When it鈥檚 spring on a farm with cattle it means the arrival of newborn calves.
For Ty Korol, home from school at present, it means an opportunity to interact with new calves and more on the family farm near Canora.
One of the calves; Hope, has something of a story.
Hope was born March 19.聽
鈥淏y this time Ty had a good understanding of what was going on in the world with the coronavirus,鈥� said his mother Linda Banga.聽鈥淗is school was closed, we could no longer go and visit his Baba in the nursing home, and we couldn't visit Gida or Grandma.聽聽
鈥淲hen we brought the calf into the barn, Ty started to make a bed of straw for the calf to lie in.聽 As he was making up the calf's bed, he turned to me and said 鈥楳om, I am gonna name this one Hope cause of that crazy Coronavirus!鈥欌��
Hope's mother's name is Angel.
The family run a small herd so they only keep back a few heifers each year.聽
鈥淲e had not planned on keeping Angel, but Ty tamed聽her and named her Angel so we couldn't sell her,鈥� said Banga. 鈥淕ood thing we didn't sell Angel because last year she gave birth to her first calf and then she also raised an orphaned calf.聽 This year she gave birth to Hope. Ty reminds us that good thing we didn't sell Angel because she has raised us three calves in two years!
Since Ty is home from school he has also made it his mission to hug every mare each day 鈥� the family raise Clydesdales.聽
鈥淭he mares are loving it,鈥� said Banga.
