Baby calf: days 5 and 6

More of the same with baby: sleeping and eating.  He did seem a little more active Wednesday as I saw him drinking more and moving around the field the herd more.  Sometimes he had to drink fast as momma would move.    Also I noticed he was a more active drinker.  Often he would push hard up against momma's milk bag when drinking.  Ouch.  That's gotta hurt.

I think he is drinking more as momma's milk bag seemed a little smaller today.

Early Wednesday evening I noticed baby was curled up in the grass closer to the yard fence while momma and the herd were halfway across the pasture.  Except for one of my heifers who had lingered by the house as I filled my herbicide backpack sprayer.  This heifer had enticed me into giving her a half dozen apples.  Now that I was heading out to spray weeds the heifer headed out to join the herd.  Then she saw baby laying in the grass.  The heifer moo'd at me.

"Yes.  I know baby's there.  Momma is out in the field."

Then the heifer moo'd a few times at momma who ignored her. Baby looked up and the heifer looked at baby.  The heifer was satisfied that baby was ok and she headed off to join the herd.

Once again after the sun set and the temperature cooled off baby was more active and kept up with the herd.  A few times it looked like he was trying to be like the adults and it looked like he was trying to eat grass.

He had some energy and would scamper around.  When the cattle were by the fence by the road I was a little concerned he would slip through the fence.  But he stayed with the adults in the hayfield.

Thursday night Tammy saw momma in the field near the house and the rest of the cattle and baby at the far end of the field.  Baby was running around and around.  Tammy said it was like looking at a dog running around.

Here are a few videos of baby.

Baby woke up from her nap and is looking for momma.  (45 seconds)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5bO3EchT04


Baby feeding and bumping mom's milk bag  (30 seconds)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LECYC7lqrPo


Baby feeding and getting a milk mustache (41 seconds)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5Eo41tC-C4&feature=youtu.be


Once baby finished drinking he looked around then settled down for a nap.  (27 seconds)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMrUc_Y3OiQ&feature=youtu.be


Momma licking baby as he is resting.  (29 seconds)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVDnV_zTEtQ

Shower drain

Tuesday I installed the shower drain.

I had to cut open the floor to fit the drain over the pipe.  The opening I made was just a touch smaller than the size of the drain.  The floor hole size is halfway between the size of the drain and the next ring.  The small outer ring is beveled and I cut the hole at an angle so the drain fits nicely.

I had to trim the pipe size shorter and ended up in the crawl space to cut the pipe to a length just below the floor.  I didn't have much room in the crawl space so it was slow and hard to cut the pipe level.

I added the screws around the drain to hold it in place in the floor.  The screws overlap the edge of the drain.

Before and after.

Before and after.

Now I am ready for Kevin to make the shower pan.

Baby calf: day 4

Tuesday the cattle were taking their siesta by the house and water trough when I got out of bed.  All except momma.   She was out along various part of the western fence.  I imagine baby was sleeping nearby.

Later when the herd ended their siesta and began to graze, momma joined them.  No sign of baby.  I was working on the bathroom but whenever I went outside to get another tool or item I needed I looked out at the pasture.  No sign of baby.

Eventually I took a break and headed out to look for baby.  The cattle were in the SE part of the hayfield and momma walked to the shade of the SW part of the hayfield.  Baby wasn't with momma.  I took some of the watermelon rind Tammy cut up as I found that these cattle love watermelons.  Almost as much as they love apples.

I headed towards momma.  I was halfway across the hayfield near the west fence when I spotted baby curled up in the grass.

Look at where momma was.  Way over there!  I clapped and called as I stood near baby but couldn't get momma's attention.   Shouldn't she be closer to keep an eye on baby?  What if there was a predator?  Instead she laid down to take a siesta in the shade.  No other cattle were nearby either momma or baby.

Baby was awake but tired as his eyes were half open. It was sunny and warm but not super hot.  He was warm and breathing fast.  I was able to touch him without any reaction from him.  I checked his mouth and it was warm.  I debated on carrying him over to momma resting in the shade but decided to leave him be to rest.  I left the watermelon nearby for when momma came to check on baby.

Later when the herd came to join momma in the shade she got up and went over to check on baby.  She found the watermelon rind.  As she ate it baby got up and drank from momma.  All is well.

