The last few days have been brutally cold at night, We have several cows in maternity pens and we were really hoping that they didn't calve just yet. The cold doesn't bother the newborns as much as the possibility of their ears becoming frostbitten.

We forgot to mention that we had a nice lowline purebred heifer calf born on Friday the 13th.. I need to come up with a good name for her.

Saturday, we hads a nice family group drive over from west. They are taking over his grandparents farm and they bought two belties. They have three young children including a 7 month old girl who did nothing but laugh and smile.

We have now moved several of the young heifers out to a new pasture to allow room for the other cows to freshen. They seem to be enjoying stretching their legs. There is no grass yet so we feed hay in the pasture.

I checked the cows this morning first thing and went to the diner. All is amazingly quiet there. The boys even seem to have become numb to all the financial scandals whirling around.

When I got back to the barn, we had a nice 60 pound bull calf waiting for me. He seems quite spry. The mother is calm and let me weigh him. They don't always let you near the calf and you have to be careful. 900 pounds of momma cow in close quarters could be disastrous. Some people refer to Lowlines as miniature cattle. I think of them as a smaller version of full size cattle with all the typical cattle attributes and recommend that you always keep your gaurd up.

We let out a beltie and her three month old heifer calf into the pasture. The calf obviously hadn't been briefed by her mother about fences. She went through the electric about six times before she appeared to get the message. We hope she has a good memory.

The weather is starting to moderate but everything is amazingly dry for March. There are several brush fires in the County each day.

The snow geese are on the lake. I think the correct term is a raft of geese. Whatever it is called, it is amazing. I would estimate that the geese take up about three acres packed quite tightly. Every so often, the ones on the periphery take off and move into the center. I don't know who choreographs this but it's quite a show. My wife has explained a theory that chaos is well organized. I think the snow geese subscribe to that theory.