Calf 6 - 60's

Calf number 6 was born this afternoon.  Another bull calf.  That makes five so far.  That is more than the whole total of bull calves last year.

After getting banded and an ear tag a number of the aunties, and the calf's mother, had to check the calf out.

In the morning I had a scare.  When checking on the cattle, and calves, the heifer calf laid flat on the ground with her tongue hanging way out.  The tongue hanging out is not a good sign as I usually see that after cattle die.   The heifer was breathing.  I even petted the heifer and it made no movement.  Cattle usually move away when you pet them. When Donna came over, and petted the calf, it woke up and jumped up to its feet.  In the evening when we banded and tagged calf 6, the heifer calf was running all over full of energy.   It appears that laying in the morning sun the heifer calf got so relaxed it looked like it was dead.