Calves

Today I am going to talk about calves again. When we went to check on our cows to see if there were any more calves born. One cow was in labor, but we let her have it on her own. We waited, but then my mom's boyfriend got a call saying there were 40 deer by one of his friend's house. We left the cow, hoping she would have the calf when we weren't there. We went to see the deer, and it was weird how they all just stood there in the open. Usually deer are shy.

When we came back to the farm, she still hadn't had the baby yet. We watched her for about a half hour, but then my mom called and said we had to go back and eat supper. After we ate, we got our boots back on and headed for the cow pen. She still hadn't had her baby, even though it had been a few hours. It was dark out, so my mom's boyfriend let his pickup run so we could use the headlights to see when the cow had the baby. He just flashed the headlights every so often, so that the cow didn't get scared.

About an hour later, I noticed the cow standing up in the dark. I told my mom's boyfriend and he flashed the headlights. We watched her for a little bit, and I noticed there was a calf. He drove closer and I said,"There's two calves!" He said that this cow had had twins last year, too when she was a heifer. Then he got my mom and took the calves to the barn. I love it when there are baby calves on the farm!