Calf In The Kitchen

At the end of January we had quite the cold spell around the area.  One of the last days of January, I woke up thinking that it would be a normal morning.  I made myself some coffee, talked to my mom and watched the morning news.  At the time, Logan was outside checking on the heifers for any new calves.  I left the kitchen for a few moments to grab something out of the bedroom.  As I am walking down the hallway to go back into the kitchen, the door flies open and here is Logan with a calf in his arms.  I am like what the heck is going on?! Logan lays the calf on the floor of the kitchen and tells me I need to find some blankets..so being the nice farm girl I am..I search the house for old blankets---lucky enough to find one!!  I lay the blanket over the calf and pull in a heater to warm up the calf--who is frozen by the way. :( poor guy! Logan then gives the calf some medicine to try to boost his system (or something).  Then, Logan goes back outside to do chores and leaves ME IN CHARGE OF THE CALF!! --Because I am the FIRST person you should trust with your frozen calf i guess?  So while Logan is outside feeding, I get to play mommy/nurse and babysit/take care of this calf ON MY KITCHEN FLOOR!!! About 30 min later, Logan came back inside and decided to take the calf to the hot box to keep him warm.  I had to go to class, but ended up texting Logan later to see how "my baby" was doing.  The poor guy didn't last long since he was frozen and never warmed up. Poor guy!

Farm Girl Tip # 7: If you expect your mornings to be normal, you are wrong.  If there is a calf laying on your kitchen floor--don't panic--you will just have to play calf mommy all morning long.