Our son-in-law, Kelly (Misty’s husband), has a brother who wanted a yearling to finish out, so he bought this cow at $.50 a pound. The guy who sold it to him said the cow was just too mean to have in his herd so he was ‘just getting rid of her’.
Over came the cow to our holding pens, located next to kid’s house. She was scared, terrified and acted just plain mean; pawing up dirt, putting her head down and snorting through her nose….mean cow (?). Terry thought she had been treated mean, and wasn’t really mean at all.
A couple of weeks later, eating really nice hay, yummy corn, and lots of fresh water ….. and THERE IS A BABY! No one knew she was even going to have a baby (except her, of course).
Now there is a different problem, the baby can’t nurse; the cow is upset and unable to settle down, so Terry steps in and shows everyone how to get things started. He had to milk the cow first, her bag was just too full, give the milk to the baby in the bottle (yum, good), put the baby on the cow and work the little girl’s mouth so she could understand, keep milking the teat until everyone (mom and daughter) caught on to ‘this is HOW to eat’.
Now she is gentle enough everyone can get into the pen with her, she lets the baby be petted by everyone, and the pawing and snorting has stopped.
Needless to say, she is going to go live at Jeff’s in a pasture of good grass, with her baby. Mom and baby will now have a long, long life.
You can just see Terry’s head (by the post), and his arm, as he helps the calf eat and helps the mom let down her milk.
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Was she not happy she was pregnant or what?? What a nice surprise tho.
Before we were in the trucking business we had a dairy farm. I did alot of the milking while Daryl drove a feed truck. I so do NOT miss the days of having a new heifer freshen and then teach her to go in the parlor and all. More than once Daryl would have to help me with a heifer when he got home.
Good luck with the new mommy and baby!
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Hooray for Terry! I am glad all was taken care of for the cow and baby. I don’t blame the cow for crankiness….I get that way at the end of my pregnancy too. *wink/smile*
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Reminds me of having to teach any other first time moms how to nurse LOL
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Now that is a nice surprise. We have a jersey cow named Belle. We have thought for 2 years she was pregnant. She is just fat.
We also have had to teach some calves to nurse.
It is so wonderful when they catch on and do it all by theirselves. We also have bottle fed quite a few too.
Great story.
Have a good day.
Pam
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Oh, I meant to tell you. You asked where we live. It is in middle Georgia. Between Macon and Augusta.
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Oh, what a precious story! I enjoyed reading about it so much! That poor cow was just uncomfortable, and then (like your grandson said) BOOM, a baby! And that you all have helped them figure out the nursing situation is just priceless! It’s not unlike a lot of new Moms and babies in the human world.
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