Thursday ramble

New cow is settling in. Yesterday morning I milked two coke bottles and she was done. This morning I did the two coke bottles then about a cup maybe 2 in a jar and introduce her to lambs.  She did great. Lambs nurses just a little bit were both full acting and didn’t take much bottle so hopefully they got enough.  Tonight they get a bottle. I will start in the morning with a lamb on one teat and milk three. Then maybe two lambs and milk two.  She is an easy milker. Tests not terribly long which is hard. Especially the far back one. That’s where the lamb will go. She’s just so skinny.  We wormed her last night and she is eating grain well so hopefully we will see some weight gain. Her hair looks good. Time and love and feed !  

Funny of this morning. My other DRY milk cow is feeling left out I guess she should be bred and could calve in November.  She may or may not be starting to bag.  This morning she was dripping to the point of puddling milk!   Her bag isn’t any tighter but she was leaking. I just shook my head. Only at my house.  
I have a new lamb for now. I’m not holding out much hope.  But it did make it through the night. It isn’t from my sheep. It’s someone my son knows.  I have yet to save a lamb he has given me.  I think he waits to long to pick them up.  This one honestly felt like a dried up dead lamb.  Absolutely nothing but skin and bones and the skin even feels dried out.  I gave it molasses coffee and probiotics while I thawed colostrum and then gave it colostrum twice before bed.  I gave it milk as soon as I got up this morning. Time will tell. When the sun comes out I will move it to a sunny spot.  I’m still doubtful. 

I found a guinea nest!  Dogs bothered her this morning so don’t know if she will go back. I just shook my head when I saw it. Said dog is going to get his hearing aid reapplied