Later in the afternoon when I went out to spray weeds momma and baby were up and baby was feeding.  The herd was elsewhere.  So I brought more watermelon rind for momma.  However as I approached she walked away with baby in a direction away from the herd.  I could walk faster and began to catch up.  When I got near I showed momma the watermelon rind like I had done the previous day then left it on the ground and left.  Did momma go for the watermelon rind this time?  Nope.  She turned and with baby headed back to the herd.  It was a distance but baby kept up.

Earlier I was complaining momma wasn't that protective of baby.  Now she was too protective.  I'm never satisfied.

The evening clouded over and was cooler.  Maybe that was reason baby was more active in the evening.

Just after sunset the cattle and momma were by the house.  Baby must have woken up as he came running from out in the field to the herd south of the house.  Momma was at the water trough west of the house and as baby approached the herd momma came running over to him in a panic but she settled down once they were reunited.

Another day with baby.

Baby calf: day 3

Day 3 dawned with the herd taking their morning siesta by the house and water trough.   Baby (pronounced: baay'-bee) was sleeping off to the side of the herd.

Mom was off to another side of the herd looking away.

After I took a shower, baby was resting in the middle of the herd.  Tammy said she saw baby sucking from mom the short time mom would stand still.

As the other cattle ended their siesta and drifted out to the hayfield to eat, some stopped and checked baby out.

Much of the herd had drifted off to eat - including momma - when baby woke and got up.  He is a skinny little runt.

What do you think from the above photos - it's a boy?  


Baby walked over to check out the wooden salt box and metal water trough.   (31 seconds)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY2fNzTp0rY&feature=youtu.be


Mom saw me when I went over to get closer to baby and quickly came back.

Then she took baby with her out into the hayfield.  (31 seconds)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQPMk6KST-k&feature=youtu.be


Later in the afternoon, when I went to spray weeds, I found baby sleeping near the middle west fence in the shade of a tree.   When I came back from spraying, momma came over to me when I crossed the fence into the hayfield near where baby was last sleeping.  Baby was nowhere to be found and I wonder if momma lost track of baby and was blaming me as she seemed unhappy I was there.

I walked out into the field looking for baby with mom somewhat following me, somewhat trying to intimidate me to leave.  I spotted baby cured up sleeping in another location and I left him so as not stress mom further.

As I sprayed more tanks of herbicide I kept an eye on baby and momma and the herd.  Momma never quite joined the herd when they roamed but sometimes I think momma was straying too far from baby.  But who am I to know?

Baby woke up when the herd was back around mom.  He seemed to know who was his mother as he ran over to mom.  He was able to suck more milk from mom.  He is so small and scrawny he needs all the milk he can get.  Otherwise, like a typical baby, he sleeps more often than not.

Baby calf: day 2

At 10:30 am Sunday, when I was preparing to leave to put up the signs for Tammy's antique flea market event, the cattle were taking their siesta at the middle west side of the hayfield. I scanned the herd with my binoculars and found momma but no baby.  No baby anywhere. 

Tammy left for her antique flea market event and I walked out for a look in case baby was hidden behind momma.  I walked around the herd and there was no sign of baby.  Momma was laying next to other cattle and seemed unconcerned about her missing baby.


Where is baby? 


I walked around the herd and looked out in the grass.  No signs of baby.   Did baby die?  Did one of the coyotes get baby?



Around and around I walked.  Finally I found baby all curled up in the grass away from the herd.

It was alive and awake but unresponsive.  I poked its leg and got no response.

This doesn't look good.  Is baby on death's door?  Did mom abandon it?

I called Dan for advice.  He thought baby may be just tuckered out.  Calves are like little kids - they play hard and then crash hard only to get up and play hard again.  Dan reminded me that the calf was barely a day old.  He suggested I put my finger in the calf's mouth to see it is is warm.  And to look at her belly button to see if it looks good or has signs of infection.

I lifted baby's hind leg.  I was looking for a belly button but I found two protrusions.

Well... it looks like baby is a boy.  Is the other protrusion his... belly button?

I put my finger in baby's mouth and it felt warm and wet.

Baby let me move his leg without any resistance.  He had no problem with me putting my finger in his mouth.  He struggled to open his eyes to look at me.  His fur was super soft.

