Farm Life

So we started to have Calves at the end of Feb. and currently have 19 babies. We have 11 bulls and 8 heifers.

But it gets really funny sometimes when we wake up in the morning and all the calves are sleeping next to each other, and all the mom's, but one, are off in another part of the pasture. Almost like they need some alone time. (And that is an old picture, but just imagine 19 calves in a big group and only one mom in sight. )

We have only had to bring one calf in the house, and that was because she was born late afternoon, and it was cold and windy, so she got hypothermia. So we had her in the house all night so she wouldn't freeze. ( this picture was taken around 1 a.m. we were all very tired, as you can see.)

The next morning outside with mom. This calf was kinda a pain, because we had to force feed her for 2 days before she started nursing on her own. She is also one of the few calves who has a name. She is so small that it is easy to tell which one she is. We call her Pixie.

We have also been planting new orchard. We planted more Sweetheart cherries and Kiku apples.

Can you believe we planted all those trees?!?!?
This is what the truck looked like with all the apple trees on it. And that is only the apples, we had already planted the cherries.

Ryan walking back after pulling pvc pipe in the cherries.

Heather and Dad gluing pvc together.