A Calf is Born!

We have had two busy days at the Children's Home and two busy days of clinic/school. We will post on those later! The more fun news is that a calf was born here yesterday. We didn't get to see the birth but when we went into the field, the calf was still laying down.


We watched her stand up for the first time on her wobbly legs.


We watched the mom clean the baby with her scratchy tongue.


We watched for a long time while the baby searched for her milk. She looked like she found it several times but she was only in the right location.


Even here she is close but is not suckling. We gave up and went back to finish school.


Later we found out that she did find the milk. The kids went out to pet her while they milked the mama in the early evening. They tied her legs together so that she would stand still. Once the milking was done and her legs were untied, she ran back to her baby. Our kids also ran, but away from the baby, as the mama was coming straight towards them!