He seemed fine - but exhausted.  I decided to let him be and got up to leave.  All of a sudden - to my surprise - he got up to his feet - if a bit wobbly.  He wobbled toward me.   He's a scrawny little thing with a big head.

I decided to lead him to his momma.  All of a sudden he got a burst of energy and stopped following me and ran off to one side.  I walked towards him but he wouldn't come to me.  All of a sudden momma came briskly walking our way and seemed to be very concerned.  I backed off and let them be together


Here is a 1:08 video of baby and momma.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SG-Ixo9DUgE&feature=youtu.be


Dan suggested I spray some gentle iodine on her belly button to guard against an infection.  After I put up the signs for Tammy's antique flea market event I stopped at the feed store and bought a bottle.  When I got home the herd was near the water trough.  Momma was a short distance from the herd and facing out into the hayfield.  From the yard I tried looking for baby.  I even stood on the fence but could not see him.  I had other things to do and decided to to bother momma and baby right now.  Momma seemed to be keeping an eye on him.


In the evening after Tammy and I returned from her antique flea market event we went out on the hayfield to spray the iodine.   The herd, momma and baby were at the far end of the hayfield with momma and baby off to one side. Baby was walking around then would stop and seemed to be nursing.  As Tammy and I started to get closer momma started to walk with baby following.    When momma stopped baby went back to nursing.  Momma was heading towards the herd and safety.  The herd walked over to momma and baby.  Baby ran towards the herd then back to momma.  Momma started to move away with baby and the herd followed.  Baby seemed to be full of energy and would run around when not nursing.  He was so cute.

Since he was so rambunctious and momma leery about Tammy and I getting close, I decide to not try to spray his belly button.  I may wait until later.

Crazy horses

I woke up at 7 am and went outside to see if I could see the cattle and new baby calf in the hayfield.  Several cattle at the water trough were startled and ran a short distance away when I came outside.  Strange... usually they are calm around me.

Then I heard hoof beats.  Initially I thought that was because of deer running but then realized the sound was coming from the corral.  I walked over and saw the horses were going crazy.  They all were running, stopping, bucking, kicking, running, jumping, twisting, biting, kicking some more, and rolling their necks and heads.

What's going on?!

Occasionally "The Bitch" would stop and look over the fence into the hayfield.  The cattle were spread out grazing a distance away.  Further out and to one side were momma and baby and a couple other cattle.  Baby was briefly running around mom then would stop, walk around a little more then lay down.  "The Bitch" seemed to be looking towards my new baby calf.  I was happy she couldn't get to the calf as I was afraid she would hurt it.

I don't know what was agitating the horses as they continued to jump and twist and kick.  A few times they stopped and stared at the wild turkeys in the middle pasture.

They could have left the corral and gone into the north pasture but they stayed in the corral.   Lily used one leg in an effort to pull down one of the fence poles but got nowhere and soon quit.

I went in the house to get my camera to record their antics but then they settled down somewhat.  They were still agitated but no longer bucked, kicked or jumped.

The cattle near the water trough were unsettled by the horses.  As the horses settled down the cattle relaxed.  I went back to bed.  Crazy horses.

I'm an "uncle"

I got a big shock early this evening when I found a newborn calf in my hayfield.  One of my heifers gave birth today.  I had no idea that she was pregnant.  She looked too small and young to be pregnant.  I guess not.

This morning, after I returned from setting up the signs for Tammy's flea market ("Treasure market"), I looked at the cattle in the hayfield. I was checking to see if the jailbreaker heifer gave up on making another jailbreak.  She was behaving.   However I noticed another one of my heifers out in the pasture while the rest of the herd was by the water trough and the house.

The heifer looked to be eating grass in the middle of the pasture and behaving.  Some of my cattle watched her and then walked out to her.   In the meantime she walked to the SW corner and the shade of the trees.   The whole herd interrupted their siesta to walk out to where the heifer had been.  The milled around where the lone heifer had been.  Odd, but I went on to other projects.  Later I noticed the whole herd together in the shade of the SW trees.

In the evening I noticed the herd had taken their siesta by the road on the east side of the pasture..  The lone heifer was on the west side of the pasture.  Strange.  I made a comment about her behavior to Tammy.  I wondered if she was in heat as in the past some heifers "crazy in heat" would go off and do their own thing.

