New Baby

All week long we've been on baby watch. One of the heifers has been due to calve and you just never know what's going to happen with first babies. The weather was so great last week and then this week was all cold and storms, not good calving weather.  We've checked her every morning and evening, watching for all the signs.  Yesterday the weather turned warm  and dry again. Finally sometime in the early afternoon, she had her calf, all by herself with no problems. She picked a good spot on a high sunny south facing hill away from the herd so the pasture would be clean and dry.