We almost lost this lovely old girl at the end of winter. She stepped on one of her teats, got an infection, and was very, very ill. Good advice from our favorite vet and diligent nursing by Liz saved her life and she even came back in milk. Now her milk feeds all the baby calves and the cats.....She is Liz's dear old show cow, who won junior champion two years running when she was a baby. She is such a pet and likes to stay in the barn so sometimes Liz has to pull her out by her neck strap.
Poor Mandy - her injury must have been painful for her. So glad she came through it ok. She's a beauty for sure.
ReplyDeleteShe's one of the 'special ones'. I understand your love for her!
ReplyDeleteShe's one of the 'special ones'. I understand your love for her. Glad she came through - glad for Liz!
ReplyDeleteMandy's a big 'un, i'n't she? And beautiful. I'm so happy she's all better now. Bless you for taking good care of her.
ReplyDeleteConsidering what's going on with me these days, I have particular sympathy for her injury.
I had been wondering how that turned out. Glad to hear she's doing better!
ReplyDeleteSo nice that you were able to bring her back to health.
ReplyDeleteSweet Mandy is so pretty!
ReplyDeleteReminds me of Bear dog with that healthy black coat.
Ha! Laughing at Dani's comment.
ReplyDeleteBear seems about that big sometimes.
Glad that she recovered and is doing the milk thang again!
Dani, it was pretty awful and beside everything else it ended her show career, which is a shame, but we are glad she is still with us. What a cow to come back from all that and being increasing in production every day
ReplyDeleteTeri, she really it. All week, while the other cows were lying down she was grazing like grass was going out of style...making up for lost time I guess
June, I can just imagine. She is so tall her back is as high as my head.
Sara, thanks, I am really, really grateful
CTG, we are so grateful. To lose a cow is always awful but to lose her would have been about devastating.
Dani, thanks...you should see her when it warms up and she really starts to shine. It is so cold right now that the cows hold their hair right up to try to keep warm
FC, he sure looked good at prom time. lol
Mandy is a beauty! That is nice news to hear.. thanks to healing hands.
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear Mandy came through her trials and Liz isn't going to be "blue" the rest of her life. I love the way your trees have leafed out already.
ReplyDeletePoor Mandy....just the thought of that makes me hurt...... I'm glad she is better. She really is beautiful.
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Faithful, thanks, it was a long struggle, because she hurt her hock at the same time as the other injury, so she needed everything from antibiotics, to anti-inflamtories to plain old liniment. There was a long time when we wondered if she would pull through. Now, as of yesterday she is back in the milking string and another cow is out to provide the calf milk
ReplyDeleteLinda, thanks, we are grateful. Spring is being really weird here, freezing cold, but nice and green
Linda, thanks, she is a tough old girl. She has come back into enough milk and gotten healthy enough to go back into the milking string...something I never thought would happen.
I know I tend to romanticize the rural life, yet - the intimate connection to animals and soil and weather seems to me a very rich life.
ReplyDeleteMandy is a lucky and beautiful cow and Liz is a sweetheart.
Cathy, I can't think where I was reading...but someone was saying that in his job he interviewed and interacted with people in all sorts of jobs. In most jobs, many people hated their work or at least were discontented. However, he had never heard a farmer say that they hated their job. It is frustrating. Much that many take for granted is impossible...but it is rich and varied and good in many ways.
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