As
the summer months passed, Curly became our lawn mower with a great
fertilizer attachment. He no longer was interested in walking around
with us, but preferred to just to munch and an occasional head butt.
When ever some of the other cows and calves in the herd made their
way up in the hollow, Curly became increasingly interested in them.
We started opening the gate to see if his curiosity would lead him
to a nose sniff with one of his cousins. A few calves came in to investigate
him and to see just who this calf with the yellow halter really was.
As summer was coming to an end we watched one day as Curly walked
out the gate....turned and looked back...took a few more steps...
and then never turned back again. We kept our eyes out for him and
watched him from time to time growing and grazing with the rest of
the bunch.