Friday, June 29, 2007

Lost calf story!

Out on the mesa, the gas guys are fixing to build a new pipe line along an old one. They are drilling about 18" holes six feet deep along the old pipe line to determine where to put the new one. A couple of them were out there kidding each other. One told the other he would stuff him down there. As they laughed, one looked down and saw a calf. The other didn’t believe him. After they both saw it, they didn’t know what to do about it. They wound up getting a small guy, holding him upside down while he put a rope or chain on the calf and pulled him up. The calf couldn’t stand up, but was alive. They fed it many bottles of water. They still didn't know what to do about it. They contacted a brand inspector from Big Piney, however Michael has all new brands. They also called Garlie Swain. One remembered seeing cowboys moving cows, and that would be us. So they took the calf down to the school section and stuck it in with Michael’s cows. Now to back up..for two days, Michael had a cow without a calf. We had her down to the corral three times, and she was vaccinated twice. We kept driving her back up there..but couldn’t find her calf. It turned out to be that calf that we got together with the mother yesterday. It was hungry and lame in the back, but sucked heartily. We moved it over a mile with the rest of the cows to get to their summer pasture.