We had a surprise baby bull calf on June 19th!  Last Fall, we had this cow preg-checked and she was negative.  Guess they aren’t always right!  It was a nice surprise!  Now we have 3 heifers and 3 bull calves.  That evening we planned to give the cows a treat of some high protein feed on the farthest end of the pasture.  Craig got it set up in several plastic feeders, and walked back to get them.  All he did was crunch the bag so they could hear it, and they came running, knowing they were getting a treat!  So funny!  We thought we had everybody there and suddenly heard a loud Moo from the pasture behind the shed.  What??  Who was that?  When I walked behind the shed, I was surprised to see “White Bag” standing there with a new calf at her side!  We were stunned- the vet said she wasn’t pregnant last Fall.  But, regardless, we now had a 6th calf!  Incredible news for our small farm!  Now we have 20 head.  I was tempted to name the calf “Twenty” but instead settled on “Duke”  What an exciting night on Lost Creek farm!

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