Early mornings, late nights, 3-am wakes-ups. And it's only been a week.
15 calves, including 2 sets of twins, born as of 3:30 this morning. Only about 214 (plus or minus the occasional set of twins) to go.
This little heifer was the first. Slimy yet cute.
Thankfully the weather has mostly cooperated. We've only had 2 nights where it dipped below 20. If only the snow will stay away, and temps keep going up, life will be chaotic, but less worrisome.
In other news, our renos are moving along. We've almost finished painting the basement and will be moving down there this weekend, so that the upstairs, can be mudded and prepped for painting. So exciting.
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6 comments:
With a title like that, you had me convinced you had an announcement similar to Kara's to make.
Haha! No. That's just what we call them. Sometimes cuz we're near a French community, we call them bebes. I know, we are redneck dorks.
An announcement of Kara's kind would warrant a phone call. My best friends deserve more than find out over a blog.
CUTE picture!! Slimy, but so adorable.
Ya, I thought the same thing as Ky!
Wow, sounds like a busy and exciting time! I vaguely recall our 5 cows giving birth on the farm when I was younger (I didn't have to get up in the night), but 214 is difficult to comprehend. How many people are involved in taking care of all these births, I assume more than 2??
Middle Earth - surpringsly just 2. Most births go fairly quickly and the cows don't need any help. There is the occasional one that runs into trouble, but so far we've only had one really tricky birth that took over 8 hours and a trip to the vet to resolve. If we get really stuck, we can always call a neighbour.
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