Cows in heat

This afternoon the red cow was bellowing ...and bellowing  ...and bellowing.  So I had to go out and see what was up.  She was eating hay and between mouthfuls was bellowing over at her calf laying in the loafing shed.  I checked on the calf and she was ok.  She got up and walked over to drink some water.  Her mother followed her bellowing at her.

I waited and watched.  The calf ignored her mother.  She lazily walked around the corral.  When her mother wasn't stuffing her face she was bellowing at her calf.  What's wrong?

Donna stopped by.  She agreed both mother and the calf appeared to be fine. Her opinion: the mother was coming into heat. Why she was taking her frustration on on her kid and not paying attention to the bull is a mystery.

Beulah, on the other hand, was humping other cows when she could.  Otherwise she would stand near the fence or gate to tease the bull.  The bull could get his head through the gate if he turned it sideways, which he did.  Beulah stood far enough away that the bull could barely reach her to take a sniff.  I was afraid he would break the gate.  I walked over and found the gate was bowed. 

I got a short section of field fence and wired it to the gate to prevent the bull from getting his head through the gate and bending it further.

Beulah wasn't interested in going into the loading corral.  When Donna stopped by we 'got lucky' (as Donna says) and quickly got Beulah and her calf into the loading corral for the night.  Let her cool off in there.

Meanwhile the red cow keeps bellowing.  I have a headache now.  I hope she is over this by morning.

Don't ya just love females in heat?