Monday, January 20, 2014

Calf tipping

I got it all wrong.  The calf wasn't tipped.  I was!    Last night, after giving hay to the cows, I went to give hay to the calves.  I held part of the hay in my hands, and in my mouth held a small flashlight.  I saw the calves had pushed the water trough I use for hay farther from the barn door.  As I walked to the trough I fell.  Laying on the ground between the barn door and the trough was a calf.

I fell over the calf to the hard ground.  The calf then got up with a start and I rolled away in case it kicked as it moved away.  It didn't.

The bad news was the ground was hard and icy and I dropped the hay.  The good news is that I didn't fall into muck or manure and didn't break anything.

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