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There are some things that really earn their keep a the farm. Our Gator is one of them!

I would be interested in giving it a shot. Like many others have already said. Travel distance might not be feasible. (Then again, I've driven round trip from northern SC to south GA for a good deal on corral panels!)

We had one that was clueless about what the thing was that came out of her! We called her “Ratchet Mom”. She walked off from her first two. Bottle babies can be SO frustrating. But I did learn that the smaller, softer nipple was the trick. (After I tubed them with colostrum.) We had decided she...

Bull checking on mom and calf. She throws black every time. Not a bad way to spend my Sunday morning I suppose.

Lucy (Cow) decided she would put herself back in the bud box and brought a friend with her. I guess getting individual attention and her "own" feed trough was a contributing factor! It's been a few weeks now. She looks good, has some good weight on her and doesn't seem any worse for wear. Her...

She's back out with the herd. (Took it upon herself to break out of solitary, lol) Does not seem any worse for wear. We did give her a precautionary dose of antibiotic.

The more we thought about it, the more we figure that may she had 'help' with that. We thought of either someone stepping on the tongue when she was grabbing grain or stepping down on her nose (but there were no scrapes there). Did NOT think about her getting hit UNDER the chin. That seems much...

(Grandson had the same idea, so here are the pics of above mentioned incident!)

Never a dull day at the 24/7 Farm. I guess this doesn't happen often based on the age of the original post. Grandson called me from the field whilst feeding the herd today to tell me that "Lucy bit part of her tongue off!" I've long since learned that it's more prudent to head out than to ask...