Well, I am finished calving heifers!

One of the benefits of being a small outfit is only having one heifer to calve.The weather has been fine but I put her under the shed anyway. Just getting started.
I gave her an hour and went to check on her. Making progress. Always nice to see two feet!
And then I forgot the dang camera when i went to check on her again. She had a lanky, long bull calf that tipped the scale at 89 pounds. Doing swell. Here she is a couple days later at the buffet.
And here is her bull calf.
More cows and calves. It's been trying to dry out a bit around here. Kinds muddy in spots though.
The new kids lookin' me over.
Went and helped a nieghbor a couple of nights ago. He found a cow in a bind out where he winters. She was down and in rough shape. Full on breech. If you've never done a C-section at 11 pm in February, in a 3 section pasture with no corrals, with the cow down and in a mud hole while it's trying to flurry, just skip it! We did our best. Got her roped just in case.
But she wasn't going anywhere.
Gave her some local, cleaned her up a bit and got after it.
Looking for the uterine wall. I put away the camera after this and we managed to get the calf out. He was slipping hair and pretty ugly. Cow had all kinds of infection and was so weak. We tried but couldnt do much for her except end her pain. If you've done c-section on a cow thats down you know its tough. Her guts were pushed back in the way and made the job a lot harder. Bet it took us 40 minutes to get the calf out.
Didnt want to leave ya'll on a bad note so i threw in a picture of "my" mountain. There may be prettier and bigger mountains in the world but I wouldnt trade for anything. Someday they'll put me in the ground right here. Or better yet, scatter my ashes out while packing salt on the high trails. Computer says we are at 89% of snow pack but 103% of water. That old white snow on the mountain sure looks pretty. Ought to grow some grass!
