Patrick, Buddette, and cow 40

It was a busy Sunday.  In addition to the birth of Beulah's calf, and Tobey getting a new hay bale, I had to herd cow #40 and her calf into the NE pasture to be with cow #20 in the temporary corral.  Cow #40 had a slight limp the past few days but this afternoon her limp got much worse.  The muddy corral may not be good for her leg, or another cow may have pushed or rammed her.

I was mainly trying to herd cow #40 and expected her calf to follow. But her calf took off like a rocket and ran way out in the pasture.  Cow #40 then hobbled as fast as she could after her calf.  After a few more 'calf rockets' I finally got the both of them to walk to the gate and into the NE pasture.  Then down to where cow 20 and cow 120 were eating in their temporary corral.

Cow 120 is the cow with the swollen jaw.  Today her jaw was less swollen.  It looks as if she had an infection and the infection has drained somewhat.  Surprisingly cow 120 shows no ill effects and eats well.  So, since I added cow #40 I decided to let cow 120 and her calf (Buddette) out and have them rejoin the rest of the cows.   Herding cow 120 and Buddette across the NE pasture to the north pasture was a small chore as Buddette rocketed around checking stuff out.

Sunday afternoon most of the calves were bursting with energy.  Must have been because of the nice day.

While Buddette was still in the temporary corral she caught ahold of her tail and licked and licked it.  She must have played with her tail for three minutes.  A long time for a calf to play with its tail.

And since I have cute photos of Buddette, I am including one of Patrick.