AmandaQ
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My calf is doing great and last night was the first in a while that I let my cows do their thing. (Baby makes three now.) Yesterday around 6:30 pm, I had fed them hay and was mucking the 10x20 stall I had been locking them inside when it was too cold at night. My property is secluded on two sides but I am getting a next door neighbor. My two cows have watched a construction team work on their new home for six months with no concern at all. Yesterday the owners drove up, got out and started talking. I think it was the strangers talking that caused the situation. My younger heifer (not the mama cow) ran my calf straight into the stall. It was fast, it was deliberate and it was from far away. (Far away on my three acres anyway.) The mama cow was right behind them and she stood in the doorway staring at where the car had stopped. My new neighbor built berms for privacy so where I was standing, I couldn't see the people talking. Luckily they got back in the car right away and left, the whole experience lasted less than three minutes. Before the calf, my cows heard workers all the time. And they have met new people since the calf that I've brought into the pasture. Have y'all ever seen this behavior before? I'm glad to know they can get the calf in the stall if they want to, but it made me curious. (I went outside to check on them late last night in the 52 degree weather and found them hanging out closer to my house. They were sick of the stall too, I guess!)
