Halley & foster son Ragout

Halley had her first calf this month, but it was stillborn. One of our neighbours brought us a poddy bull calf, a lovely little Jersey-Angus cross, which we named Ragout. We tried to bond them for about 10 days, but although she allowed him to drink, she would attack him repeatedly and he ewas clearly unhappy, staying in the corner of the stall alone all day and night, too scared to come out. In the end we sent him back, to live with his siblings. As for Halley, the silly old cow (except she's only 2...) she's just going to have to suffer the discomfort of her big, unused udder till it dries up.