{"id":216893816,"date":"2012-09-02T22:00:35","date_gmt":"2012-09-02T09:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bignoseduglyguy.com\/?p=216893816"},"modified":"2012-09-02T22:00:39","modified_gmt":"2012-09-02T09:00:39","slug":"our-cattle-is-lowing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bignoseduglyguy.com\/?p=216893816","title":{"rendered":"Our cattle is low(ing)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Two days ago, we were joined on the farm by a four-day old heifer, Willow, a russet-coloured Jersey\/Angus cross purchased through my good friend Johnny*. \u00a0The plan is for Willow to be the start of Maisie&#8217;s college\/OE fund, raising her to breed weaner calves that can be sold on.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"IMG_0633.JPG\" src=\"http:\/\/bignoseduglyguy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_0633.jpg\" alt=\"IMG 0633\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Wary Willow meets Abbie during her first bottle feed.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"Are you my Mum? - Version 2.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/bignoseduglyguy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Are-you-my-Mum-Version-2.jpg\" alt=\"Are you my Mum  Version 2\" width=\"187\" height=\"300\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The calf cover keeps her warm in the spring Westerlies.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"IMG_0634.JPG\" src=\"http:\/\/bignoseduglyguy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_0634.jpg\" alt=\"IMG 0634\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Willow and Poppy get acquainted.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"IMG_0626.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/bignoseduglyguy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_0626.jpg\" alt=\"IMG 0626\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tentative to feed from the bottle, it turned out that she has\u00a0calf scours (diarrhoea) and possibly coccidia, so we&#8217;ve confined her to a temporary stall under the main deck and have kept her fluids up all day. \u00a0Hopefully this, plus some vet meds and electrolytes we&#8217;ll pick up tomorrow, will see her perk up and recover.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"IMG_0623.JPG\" src=\"http:\/\/bignoseduglyguy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_0623.jpg\" alt=\"IMG 0623\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>* You can see Johnny doing his off-farm rural postie job in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jiC1QJ0T86A\">this recent TV news piece<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two days ago, we were joined on the farm by a four-day old heifer, Willow, a russet-coloured Jersey\/Angus cross purchased through my good friend Johnny*. \u00a0The plan is for Willow to be the start of Maisie&#8217;s college\/OE fund, raising her to breed weaner calves that can be sold on. 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