I was on calves this week. We’ve had quite a run of bulls lately. Friday, we finally had a heifer! The last foal of the season was born Saturday, after a grueling week and a half of foal watch by the equine students. I saw Claire for about 15 minutes when I got home before she left for foal watch again. Horse people are notoriously more interested in being there for the birth of a foal than cow people are in being there for the birth of a calf, but ironically, mares are notoriously harder to catching foaling than cows are to catch calving. A mare about to calve will wait until the person watching goes to the bathroom, while a cow will lay down and look at the person to say, "Don't just stand there, PULL!"
I've been working with my show heifer every afternoon. For the show, they have to walk very slowly, and when they stop, their front feet are supposed to be square (right next to each other) and the hind leg opposity the judge is supposed to be a little farther forward so the judge can see the developing udder. She’s coming along quite well and everyone is looking forward to the fair.
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