Bugaboo’s calf at birth weighed about 40# and I could just scoop her up and pack her around like a big doll. She’s still a doll, but Peekaboo is almost as big as her mamma. Notice the fly boots on Bugs – flies drive us both nuts during milking but the fly boots help.
Bugs is still the sweetheart she was when I started milking her this spring. We’ve had a few disagreements on who is boss, but as long as I remember that SHE is, we get along great.
One day when I came in from milking Sonny asked, “Do you let that cow and those calves lick you?” Innocently, I opened my eyes real wide and shook my head no, but I think the slobbers slinging off my ears were a dead giveaway that I wasn’t being totally honest.
Sandy Snider Stahl 