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[chandab]

Aaawwwwwww, so nice for Melvin to have a buddy!!! I'm sure you didn't need another to feed, but so good that you found him when you did!! Such a sad thing when these old mommies just "forget" their little ones...KUDOS for finding him in time!

Unfortunately, when they get a bit older, some kick into "save yourself" mode, and forget they had a calf. The cow will probably be sold this fall, pregnant or not; and her calf will be a bottle baby.

Sorry , I can't help you there. I don't have enough experience to say. Glad you found the little calf when you did. Love feeding the bottle babies. They get so attached to you and follow you everywhere

.Wanting that milk.

After being on a cow and in with the herd, it'll take a few meals for that to kick in, but once it does, look out.

 

[Eagle]

Poor baby being dumped by mummy but he is lucky you are there for him

Pregnant mares get mood swings just like us so yes it could mean she is getting close. Mine normally get really clingy when they are due to foal so lets see if Baybe does the same

 

[chandab]

Oops... That cow does want her baby; she came home today from the pasture (its 2 miles north). I put them together and he went to nursing, so perhaps they just got confused during the last two days of sorting, branding some calves and vaccinating.

Yes, changes in their "normal" behavior are all considered signs that they are moving forward. So, yes, she's getting closer. Many mares when in a herd situation, actually remove themselves from the herd, and even their "best buddies". So, KUDOS on you noticing the change!

It will be interesting to see if she becomes "more attached" and clingy to you now.

I might have to start separating Honey and Baybe at least at night. We'll see how it goes.

 

[Eagle]

Well done to mummy cow

that's one less mouth to feed

 

[chandab]

Well, that's good to find out, for sure, and in the meantime, he got a good meal for energy!!

Will you keep them close to watch a little? Funny that she came all that way for baby!! Good girl Mommy cow!! She wasn't going to be left out for Mother's Day!!!

I honestly don't know what Shayne will do with her, but to make it easy, they'll probably go in the newly calved out bunch here at home til we brand the rest in a week or so; we are still waiting on a few to calve.

 

[chandab]

Thank you so much, I really appreciate the compliments.

I do want to let you gals, that like my quilts, to know; I do all the work on my sewing machine. I'm a bit lazy by nature, so do NOT do any hand sewing, I don't like to. All of my quilts are completely machine pieced and machine quilted by me. [My quilting skills are limited, so most are quilted very basically. I'm trying to improve them, but still mostly straight line quilt.] Just thought you all should know.

And, one more quilt picture. This one is for my Mom, her 75th birthday is coming up in about 10 days (I even enlisted my sister's help on this one, so that we could go in together on the gift, I did the work, sis provided some of the supplies).

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And, the labels, which my neice and nephew also got in on:

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I bought the wolf fabrics several years ago with intentions of making Mom a quilt, but didn't get around to it, then this year seemed like the perfect year. So, I talked to my sister to see if she'd like to go in on it with me to give to Mom; Mom always says she doesn't want anything for birthdays or Christmas, so as you can imagine she is hard to gift. This ought to be well received.

Went to town today and took Mom out to lunch for her birthday. She LOVES her quilt. Couldn't get over how I could give her such a wonderful gift.

 

[chandab]

OH that just makes it worth all the effort and time it took!!! That's a wonderful update!!!

Mom started crying over her gift, so of course, I did too. Best reception ever over a quilt.

 

[a mini dream come true]

With receptions like that, it's always worth it

Love to the their faces.

 

[chandab]

Perhaps a little shopping going on and minor shape changes. She's mostly filling out in front of her udder, and her nipples still point towards each other. She wasn't too happy about it, but I was able to lift her tail, less resistance than the last time I tried it. I changed her food a little bit, she decided she didn't like the extruded feed any more, so I had added senior, which she does really like; and finally was able to special order some TC Growth and started adding that last night, she loves it and is eating better with it added to her senior.

IT rained so I've been working on the quilt some today. Got most of the pieces cut and sewn that make up the blocks, and them almost ready to start sewing into blocks. I'll probably sew the center blocks and sashing together before going on to make all those outer blocks. And, since I only had a small amount of each green I used, I might have to pick yet another green to add to make a border, we'll see how it looks once the center is together before I decide on that. [i just got some green in the other day that just might work for a border.]

 

[chandab]

Oh, I can't wait to see new pictures of it -- it must be GORGEOUS!!!!

I'm really liking it, so far. I got the center blocks sewn together (holy cow that's a lot of little seams to line up and keep straight), just finished pressing it. Tomorrow, if I have time, I'll sew the green sashing pieces together and add them to the center, and try to get a picture at that time.

Come on Baybe -- we're waiting to see that little one!!

You aren't the only one.

 

[AnnaC]

Cant wait to see some pics of the new quilt - it sounds fabulous!

Now if we could see pics of Baybe's new baby ..................................................

 

[chandab]

Here's a new picture of Baybe. I know its not a great picture but all I could get today.

 

[chandab]

Here's an updated pic of the quilt. This is the center section, I still have twenty 9" blocks to make to go around the green sashing; and I haven't decided if its going to have a border or two or not.

 

[Wings]

That quilt really is fantastic

 

[chandab]

Thank you! I really like this one and how its turning out. HOpefully, I'll have enough fabric to finish it, as I only had 1 yard each of the peach fabrics and 1 FQ each of the greens (I'm out of one green, and not much left of the others, so if I want a green border, I'm going to have to find yet another green). Not sure what I'm going to do for backing and binding, but I"ll figure something out.

 

[Equuisize]

You're so talented - maybe you could make some little foal clothes, and take them out and show them to Babybe.

Maybe it would inspire her to get a move on it.

Just never know what it takes to get these girls moving in the right direction...

 

[MeganH]

Wow! I really like your quilt! You do a really good job.

 

[chandab]

Thank you, I really appreciate the compliment on my quilt. Sitting here at the computer, when I should be working on the quilt; but I have some more cutting to do before I can sew, and its really tedious to square up those little pieces.

 

[chandab]

Saw a belly dance this morning. Maybe it means things are moving forward, and we'll have a foal sooner rather than later.

 

[chandab]

I doubt baby is fully in position but it did look like she was working on it; this is the most movement I've seen with Baybe, so not really sure. Baybe still doesn't have much udder, so probably a bit more wait time. I let the girls out to graze this morning, and they were both very happy to get some grass time.