Monday, September 10. 2007

Bella

New addition to the menagerie around the house. We found her the other day while riding in the Williams place and got her in yesterday. She is totally blind in her left eye and about 90% blind in her right eye. She was having a hell of a time. I can't see any of the usual problems with her eyes that cause such a problem so I am not sure how she ended up this way. My wife has decided to call her Bella. Can't have a critter around the house without naming it. Taken 9/9/2007.

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She looks real good for the condition she is in. Im impressed!

#1 name on 2007-09-10 12:37 (Reply)

We had a calf a couple of years back that was totally blind and he made it into the freezer the next spring. We called him Radar (naming things is a girl thing by the way) because he would sniff the air and sniff tracks but he could always find his mother, the waterhole and the feedbunk.

#2 Linda (Homepage) on 2007-09-10 19:03 (Reply)

The freezer is where this one will end up if she will eat the feed. She's making good progress on eating and getting weaned so I have good hope.

#2.1 Sarpy Sam (Homepage) on 2007-09-10 19:49 (Reply)

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The new baler arrived the other day. Boy is it a massive and complicated piece of machinery. I've spent two days setting it up and getting myself familiar with how it works. The dealer is supposed to send somebody out to help get it running when some hay is ready to bale. I have everything set up to hook up the computer system that comes with it but I decided to let the dealer's man do that. If he blows it up, the dealer can pay for it then, not me. It will be interesting learning how to run this monster. Taken 6/2/2006.

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