A new Addition to the Family.

I went down the farm on Monday helping Dad and we were both more than pleasantly surprised to find a new addition to our herd, a newborn Charlaois Heifer Calf. She had been born in the middle of the night and was a little cold. She was also born in the middle of the sheds, in the muck and was wet and dirty at the same time. Poor mite. Anyway brought her over to the pen along with the Mother and cleaned her up alittle using the straw. I have to say I havent seen a baby calf in a couple of years, nor have I had to tend to one in that time either in such a fashion as I did the other morning, but its amazing what you don't forget from your Ag.Science classes and growing up on a farm for the last 22 years! It comes back very very quickly when you realise that this little one needs to get its mom's milk and suckling as soon as possible in order to bring up its Collustrum levels and ensure its survival. (For more information click here). We also put her underneath the Red Light to warm her up a little bit. (for those of you of an urban pursuasion, this is what i mean using actual human examples!)

However I managed to take a few shots of the lil'one just to prove how gorgeous she is. Also she is doing very well and is bouncing around the place like mad in the shed.














########just a couple of hours old. #######

#######The Dog helping to dry the Calf.###















######Mother and Child Behaving.######