I filled a tank of herbicide and on my way to the pasture I walked near the heifer who was eating.   She looked fine - but looked a little thinner.

"Are you ok?  You look a little thinner?"

She turned and started to walk my way.   I had to apples to feed her so since  I thought she was fine I turned to continue walking to the pasture.  I took a couple of steps then saw a small black shape curled in the grass.  My first thought was that it was a fawn but then I realized it was black.  It is a calf!  My heifer gave birth!  When I saw her in the morning she had already given birth.

Now what?!

I went back to the house and told excitedly Tammy I was a 'dad'.  She corrected me that I couldn't be the dad.  "Ok, then, I'm an uncle." 

".. Ya.  A monkey's uncle."

I called several of my cattle friends and got answering machines.  I asked Tammy if she knew what I should do.

"I'm not a doctor."

"But you use to work in the medical field.":

:But these are cattle.  I don't about cattle."

"You've had kids.  You know more about the birthing process than me.  I've never been anywhere near births before."

Tammy had no advice for me.

While waiting for my friends t call back we watched the cow and calf through binoculars.  A few times the calf got up and walked a little bit before laying back down.  Mom remained nearby.  The herd came.  Then many of them moved on with a few cattle staying behind to keep mom and calf company.

My cattle friends called back.  In a nutshell it was important for the calf to drink her mother's milk to get colostrum.  Colostrum intake is critical for a newborn calf, as its immune system is not fully developed when born.  (For more, follow this link.)

How is the mother?  Fine.

Was the mother near the calf?   Yes.

How is the calf?  Is it standing?   Yes, a little bit.

Have you seen the calf feed from its mother?  No, but I haven't seen much.

Otherwise, there wasn't much I could or should do.

I went out to spray my mixed herbicide.  I walked int he direction of the cow and calf.  As I got closer she moved away from the calf.  I changed directions and headed a round about way into the pasture.  The cow and calf walked towards one another.  Mom briefly licked and nuzzled the calf and the calf laid down.

They seemed fine.

I watched them as I sprayed weeds. The herd came and went.  A few other cattle hung around for a while then left.  The calf walked around mom as she patiently stood still.  I couldn't tell if she briefly suckled mom or not.  The cow remained near her calf even though the herd wandered off.  A good sign.   As I returned home the cow and calf were slowly making their way to rejoin the herd.  The calf was showing more energy and sometimes would take three or four steps in a run then stop.  Mom patiently would stop until the calf caught up to her.

Things are off to a good start.

Now what to do with the cattle?  I had been debating whether to sell them in a few week like I normally do.  Or wait until later in the year or till next year.  Due to the drought in the east and middle section of the U.S. cattle prices are down.  I don't see how I can sell the cow and calf in a matter of two weeks.

Jailbreak of one

This morning my heifer #25 was on the wrong side of the fence.  She was in the south pasture and not in the hayfield.  I found, on the four strand fence, one middle wire broken and the other middle wire no longer attached to the fence and easily moved around.  I guess she did the limbo and crawled through the fence.

She was further down the fence line and standing under a pine tree.  She was chewing her cud and therefore not interested in being herded through the gate.  I fixed the two wires and headed off at noon to the county fairground to meet Tammy at the grandstand building to help her set up for her second Antique and flea market event.  Heifer #25 would be fine while I was gone.  And maybe she would "learn her lesson" from being separated from the rest of the herd.

I got back home after 5 pm.  Most of the herd was away from fence.  Heifer #25 was in the pasture along the fence and two other heifers were along the fence in the hayfield.

Then a few more cattle came over.

Here is a video of the jailbreaker's best friend coming over to the fence.  One minute long.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sP6jocZKF8&feature=youtu.be


Heifer #25 tried to ignore me.  I used an apple to get her attention and she began to follow me to the gate.  But her best friend - heifer #24 - followed along the hayfield side of the fence.  #24 ran and got to the gate first.  She wanted into the pasture. She can be too smart for her own good.  I herded her back from the gate.  Another heifer wanted into the pasture.  She grunted as she jumped back when I herded her away from the gate.  #24 tried to get through again.  Again I herded her back.  We settled into a stand off.

Meanwhile #25 just stood looking at the open gate. I waited.  And waited.  She just stood there.  She wouldn't go through the gate and I couldn't leave the gate to herd her else the other cattle would come through the gate.   Then the rest of the herd noticed us and they all came running over all excited.

