We have called the vet and he is coming, but she is going down hill so fast. My DH went out to feed about an hour ago and found our little 3 day old heifer calf laying down very lethargic, and when he tried to move her, her back legs went spastic. The leg on top starts rolling backwards almost...
Here are today's pictures of our 3 calves we have so far.
Miss Meg - She is such a naughty little thing. She was slow to start but she is making up for it double time. She is giving her mom grief. She runs all over the place and Spruce just runs behind her mooing. I can just imagine her...
We woke up this morning to find that Antero had delivered her calf during the night. She had a little black bull calf. He appears to be doing really well.
We woke up to Meg mooing this morning. We have kept her in the house the last 2 nights in a playpen. DH made her a bottle and she drank the whole thing. We took her out to her mom and looked what happened.
I am SO EXCITED!!!!!! I didn't think this would happen. I really thought we were...
I thought I would post pic's of the rest of our Dexter's. They are such great cows!!
Mayflower -
Impatients -
Sydney -
Antero-
Jewel- our yearling heifer
Tighe- our Bull
I still need to get a picture of Spruce. She looks just like Sydney, it's hard to tell them apart...
We had one of heifer's calve about 10:45 last night, and she is kicking at the calf when she would try to nurse, after about 3 hours we finally made up a bottle of dried colostrum and she drank the bottle fine. When my DH went back out at 4:30 this morning to feed her more or try to get her to...