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["Lynn Wigglesworth" <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>]

> What would be a normal weight and what breed of calf?
It's mostly hereford. It's grandmother is a big cow; her babies are probably 
60-80 pounds. The mother is smaller. The grandmother and mother are both 
black and white; the baby is red (could be Jersey or red hereford) and 
white, but has a white face like a hereford. My bulls are 2 Jerseys and a 
big black mixed breed, so who knows who the father is. He certainly ACTS 
like he has Jersey in him...they have a distinct personality....escaping 
from the pen at 2 days old  is a Jersey move.
>  I could only tell that it was alive because it's leg was
> > twitching. We brought it in and put it in the bathtub with very warm 
> > water
> > and rubbed it for about an hour.
>
> Would love to see that one on video.  It would be worth an hour of
> download time!

No videos, no pictures. Having a farm animal in the house is so common here 
that the kids didn't even comment. I've had so many lambs in diapers running 
around the house that the dogs don't even notice them.  It's my excuse for 
the place being so messy..."Does Martha Stewart have lambs in her sink?" or 
a cow in the  bathtub? No wonder I can't keep this place clean!

Lynn Wigglesworth
Tioga Co. PA