Okay.  I give up. I shut the gate.  #25 can stay in the pasture longer. 

The cattle settled into having a siesta.  I went home to have lunch.  Later the entire herd was in the middle of the hayfield and #25 was by the fence.

I opened the gate and she just stood there.  I tired to entice her with another apple but she wouldn't have anything to do with me.  I herded her to the gate and she went though it.  She wanted to sniff and check it out but I shut the gate.

She headed towards the herd, mooed, then hung a hard left and walked to the water trough.  While she had access to the river in the pasture that would mean leaving sight of the herd so I doubt she did that, especially as she was thirsty now.  She is the one just left of center in the following photo.

Later in the evening, as I was finishing up spraying weeds for the night in the pasture, she came over to the gate and pushed on it a bit.  Then she stood by the fence and stared at the pasture.  After a bit some other cattle came over to see what she was looking at and crowded her.  This annoyed her as she was trying hard to think on how to get through the fence and they were distracting her.  She brushed them off and started to walk along the fence slowly inspecting it to find where she got through it in the morning.  The temperature was dropping quickly and it was getting cold so I left as she continued walking along the fence.

What tomorrow brings... we'll see.

More fawn

The doe and her two fawns were back in the yard this morning as Tammy was getting ready for work.  Again the front yard fence was an impediment to the fawns.   The mom was in the part of the yard with the fruit trees (most likely looking for fallen apples) and the fawns couldn't join mom until she jumped the fence to get back into the yard.

Here one fawn was looking towards mom.

Bathroom shower - bench

I got the shower bench rebuilt for the bathroom shower.

Before...

After...

I made the rebuilt shower bench larger than what my uncles had built.   They had anchored the bench corners to the studs.  The meant two sides were 16 inches and the long side was about 24 inches.   As you can see I added some boards so I could go beyond the studs.  My long side is almost 30 inches.  Six inches may not sound like much but it made a big difference.  I feel like I now I can sit on the bench without having to sit ramrod straight.

My contractor, Kevin, said as a rule of thumb they build benches 18 inches tall as that is the standard height of kitchen chairs and are what people are used to.  I have a wooden chair that is between 16 and 17 inches depending on the front or back. I am comfortable with the 17 inch side.  So I built the bench at a little over 19 1/2 inches.  Add in a half inch for the concrete board layer on top minus the 2 1/2 inches for the concrete floor and the bench will be between 17 1/2 and 18 inches.

Kevin stopped by as he is working just down the road and gave his approval to the bench.  Now I need to follow his directions on how to install the shower drain so I'll be ready once he finishes his other jobs.

Found: one trap

That didn't take long.  When spraying weeds Monday evening I found my missing pocket gopher trap.  The trap was located under a large tree in the south pasture a relatively short distance from the south/middle pasture fence.  The trap had gone missing from near a tree in the middle pasture a short distance from the south/middle pasture fence.

The trap was triggered but nothing was in it.


Also on Monday Tammy and I stopped by an auction.  We found a box of roosters for sale.

My aunt Cathy is a big Rooster collector.  Unfortunately the auctioneer wouldn't be getting to this box for a number of hours and we didn't want to wait.  The auction also had a few small metal water troughs and a post hole digger I was interested in.  Again it would have been well over an hour before the auctioneer got to those items.  So we left.

Weeds and pocket gophers

I have finished spraying two pastures and the hayfield with herbicide to kill weeds.  I also re-sprayed the north pasture to catch the weeds I missed and to get the new Canadian Thistle weeds that sprouted since I last sprayed the pasture.  It took one tank and a long hot 90 degree afternoon to re-spray the north pasture.

As I continue the going gets slower due to more weeds.  Also, this year I am not skipping past the snowberry bushes.

Here is one patch of snowberry bushes.  The second photo is a close up of a bush with a couple white berries.

The Chaparral herbicide seems work nicely.  Initially I had doubts.  I realize that this time of the year - August - is a poor time to spray and that the weeds' metabolism is very slow right now.  Still it seemed like the weeds weren't dieing.  The snowberry plants especially seemed immune to the herbicide.  Then - boom! - they all died.

