The New Calves

Lisa and Andy went up to Aberdeen Ohio to pick up some bottle calves.

 The one with the white face is a Hereford bull. The black one is an Angus cross heifer, we hope to breed her in a couple of years. Nelson has bulls. The Hereford won't be keeping his bull parts. They don't have names yet. Any ideas?

 Speedy noticed the activity.

 Andy and I carried them across the back yard to the barnyard.

 Lisa was getting the stall ready for the calves. The ducks followed her.

 Lisa was getting the water ready for the calves. The ducks followed her.

 Lisa was getting hay out for the calves. The ducks followed her.

 It was warm and sunny in the barnyard.

 Calf dinner time.

 Hereford was slower eating his, the heifer was trying to find a nipple on the other end of the bottle. I guess I could have been helping but I was too busy laughing and taking pictures.

  The chicks are getting bigger.

  Lisa catches them with her net at the end of the day. They still have to go inside the garage at night.

 Lisa painted the post tops while I serviced the tractor. I changed the oil, greased it, replaced the shut off cable and cleaned the bird's nest out from behind the steering wheel. I still need to change the fuel filter.

 She got them all painted.

 We moved the forsythia out to their planting area. They wouldn't stand up where we intend to plant them. It is too steep there. The plan is to have a mass of yellow flowers in the spring and plenty of coverage so we don't have to mow the slope.

 We got some Miss Kim Lilac today at Lowe's.

 The finished post tops.