Meet Lady Eleanora's baby “Juniper”
Sat, Jun 11
|Ballycor Farms
Lady Eleanora's first calf, “Over The Fence”, barn name “Juniper” was born at 11:45 Friday, May 27th. Come meet the little baby, pet Bambi the pony, and play with the goats Anne and Gilbert
Time & Location
Jun 11, 2022, 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM
Ballycor Farms, 1511 Hogback Bridge Rd, Earlham, IA 50072, USA
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About the event
The birthing story
Ellie's water broke at 7:30 pm Friday evening. I (Cindy) was out having pizza and wine at the Madison County winery with friends. I pulled up my Baby Watch camera to Ellie's water breaking. I rushed home and 3 friends joined me to watch and help if needed.
My friend Jana Teachout and I took a cattle-keeping course through Iowa Land and Legacy last November. It's a women's landowner's group in Iowa. The class was put on by the Iowa State Extension office in Adel. The course covered everything from nutrition and genetics to stages of birth and when to intervene. Ellie spent an hour in stage 2 of labor with no progress, which meant we had to jump in and help. We could see feet, but we had yet to see a nose. My concern at that point was that the baby's head was backward…
Tickets
Farm visit per person
$12.00
+$0.30 ticket service fee
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