The New Member Of The Herd

Here is the newest calf arrival.  I am calling him ADD, which I will explain later.

 He's about three days old in this picture.

Here is ADD with his mama.  His mama is the only black cow in the herd.  So I look for her, then ADD.  Since ADD's arrival, I have observed her strong motherly connection and incredible patience.
I first observed ADD a couple days before I took these pictures.  What caused me to pay attention to this little guy was his mama would start walking with him at her side.  After only two or three steps, he would make a right angled turn and head off in a completely different direction.  She would hurry over to him, get him along her side again, start walking, and ADD would do the same thing.  I watched this over and over.  He seemed to have his own agenda or as I suspect, could not stick to what needed to be done.  With coyotes running through the pastures all day long, ADD's survival depended on him sticking with his mama and the herd for protection.  Needles to say, I was not making any bets he would last long.  However, ADD has gotten better.  He is moving now with his mama and the herd, though he still moves away occasionally.  I have my fingers crossed he makes it!