Lily's Baby

Our cow, Lily, presented us with a baby last Friday. Her baby looks just like her. Almost all red except for the face. It has red patches over both eyes. She is a good mother and this is her 6th calf.

Lily is a funny looking cow. She throws her left hind leg out when she walks and it seems she goes slow and easy. Her bones seem too big for her. Her hip bones stick out a little farther than the other cows. Her head is pointy and her ears are floppy. But put all that aside, she is a wonderful mother and has nice, beautiful calves.

The kitties are growing up!

I almost forgot a major milestone in Bubbie and Bobbie's lives. They had their claws removed and were neutered and spayed in February. They did so well in their recovery that the vet was concerned they would injure their toes jumping on and off things etc. They had to stay at the vet a day longer. When they came home they walked, or should I say ran, as if nothing had happened to them. Bubbie had to spend extra time sitting on mommy's lap the first day - I guess he missed me. Bobbie did something to hurt one of her toes and my daughter-in-law, Nina, helped me fix it so she wouldn't hurt it again. She worked in a vet's office during college and knew how to wrap it to protect it. After a couple of days we unwrapped it and it was healed nicely. They are back to normal now, Bobbie is her sweet little self, never getting into trouble and Bubbie can't seem to stay out of trouble unless he is sleeping.

Both kitties love to sleep with their mommy. Bobbie under the covers next to me. Bubbie has to give me a few kitty kisses on the nose and then he snuggles up next to me. They are so much fun even though they get into trouble.

Starbaby gave us a scare

Last weekend my husband spent the day spreading rock in my sister's lane. All the wet weather had really taken a toll on it and they spent the afternoon putting rock where it was needed with the backhoe. It is one of my son's "toys" that really comes in handy.

He did not get to the farm until late afternoon. Starbaby had gotten her head under the manger and was in a position that she couldn't get up after they got her head freed. The barn floor has a slope towards the manger as the cows don't make as much manure where their front feet are when they are eating. I guess she just got in the wrong spot and everything went bad from there. John called me to call the vet, then he called Dan to come back and to pick up Jeff on his way. I had to feed Bruno so I came over too. We had a lady vet and she is terrific. She got Starbaby in a position so she had her head up and we stuffed straw bales behind her so she wouldn't roll back. She needed three pints of fluids intravenously. She got a shot of some powerful stuff to get her moving again. We had to give her another shot the next day.

Her baby calf was getting pretty hungry and nudged mom a few times to get her up. Starbaby tried but was just too exhausted. We brought her some water and decided to wash her eye that had been in the mud to get the dirt out. She didn't like that at all and made an attempt to get up. She did, but was a little wobbly. John held her back so she wouldn't fall over and she got her feet straightened out and feed her baby.

We have adjusted the floor of the manger so that cows and calves can't get stuck again. Starbaby is doing all of her cow things and is back to her old self again.

If it is not one thing it's another on the farm!

Dress Up Time

We stopped by to visit Peyton on Friday evening. She and her mommy were having dress up time with her new Easter dress. It became a photo session with mommy and me taking many pictures. She is so cute.


Later she had her dinner. I got to feed her and she ate very well. She took the spoon away from me and used it as a teether. Her second tooth is on its way and we hope she gets it soon and doesn't have to put everything in her mouth.

She had her bath before bedtime. She is a little fish in the water and loves her bath. She is set up for swimming lessons for babies in a few weeks. I plan to watch her and mommy in the water at one of the sessions.
After she went to bed we watched a movie with her mom and then headed back home. We really enjoyed ourselves and hope Peyton enjoyed us being there.