Yesterday I was saying that Chocolate is close to dropping her calf (i.e. birthing)… so a few other hints that it is getting close. Her udder (bag) has filled out! She doesn’t have the huge bag of a standard Jersey, or the ground dragging bags of Holsteins. So when you notice her udder… it means something is going on, as well as when the teats lengthen and start to look full.
The temps dropped to the high 20’s last night… so glad our cows tend to deliver in the daytime when the temps have warmed up. Chocolate’s udder looks fuller today, and the teats are beginning to angle OUT (the better for a newborn calf to find). And even better some of the teats are beginning to show drops of milk… dripping out.
When the calf is born, and starts looking for a teat, it is so funny to see. The teats will just be streaming milk.
Ruminations 