I didn't write about this event before as I've been bouncing from project to project and before I know it, time has run out or I can't seem to write anything. Sometimes the words aren't there to be composed and sometimes the words are there but the time isn't!
Our first calf of the year has been born and is a heifer. Dotty, from our short-legged Angus cow Dolly, appeared on 2 January, a few days after JoJo died. She is adorable, as all babies tend to be. We named her "Dotty" because of the white spots on her head (she also has one on her chest and under a leg). She is a cross between Dolly and our Highland bull, Gunner. She is fuzzier than "regular" calves, but the spots are definitely all from Dolly because Highlands don't have spots. It honestly looked as though a bird had deposited droppings on this little girl's head...and I wasn't about to name her "Shatupon". harhar! Maybe her Native American name can be "Pooped On By Bird" (nearly all the critters on the farm/in the house have Native American names...'cause hubby is part Native American and partly because we have unusual senses of humor).
Anyway, as you can see by her photos, she is a lovely thing and is very lively, nurses enthusiastically, runs and jumps and plays, and is "well put together" according to a neighbor and long-time cattle rancher. Even the young bull Tater is gentle with her and she can sometimes get him to play a little. She is figuring out that she will see us every day and that those things we are giving her mom are something her mom likes but she isn't convinced as of yet (range cubes).
I am looking forward to seeing how she grows and whether her coat will change at all. She seems pretty friendly so far although she hasn't let us touch her yet. She is a pretty girl and we are glad to start off our new year with a new baby.
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