Calves!

Yesterday we went and bought some calves!!! All three of them are heifers (Girls), two of them are Holsteins and one is a Jersey Angus cross. We are going to raise them on our farm. Now on to PHOTOS!!!!

Here's Ellie the Jersey Angus cross!! Isn't she cute? Behind her is an open dutch door, in there is their stall, that they sleep in!! Aah she makes your heart melt........

This is the younger Holstein, Her name is Susie. She's cute to!! I bet she's thinking,

"Shadow, Grass, Food,"!!! To cute!!!

This is the older Holstein, My little brother named her Annie. Though she is the oldest she is a big baby. Last night after we brought them in we were trying to feed Ellie some special milk stuff. Well this big baby tried to steal it! Then after we got her away from the bucket (Ellie isn't really used to the bucket and is having a bit of a hard time adjusting.) she tried to eat my flashlight!! (xD) Cute right?

Now getting them home was the hardest part of buying them. So we had brought two vehicles, Dad's old black truck and mom's suburban. Well we managed to get both the Holsteins in the back of the truck. But me and my grandma (who lived on a dairy farm as a kid) had to lay down and keep the calves calm. In the back of the truck while driving them around on back roads til we reach home. (BTW Ellie went in the back of the suburban with mom) Well there was one moment where I was almost crying in pain and thinking "Oh please let me be okay!" I was in the very back part of the truck and we hit a bump that caused both calves that way 300 pounds each plus the weight of my grandma to be pushed into my hip. Which was already wedged between the big metal toolbox and the bed of the truck so I couldn't really move anyway. It REALLY hurt. My grandma yelled to my dad to stop the truck. He quickly hopped out and saw what had happened. He pulled Annie up towards the tail gate. Which helped my right arm a lot because it was crushed between the two cows. Then he pulled Susie up away form me while my grandma held Annie down so that I could move my hip away and get the weight off it. Luckily everyone is fine including the calves and I am fine so yeah that was how I spent my extra day off of school.

Please tell me what you think!

Abbie R,