Hazel in the Big Pen

Hazel spent had her first overnight sleepover in the cow pen with all the big girls.  David enjoyed torturing me about it, telling me she was surely ravished by coyotes and such.

But, alas.  She lived.

I make her a bottle and head out to the pen.  She will notice me and get up.

I don’t even have to call for her.  She just knows me.

Check out her cute little licky lips move.

AND . . . I love her.

Today when she was drinking bottle number two, our cow, Babs, became very interested.

Babs is a very nice and gentle cow.  I became hopeful for a moment that Babs, who is a nursing mother, might adopt Hazel and take her under her wing.  She allowed Hazel to sniff her udder, then Babs performed a very large bowel movement and walked away-  leaving poor Hazel to be stuck with her human mother.  I was hopeful that Babs would at least give Hazel a tongue bath for me, but no such luck.

Oh!  And now Hazel tries to eat hay.

She thinks she is hot stuff.

Are you wondering how many Hazel videos I can cram into one post?

You are not alone.

This morning, one of our cows calved.  This first video is not for the squeamish, as you can see things like afterbirth and the like.

And, yes, Hazel is with me in this video.  In case you couldn’t tell, she and I spend a lot of time together.

I checked on the new cow/calf pair about six hours later.  I love listening to the moos of the mama cow while she licks and gets to know her baby.

I am feeling plum fussy about my knee.  I am sitting here icing it and all I did today was housework and check on cows.  I see the surgeon on Monday and am just not sure what is going to happen.  But I kind of hope SOMETHING happens.

Happy Wednesday