Saturday evening when I visited the cows, I noticed that Cleo had mucus on her backside, the cow equivalent of a mucus plug. Her teats seemed filled out: I suspected 12 hours until birth.
Nothing yesterday. Phil reported no change when he brought hay to the cows this morning.
He poured grout today. It was rough. He was back to nasty, sticking to the back of the mixer, half hour extra per batch grout. He said that he spilled so much that, had he had help, he might have been done today. As it is, he has probably two more batches to do.
I'm sure he was fighting exhaustion by the end of the day, but he headed over to check on the cows.
And Cleo had given birth, without difficulty. Her daughter was walking around.
What a huge relief.
One more first time heifer to go. She's due in two weeks.
Monday, March 11, 2013
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