Fern

This is Fern

She is the newest member of our farm family.

She is a 4 week old Holstein heifer.

It's been a rough 4 weeks for Fern.
The day she was born it was in the high 90's. Two days later it dropped to the 50's & rained for for 3 days.
After that it shot up to 105-115 for a week & half. Now it's back to the high 90's again.

If you know anything about calves you know that is pneumonia weather.
The extreme temperature changes are very hard on a baby animal. Especially a bottle calf with a questionable start.

We are unsure how much, if any, colostrum she had. :(

So in the last 4 weeks she has dealt with pneumonia, scours & pneumonia again.

We are throwing our entire herbal & pharmaceutical arsenal at her.

Doing everything we can to help her get strong & healthy.

Because, despite their ginormous size, calves are delicate little creatures.

And she's part of the family now. We would have much weeping if we lost her.

Unfortunately, with farm life you don't always have control over that.

In fact you rarely have control over anything!

So, this is Fern :)

Blessings.