This afternoon, as we came home from church, there was quite a surprise in the heifer pasture. There was Rhoda, licking her newborn calf. The kids couldn't get their clothes changed fast enough. Daddy is always the organized one, and got everything in order in the barn before we went out to see what the little critter was. Suzanna, of course, wanted a heifer to add to her herd.
Daddy went in first, since you never know how these first time mom's will feel about having people around their calves. Rhoda was very content with him being around her and Mike scooped up the new arrival and headed to the barn with it. Of course, he isn't like me at a time like that. I would have checked to see what sex it was first, but not him. He had it all the way to the barn first and then confirmed his suspicion. It was a boy. In the meantime, I led Rhoda to the barn and we settled them both in so that we could head to my moms for dinner.
We took Rhoda down to the neighbors barn this afternoon and she was milked for the first time this evening. We fed that precious colostrum to the now named "Rodney". He wasn't' very interested in having his first meal. Mike is pretty sure he weighs about 80 pounds, which is pretty good for a first calf.
Never a dull moment here at the zoo.
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