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<blockquote data-quote="WalnutCrest" data-source="post: 1100766" data-attributes="member: 21715"><p>At birth, early on Wednesday morning ... a little heifer my daughter has started calling Begonia. </p><p></p><p>Windchill of -30 at about 8:30am in all that snow is a hard way to get started... Her mama (Xenia) had her well licked off, but not dried off before ice started to form on her ears, tail and rear hooves.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://ranchers.net/photopost/data/500/medium/WCCC_Begonia_-_01_-_2014_02_05.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>About three hours later, after thawing out by the fire and getting a little colostrum in her belly. She was able to stand on her own by about 1pm, but her rear legs were still in shock from the cold earlier, and as a result, she could support her own weight, but couldn't really get up on her own -- not sure she really had any feeling back there.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://ranchers.net/photopost/data/500/medium/WCCC_Begonia_-_04_-_2014_02_05.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>We brought her back in and bedded her in the garage that first night ... then out with her mama yesterday afternoon for a few hours to try to get her to learn what those teats are all about. Brought her back into the garage for last night (actual temps of -10 or so, with windchills of -15 to -20) and then took her back out this morning. She really didn't start hopping up on her own until yesterday afternoon. I think she's figured out what her rear legs are all about and if she figures out that mama is packing her lunch, we're home free (I think).</p><p></p><p>This picture was from this morning, out with her very attentive mama (if you squint, you can see her, as they both blend in with the hay pretty good).</p><p></p><p><img src="http://ranchers.net/photopost/data/500/medium/WCCC_Begonia_-_06_-_2014_02_07.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WalnutCrest, post: 1100766, member: 21715"] At birth, early on Wednesday morning ... a little heifer my daughter has started calling Begonia. Windchill of -30 at about 8:30am in all that snow is a hard way to get started... Her mama (Xenia) had her well licked off, but not dried off before ice started to form on her ears, tail and rear hooves. [img]http://ranchers.net/photopost/data/500/medium/WCCC_Begonia_-_01_-_2014_02_05.JPG[/img] About three hours later, after thawing out by the fire and getting a little colostrum in her belly. She was able to stand on her own by about 1pm, but her rear legs were still in shock from the cold earlier, and as a result, she could support her own weight, but couldn't really get up on her own -- not sure she really had any feeling back there. [img]http://ranchers.net/photopost/data/500/medium/WCCC_Begonia_-_04_-_2014_02_05.JPG[/img] We brought her back in and bedded her in the garage that first night ... then out with her mama yesterday afternoon for a few hours to try to get her to learn what those teats are all about. Brought her back into the garage for last night (actual temps of -10 or so, with windchills of -15 to -20) and then took her back out this morning. She really didn't start hopping up on her own until yesterday afternoon. I think she's figured out what her rear legs are all about and if she figures out that mama is packing her lunch, we're home free (I think). This picture was from this morning, out with her very attentive mama (if you squint, you can see her, as they both blend in with the hay pretty good). [img]http://ranchers.net/photopost/data/500/medium/WCCC_Begonia_-_06_-_2014_02_07.JPG[/img] [/QUOTE]
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