Today was our first full day back on the ranch in almost three weeks, after a trip to Portugal. Over the past couple of weeks, 50+ new calves have been born on the ranch. Several were born today. Colter has been riding horseback every day in the pasture with 54 first time mother cows. So far this calving season, he has lost two cows and two calves, primarily due to the large size of the calves. This morning he came upon a mother cow that clearly had struggled giving birth and she had just died. Her calf was alive. Colter rode home as quickly as he could and came back on his Ranger. He saw Papa along the road, so Papa rode with him to get the new calf. Colter milked the dead mother cow and saved the milk in a bottle. They brought the calf to our house while they had lunch. Colter took the calf back home to bottle feed for the coming weeks. Calving season is a busy time.
