Setting a newcomer straight….

…Right as our open house wrapped up the other day, one of our cows gave birth to a bull calf and that provided wonder (as always) but also a bit of amusement.

Within minutes of the birth, another cow with her own calf at side came up to inspect the newcomer.  Understandably, one big red cow looks pretty much like another to a newborn concentrating on standing up, and so junior tried to nurse the wrong one.  It took quite a few strong, but gentle nudges to straighten him out.

After a while our son Church realized that we were witnessing a game of “calf ping pong” and got a bit of it on tape.  Click on the link.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMXmAy785JY&feature=youtu.be

To explain the Audie Murphy reference:  he was, of course, the most decorated infantryman of World War II, the calf was born on Veterans Day, and Church thought that might be an appropriate name.