The other day The Colonel drove by the barn as the cows were coming up. He looked and saw Lucinda, the calf we raised because her mother died right after she was born. We turned her out along with Leroy, another calf we raised although his mother had lived a little while, probably a couple or three months after he was born. They usually still stick together although they run with the herd. Neither one of them acts like the other calves, however. We have never seen them run and play with the other calves but at least they stay with the herd.
The Colonel stopped the truck, “Ole Blue” when he saw Lucinda and called to her. As she was walking over to the truck, he got out. When she got to him he started petting her the way he always did when she was in the corral. Lucinda raised her head so he could rub her neck. He said a group of the other calves came up and stood there just looking at Lucinda and The Colonel as if they were thinking what in the world is going on here! When he tried to pet one of them they would back off but so did Leroy who came up too. I think he probably recognized his name but he didn’t seem to be overly friendly. He was that way when he was in the corral with Lucinda though. He sometimes would let us pet him but more often than not he just looked at us petting her. He won’t run off but he won’t stay around for long either.
Later we discussed their physical progress. They are doing fine but we will be having a problem when the fateful day comes of deciding to sell them. We’ve already decided we can’t sell Lucinda so I guess part of the problem is already solved. We have such great cows/calves/and bulls at the Red Oak Ranch!
