Farm happenings
Lloyd brought the calves down last night with my Bethel love. As we unloaded the first calf, we had a twine leash on it. I walked her crazy, bellowing, terrified self to the barn. We were a foot away when the twine slipped from my hand and she took off. I took off doing the pregnant elephant run....in muck boots. Tori assisted me. Our mission was not only to catch the calf, but more importantly to keep her from going in the corn.
She went in the corn
So into the corn we went looking for her. Lloyd stayed back, probably laughing at us because it was almost useless to search 80 acres of corn for her. But we tried.
Have you ever run through corn? It is one of the more disturbing things I've ever done. After a half hour my entire body was itchy, and I was at the point that I felt the corn was reaching out and grabbing me. It was coming alive and coming after me!!
So we gave up and exited the corn.
The calf was gone.
The other one was put in the barn and we went in for dinner.
Fast forward to this morning.
I woke up the bethel laying by the barn. The mysterious ghost unhooked her again last night. This time she didn't take off, she just lounged in the yard. As I walked towards her I heard a distant mooing....in the corn.
That calf survived the night...and coyotes. Trey went out looking for her. Tori went out looking for her. I stayed at the edge and called out cooommmeee booooooossssss. I wasn't going back in to the crawling corn stalks.
But she didn't come out. So the plan is to keep calling for her through the day, hoping she gets hungrier and comes out.
After listening to the calf bellowing in the 9 foot corn all day, and repeatedly sending out kid search parties, I'm happy to say that the calf is here!!! She finally got close enough to the house and weak enough for us to grab her. I got 2 pints of formula down her and she's in the nice warm barn with her friends.
That brings our count of lost and found animals to 3
Have you ever run through corn? It is one of the more disturbing things I've ever done. After a half hour my entire body was itchy, and I was at the point that I felt the corn was reaching out and grabbing me. It was coming alive and coming after me!!
So we gave up and exited the corn.
The calf was gone.
The other one was put in the barn and we went in for dinner.
Fast forward to this morning.
I woke up the bethel laying by the barn. The mysterious ghost unhooked her again last night. This time she didn't take off, she just lounged in the yard. As I walked towards her I heard a distant mooing....in the corn.
That calf survived the night...and coyotes. Trey went out looking for her. Tori went out looking for her. I stayed at the edge and called out cooommmeee booooooossssss. I wasn't going back in to the crawling corn stalks.
But she didn't come out. So the plan is to keep calling for her through the day, hoping she gets hungrier and comes out.
Make it a meal is right!!! Number 2!
That brings our count of lost and found animals to 3
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