Tulip beat Penny to it!
While Penny is getting bigger, Tulip surprised us all yesterday evening with her new son! I’ve called him Barbecue!

This is just after he was born - as you can see his umbilical cord (pink) is still looking fresh. This isn’t the best pic of him but he is actually quite the handsome young fella - so soft & silky. Tulip is already teaching him to be obedient & would not come in tonight until she had fetched him & made him come with her. This morning of course I had to start milking Tulip. Her bag was very full. Richard came down to help me graft Dolly onto her. Dolly wasn’t quite sure what to do since she has never had a mum but once we showed her there was no stopping her
We always graft the “orphan” calf onto the back quarters - that way the cow can’t really see what is going on. Dolly had a long drink & then just went outside & sat as if to say, “Wow! Now I’m full!”It was such a pleasure milking Tulip - her milk flows SO easily. Of course we cannot drink it for the first four days as it is full of colostrum & a “lovely” orange color. Colostrum is what babies of any mammals need in the first 24 hours after birth. I got nearly 2 gallons off again tonight so the dogs & pigs will be enjoying some fresh milk for dinner.
Talking of pigs! We put the kids paddling pool up yesterday. I knew it wouldn’t stay clean very long as Daniel & Hannah are not the cleanest kids on the planet. Daniel was making mud hamburgers this morning & telling Hannah not to touch as it was raw meat & not cooked yet. Pigs, as you know, love to wallow so here’s the best pic of the day:

Enjoy,
Liz





































