Temporary corral panels and calf photos

Yesterday I noticed several of the extended corrals panels were getting bent.  These were the panels right next to grass on the other side.  The cattle want to eat grass even though they have plenty of hay.  Sometimes they moo at me when they see me on the other side in the grassy area.

To help protect these two panels I tied a couple of wooden pallets against the panels.

These photos show other areas.  Last year the panels were against the taller grass.  This year you can see the grass-free areas are starting to grow things since the cattle can't get to that area.

A nice afternoon.  Many of the calves were sleeping soundly.

Two of the heifer calves are smarter and getting brave.  They will come close to me when I am in the corral.  When I am on the other side of the fence I will pull some grass and feed it to them.  They will take the grass from my hand.  Othe calves so far aren't brave enough to take grass from my hands.   The cows see me feeding grass to the calves and immediately come over.  They push the calves to the side and want the grass.  That is why I hand feed the grass to the calves.  So the calves can get some grass.  Even so, I have had some cows reach over and pull the grass from the calves' mouths if part of the grass is still sticking out of the calves' mouths as they eat the clump of grass.  Even the mother cows will pull grass from their calf's mouth.  One calf is getting smarter and will move away or turns its head so a cow, or her mother, can't get the grass from the calf.