Still when it came time to buy more herbicide, since I was done with the snowberry bushes, I thought of dialing it down to a 2-4-D herbicide.  $47 versus $127.  But the herbicide specialist at CHS recommended I keep using Chaparral herbicide as I have lots of Canadian Thistle weeds left to spray and I need a herbicide that would get into their connected root system and not just the plant itself.  I could go with a cheaper herbicide but would have to spray and re-spray costing time and money.

Sunday I started on the third pasture.  Just in time as a number of Canadian Thistle plants I had cut the seeds off of, are starting to grow new seeds. Since I didn't spray this pasture for a few years now the thistle are getting worse.  So the going will be slow this year.


I also finally got serious about the pocket gophers.  I got all eight traps out across the three pastures and in a matter of days trapped almost all the gophers.  Which was only fourteen. I have two traps left in the middle pasture.  I have either one or two gophers left.  It all depends if the pocket gopher moved from an area where I had a trap to the new dirt mounds that showed up Sunday.  I also notice dirt mounds in the hayfield but while the cattle are in this field I will have to wait to place traps here.

A few days ago I had one pocket gopher trap go missing from its hole.  In the past I have had a trap go missing when a dog or cat got a hold of the trap to get at the trapped gopher.  This missing trap was in the middle pasture so I'm not sure what kind of animal got the trap.  I haven't found the trap yet.

Cattle and garden hose

What's with cattle?  Every year some of my cattle insist on removing the garden hose from the water trough.  This year I caught one in the act.

Here is a 36 second video of my heifer trying to remove the garden hose.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ph-lsIa6WLs&feature=youtu.be

Bathroom shower.... progress?

Before...

and after....

Is this progress?


I haven't forgotten about my bathroom shower.  With my chest injury it doesn't appear I will be mixing and pouring concrete for the shower pan anytime soon.  So I looked for a shower / tile contractor.  Joyce's son who does remodeling jobs recommended Kevin to me.  Kevin is working on a job down the road and stopped by to look over my framed in shower.

I plan to have Kevin do the shower pan for me and possibly all the tiling.  First I have to change things.

The wood shower threshold had to go.  Too much of a chance of water getting to the wood via the nails used to fasten the pan liner to the threshold.  Kevin said he recently worked on a shower that was a year and a half old.  He said when he used a crowbar to remove the wood threshold water ran from the wood.  He said he builds a concrete threshold in his work.

I had to take the lower concrete boards off.  Think of a roof.  Each lower shingle goes under the shingle above.  The bottom concrete boards need to go over the concrete shower pan instead of behind it.

To take the concrete boards off I had to remove the bench.  The bench also was another area of potential problems.  Each side of the bench had a gap to the wall's concrete board.  A potential area of water leakage.  Since I had to remove the bench to remove the concrete boards Kevin recommended I build and attach the new bench to the wall.

I ended up returning the bags of concrete mix to Lowe's.  Kevin uses and recommends a different type of concrete mix.  He said that mix is not a rough as the mix I got and is easier to slope to the drain.

 Kevin has a few jobs ahead of mine and may not get to my bathroom for a month.  In the meantime I can do some prep work on it.  As you can see I removed stuff.  Now to build a new bench.

Devil fawns

Early Thursday morning I noticed deer around the house.  Three fawns were in the yard south of the house.  Two does were on the other side of the fence in the hayfield.

The fawns wanted to get on the same side of the fence as their moms but couldn't get through the fence.  Whenever they would go to the driveway to get on the road then over to the barb wire fence along the hayfield, a car would come by and they would run back towards the house.

The moms were on the other side of the fence trying to encourage their fawns to come join them.  Finally one fawn ran on the road and then through the barb wire fence.  Once the fawn joined his/her mother they ran off across the hayfield to the pasture.

The other two fawns ran around until one fawn jumped straight up and barely got over the fence.  This fawn and his/her mother then ran off across the hayfield to the pasture leaving the other fawn behind.  I guess she won't be winning a "mother of the year" award.

The last fawn couldn't jump over the fence. It ran out on the road and then through the barb wire fence.  Mom and the fawn's sibling were gone.  The last I seen the fawn it was in the middle of the hayfield with the cattle looking at it.

Here is a  10 second video of the fawns.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWZnfk1IWkw


Later in the afternoon I discovered the damage these fawn did to my small hazlenut bushes.  Yup.  They ate the leaves of several of the plants.  I can't win.