This has been one of those weeks you can almost sing about to the tune of The Twelve Days of Christmas. Between the regular daily cow chores (and it was only one maid a-milking, not 7), we entertained third graders from 5 schools in Clay County on farm tours (thanks to Farm Bureau's sponsorship of Farming in the Classroom), went to three farmers' markets, made two batches of cheese, separated cream for butter, and took a calf to church (well, that's tomorrow). The children's ministry is featuring some lessons with a cow theme and Deb thought having a real calf there would make for a great prop (I hope the kids can come outside, because this prop will poop). I told Cristina the cow that she was going to have a holy baby because he was going to church this weekend. I don't think she was impressed.
So far this spring 50 cows have had calves. Hopefully a few more will deliver before the end of the month, and then I will have newborn calves to sell beginning in June. The calves have done very well this year. Numbers are down a bit, but perhaps what is lacking in quantity will be made up with quality!
