The leaves are just starting to come on the bushes so spring is definitely here. We finished riding and taking the last of the pairs out to the hills yesterday. I wanted to get that done before the storm they are predicting hit today so I worked on Sunday. I know, bad kid, but sometimes that is the way things work out. When we were riding on Saturday I discovered another bum calf.
Boy was this little lady in bad shape. She was so weak she couldn't even run away, heck she could barely get up she was so weak. She is damn lucky I found her. I was riding on the far side of the pasture the cows were in and checking the draw to make sure no cattle were in it. I could tell from a distance there was no cattle in the area but it is better safe than sorry. As I was riding back towards where there was some cows to be pushed I stumbled, my horse almost tripped on her, upon her hiding in a sage brush patch. I stopped and looked her over and could see she was a bum. We picked her up as soon as we got done riding and took her home. She still can't take a full bottle of milk she is so weak but she is getting better every day now. Good deal. She wouldn't have lasted much longer with out intervention. Why her mom left her is beyond me but I hope she is in the bunch I am going to sell. It would serve her right.
One last thing to show you. Here is a short clip (3.3MB) of the three healthy bums after we were done feeding them the other day. Cute little tykes.
Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. Aristotle
My Darling Wife always tells me that bad things happen in packets of three. I'm waiting for the third one. To start with the little lady, the last bum I found, died last night. It wasn't particularly surprised by this. I had fed it and doctored on i
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