Made a new friend today!

Made a new friend today!

This here little guy is a brand new calf, born sometime this week. We had to run cattle through the chute today before releasing them into the pasture for the summer. As he's so new, he didn't really know where to go and is still a little weak when it comes to walking.

So part of my job for the day was to lead him along or carry him when he was tiring out/didn't know where he was supposed to go. Once it came time to take the cattle up into the east pasture, we put him at my feet in the UTV so he didn't have to make the ~1 mile walk.

By this point, he had gotten accustomed to me. We got all the cattle up into the east pasture but this little guy started following me as I walked towards the gate. I went back and picked him up and put him near the pond where the rest of the cattle were migrating. Once his mama has gotten her fill, she'll be over to let him get some milk and energy so he can play with the 11 other little ones in the sun and grass.