We've arrived at the farm!

We got to the farm on Thursday -- here are our pictures from our first afternoon!

Jimmy's "new" (at least, new-to-him) tractor!

It has an enclosed cab, with heat and air conditioning! Carl tried out the driver's seat and was examining the controls.

There's still okra in the garden... I don't think I've ever seen okra growing...

The plants look like little trees to me!

After supper, Carl headed out with Jimmy as he was going to check on whether there had been any new calves in the beef cattle.

This new little one was very wobbly on his legs, but his momma cow wasn't immediately obvious so they looked for any other new ones.

Jimmy identified another new one and caught it - its momma cow was in very close proximity...

 

She stayed right in the area making sure that her calf was okay...

... watching everything that Jimmy was doing...

 

... making sure he was not going hurt her baby...

Jimmy used the hoof measure to get an approximate birth weight of the calf.

... gave him an ear tag to identify who his momma was.

... then stood him back up and momma checked him out to be sure he was all okay!

Cow #12 and her calf

It was so neat being with all the cows and their calves

Dinner time in the pasture!

We headed back up to the dairy barn where Regina had the bottle ready for Mocha. If you've been reading this blog for a while, you might remember when she was born in May (https://journeyinamazinggrace.blogspot.com/2020/05/happy-birth-day.html, https://journeyinamazinggrace.blogspot.com/2020/05/happy-birth-day-part-2.html), when she was getting her first bottle (https://journeyinamazinggrace.blogspot.com/2020/05/on-her-own.html), and subsequent feedings (https://journeyinamazinggrace.blogspot.com/2020/05/bottle-babies.html, https://journeyinamazinggrace.blogspot.com/2020/06/bottle-babies-part-2.html, https://journeyinamazinggrace.blogspot.com/2020/07/videos-of-feeding-mocha-on-our-last.html). When we left in July, we figured we wouldn't see her for a while, but, since we came back to work on selling Miss Doozie, she is still a bottle "baby" -- though she doesn't look as much like a baby anymore!

She has grown up so much, getting significantly taller, and a LOT darker - she looks very much the coloring of her sire, an Angus.

Carl giving her the second bottle - I gave her the first one.

She is eating grass in the pasture but still gets milk too -- and *expects* to get it!

Duracell had been weaned just before we left, so she is used to not getting milk now and doesn't even come up to ask for it. But they both seem to be very happy to have the other one in the field with them - another "youngster" to be able to play and romp and pal-around with.