Monday, April 22, 2024

Theodore and Amos

Gotta love the shed cameras!
Thursday night at 9:30 I checked the cameras from bed.
And then I got Ben and Elsie up.
Alyeska had her calf and decided she wasn't interested.
It took quite a bit of convincing
and Ben reminded her 
that we have appointments already made at A & M in 10 days 
and he is willing to substitute her for one of the steers.
She finally agreed to do her part.
But she's not super happy about it.

 Accelerator wanted to cuddle up with Elsie 
after she helped him get lunch on Friday.

During chore time Friday,
while it was 31* and 25 mph winds and snow flurries,
we discovered that Polly had just had her calf, Sprite.

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Then the exciting one!

I checked the cameras at 1:15 Saturday morning.
It took me a bit to decide for sure and then Paul confirmed it,
so I got Ben and Elsie again.
Zelda had just had twins!
She was very confused and didn't want both of them.
Ben got one on her
while I sprinkled corn on the other one 
to convince Zelda to pay attention to him.

Zelda was not sure at all about the whole deal.

Elsie gave one of them a bottle
while Ben got the other one on Zelda.

At 2:45 a.m. they made one more effort to get both calves on 
before we headed back in 
for showers and a few more hours of sleep.

.....Announcing.....

Theodore

and Amos!

Saturday, April 20, 2024

8-13

Time for a little catch up.
Last Friday, the 12th, Olympia had Big Red.

Saturday, Peaches had Starry.

Monday we picked up the pace a little.
Sunflower had Sunkist,

and Winona had Cola.

Tuesday was two again.
Lovey had Prime,

 and Kia had Mr. Pibb.

Stay tuned.  More coming soon.

Friday, April 12, 2024

Four More

Alleghany had Dr. Pepper last Saturday.

Sunday, Medicine Bow had Full Throttle.

At bedtime Tuesday,
Mercedes had our second girl of the season,
Alani.

At 2:00 a.m. Belair had Rootbeer.
How I love the cameras
and just being able to roll over in bed
to look at my phone 
and see that everything is ok

Monday, April 8, 2024

Calving

It has begun!
On March 28, Laramie had a boy.

April 3rd, Brooks had a boy.

 

April 6th, Sierra had a girl.