Christina is Down

After a really good day, Christina went down.  Our bout with milk fever last year made us nervous so we've been watching her closely.  She'd been doing good all day until this afternoon. My husband was out with her when she got wobbly and went right down.  We gave her some drench and then got out the calcium.  He ran the needle under her skin and I held the bottle.  It's not as bad as last year, but still scarey.

As the bottle was almost finished, she stood up and we lept out of the way.  She's still wobbly.  We'll give her some time and see how she does.  We really need to milk her tonight to prevent mastitis and to feed pepper.  Ugh.  I hope she's doing lots better by then.

This morning we got pepper started on his first milking.  He's a little goofy so we had to guide his little head over to the teets.  After he found the good stuff, he seemed pretty enthusiastic.

He is such a cute little calf.  He's up and walking and cuddling with the girls.  I just love this newborn stage.

Now we just need to get through the next day, maybe two, until Christina's systems are up and running.