Nothing like baby animals on the farm. 
This Bobby still surprises me with his vigor. He is dancing about and chasing birds and dogs. A happy bull calf.
Lady Astor has already introduced him to Alex and her girl. And when I went out in the night to bring them in from the back field for safety, leading the calf in with a bottle, with Lady following along behind, the night black around us, Alex was galloping at me swerving at the last minute passing me like a wild horse. Erupting out of the night. Already protective.
Alex is a good wee Mum and will be a great Auntie. Very different from Lady.
The milking has commenced but Lady’s enormous engorged udder still concerns me. It is very swollen so it is hard to know when the milking is finished. The Bobby T has begun to drink from her which is good. But he always seems to go for that wounded teat which makes Lady back up. Maybe last night he discovered that there is a WHOLE other side to this milk bar.
I am still short of words. Adjusting to the new tempo. Up earlier now of course. There is a lot more to do with the cleaning of the milking shed especially. I have family staying for a few days though so that will be nice.
I hope you have a lovely day.
celi
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39 responses to “Baby Pictures”
The day just got lovelier. Thank you.
thanks so much for sharing the babies with us! Good to see Camera House is happy!
I, too, am short of words today. I have one word – JOY. That is the feeling I get when reading your blog and the comments of the Fellowship. ; o )
What beautiful photos of Moms and babies for the Mother’s Day week-end! Family visiting…to me that says help! Put them to work! 🙂
Any idea how much he weighs?
If Lady Astor will let you, massaging her udder may help. We would use udder balm or Vaseline. Some times cool compresses help. I’m not totally sure that any of it really does help (other than time). I think maybe it is more of a feel good for the farmer (you feel like you are doing something to help) than actually helping the cow. If nothing else it softens the skin and lets it stretch a little more. Since you have a calf with her all the time you would just need to be careful on how close to the teats you get. On the other hand udder balm also might be a way to get him to leave the injured teat alone.
I like those little pigs. I’ve always though that Berkshires look like they are the happiest of pigs.
yes I do the massage – the swelling with go down as we go along . Tell me. Do you use iodine when you are sharing with a calf?
Maybe. It really depended on the cow. If she was prone to mastitis we tried to dip the very tip of the teat, otherwise it was all natural. I don’t think dipping would harm the calf but it might object to the taste, I know I do. We didn’t have calf on cow too often. When we did it was usually because the cow had a problem and the calf nursing was the most effective treatment. Also cow and calf were not together all the time after the first few days. Which quarter(s) the calf nursed could be controlled by milking the unaffected ones and then letting the calf take care of the rest.
Yes, at the moment I want him on her the whole time until i get this udder back in order – then if she is clean and doing well, we will start locking baby away and go to Once a Day like we did with Naomi.
Beautiful. Hard to believe he was only born a couple of days ago. Love that photo of them together!
I hope you have a lovely weekend. All will be well ☺
Bobby T looks handsome and healthy. It must be a relief to have him safely born, and I hope the udder problems will settle soon. Gushes of milk, you must be glad to see it.
Happy Mother’s Day to Lady, Alex and Miss C . . . may all be content, nought take a backward step and any family present be thoroughly enjoyed!
So glad to see all well with Bobby T. The little pigs look so much happier now.
Yes you are right .. there is something about baby animals. Your post made me smile. Thank you
I loved the baby animals … they are so adorable 🙂