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Sharing the Beauty
Jessie Miller

Calving … Starts now

Posted Wednesday, January 27, 2010, at 1:00 PM
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  • Jessie:

    What a GREAT blog. I loved the photos. Both of you are so good with the animals. It is nice to see this part of your life, which clearly you enjoy a lot. Thank you for sharing that. I saw one of my first calves born last year. It was pretty cool to watch it all happen. I have to admit that I hoped it went easy because although I had my plastic arm condom...I was not (and am not) very eager to use it. All went well and I got to watch it all. It was an experience. My momma cow was pretty nice. She allowed me to stay until that calf got up and went to look for milk. Then she swung that head around and told me I had better go. I did and did not even have to run or jump over a fence. It really was one of the "neatest" experiences in all of my years of cows and horses. Most of the time, they do this when nobody is around so you hardly ever get to see it from start to finish. Very cool. Thank you so much.

    -- Posted by OpinionMissy on Wed, Jan 27, 2010, at 1:52 PM
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    You are very welcome Tracy! I'm glad you enjoyed it. That is something I will never get tired of seeing...babies coming into this life. I've seen kittens, puppies, (both several times) Horses three times... calves countless times.. (can't think of anyhting else right now) But it is always a joy when it's good, and anguish when it just doesn't work right. I've seen several deaths too.

    The absolute most wonderful was seeing 3 of my 4 Grandchildren come into this world and into their Mothers and Father's arms. Tears come to my eyes at the very memory of each time. It seems that each time, there is a "Moment of complete silence" at that moment where maybe everyone is taking that breath of awe. I will never tire of new life.

    Thanks again for your comment.

    Jessie

    -- Posted by jessiemiller on Wed, Jan 27, 2010, at 2:00 PM
  • Wow. I have never seen a calve being born. I appreciated the warning in the front but knew I wanted to see. Great documentary photo work.

    Thanks for sharing

    -- Posted by maybeso on Wed, Jan 27, 2010, at 7:13 PM
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    Beautiful Jessie and great blog! More kids need to be exposed to this natural process of life to understand it. I thank you for sharing it here.

    -- Posted by LongTimeListener on Thu, Jan 28, 2010, at 8:53 AM
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    maybeso, I'm glad you looked at it, and enjoyed it,

    Thanks for your comment!

    Sas212 I'm also glad you looked, and hopefully some parents might show this to their kids to show some of how it is. Thanks for your comment.

    Jessie

    -- Posted by jessiemiller on Thu, Jan 28, 2010, at 9:14 AM
  • Jessie this is a great blog and so very informative

    I have seen calf birthing in movies but they never went into so much depth. Your photos are wonderful

    In real life I have only seen cats or dogs born.

    Thanks for sharing it

    -- Posted by MsMarylin on Thu, Jan 28, 2010, at 12:02 PM
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    Thanks Marylin, I'm glad you enjoyed it too. I will be out on the fields looking for more to photo journalize.

    Jessie

    -- Posted by jessiemiller on Thu, Jan 28, 2010, at 12:57 PM
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