Our new Mom

Guess who had her baby today? Scarlet!! 

We knew she was getting close and first thing this morning when we went out to check her, it looked like her water broke just minutes before we got into the barn. So we left her alone and the next time Daryl checked on her, the front calf legs were just starting to come out. OK, good that it was her front calf legs, but they were big! It was our fear that this calf was going to be too big and would give Scarlet trouble. We decided to let her alone for about 20 minutes and give her a chance to try it on her own. This was Scarlet’s first calf and even though we didn’t want her to have trouble, it was so much better if she had her on her own. Well after 20 minutes we found this! Yea!!! Congratulations Scarlet the baby is beautiful! 

And how is Scarlet as a new mom? I’ve never seen any cow lick a calf more than Scarlet does. That poor calf will have the slickest coat around. And what is his name? I think I’ll call him Charles.