Then There Were 4

We are going to start calling BigGuy "Hawk Eye". On Saturday we were hanging around in the back yard with Papa & Gramma J. BigGuy was smokin' some dinner and he noticed that one of the cows was acting kinda funny and had something odd hanging from her tushie. He called everyone out and we started to watch - crossed the road and looked kinda closer. Yep, there was an odd sack hanging out of her tush. She didn't seem upset though - kept eating grass. I called our friends down the way with cows, only MrM didn't know anything about birthing calves or horses. So we went back to watching. The cow did a Downward Dog yoga pose, laid on the ground for about 5 minutes and then stood up and started licking the ground. We were pretty sure it meant there was a baby there, but she was laying down 5 minutes at the most - is that long enough? It was. We kept vigil for about 10/15 minutes to watch the baby stand up. We saw its first attempts at standing, its success and its first steps toward the mom to nurse. It was way cool!! Good job Hawk Eye.

Next time we will know what is going on and can call neighbor kids over to watch. This is a neat spot to be living. Now there are 4 new baby Moo's.