, so she's a "Mooster" in our truest sense of the word. I'm able to halter her easily in the pasture and we just walked to her maternity room. We've only had one cow that jumped everything in sight and did it from the moment she arrived here. She's no longer a Mooster.
ReplyDeleteAha! You just removed my sense of guilt - for considering the latter. LOL Thanks! Both are in the barn this morning, during this Full Moon. That's a first. It's very quiet in there. I'm too petrified to sneak out there with a flashlight. Both have been looking like they've made a plan to drop their calves at the same moment, or, make me think so, like some twisted prank. LOL
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