New addition and fingers crossed lots of rain

Yay! We are getting some rain this morning! I hope it (slowly) rains all day, we need rain here so bad! The fields here on our farm have been looking an ugly dry brown lately, I really had not thought very much about it (we always get spring rains). Then last week the loss of rain really caught my attention our creeks (when I checked fences) are just barely running and both ponds have so much scum on top that I am glad the cows don't depend on the ponds for water. I was at the farmers co-op the other day and they are selling some kind of shock for the ponds for $65 in a gallon container but I don't like the idea of putting this in the water and the cows drinking it, I'm sure its ok but....

The little bit of rain so far this morning has cleared up the lower
pond, its fairly good sized and only had a little scum on it.

This is the small pond in the barn lot, it will
take a lot more rain to clear it up.

I had some bad new yesterday I called the gentlemen that I have gotten my round bales from for the past 4 years to order my usual 60 5x5 bales. I was slightly very disappointed, he said hay may be scarce this year because the first cuttings are only bringing in a little over half of the usual amount from the fields and the second cuttings may not be worth cutting! You know how that goes the loss drops down to the little guy soooo he said the round bales are going to cost an extra $12.50 per bale. Have you ever felt like you cant win for loosing! The glass is always half full though we are happy and healthy and we will pull the extra money from somewhere the main thing is at least we can get hay! :)

On a follow up the little guy is doing better (the shot has done wonders), he is starting to put more weight on his leg and walking around a bit....

 and back to throwing a fit if we are a tiny bit late with his bottle. I'm not sure who enjoys bottle time more him or my Mom! :)

We also have a new addition to the farm she (yay she I can keep her) was born on our 26th anniversary! Her Mom is a big Red Angus, she weighs about 1400 pounds and tall, so her baby should make a nice addition to our heard. She is a week old today and since I get to keep her does anyone have any ideas on a name?

 Big Red

This is her new little girl