
On Sunday my mom called me at roping and said that we better hurry home because my heifer was calving! I had my Patches because she was my 4-H animal that I showed in 2008. I just made it home in time to see the baby being born!! They had to pull the calf because it was backwards. After the calf was born my dad told me that most calfs that are backwards don't live, but it lived. It was a little girl, she was black and white brocle face. My dad drug the calf into a pen in the barn. When the calf and Patches were in the barn we left them alone for a while. In about an hour we went to check up on little Maggie and Patches, Maggie was trying to get up but she couldn't so my dad picked up her back end. She wobbled for a while and then fell over. In a minute she tryed to get up again, so dad went over and gave Maggie a boost. This time she stood and then Patches started licking her. Little Maggie started looking for her mother, finally she started sucking! My dad waas happy that Patches accepted her!!! This morning when I went down to check on her Patches came to the fence and I scratched her on the nose, then baby Maggie came to the fence she was so cute and dry. I am so glad that she lived!!!