The very definition of cute, my white Chinese goslings came in first thing this morning.  Goslings are cute, curious, and one of the most intelligent of young poultry.  Unlike most baby birds, these didn't need me to dip their beaks into the water or food--they went right to eating and drinking.

These days, with the charges for cattle rustling in Texas amounting to little more than slaps on the wrist, it is great to see that Arizona considers the crime to be felonies.  I have always felt that the crime here merited more than what the rustlers got, mostly because the people committing the thefts are stealing a person's business, not their pets.  Even a backyard cattle raiser is hoping to raise a calf to sell or show, and that calf cost hundreds of dollars in purchase price and upkeep.

In the Arizona case, the rustler stole cattle worth more than $4000 but less than $25000.  Imagine having that much money stolen out of a person's home--that would be a bit more than the TV and stereo, but in Texas, the burgler would get more jail time than the rustler.  If someone broke into a store overnight when no one was there and stole that much in merchandise, again, they would face more jail time than the rustler.  Pathetic.

(Please note, I am not upset that a robber who holds up a store when people are present is subject to more jail time. Just the unequal treatment of cattle rustlers to people who break into unoccupied structures.)

An AI heifer was born with two faces in Viriginia.  Though the article keeps calling the baby a 'calf', it also calls the little one a 'she'. 

The farmer AI'd the mom cow for the heifer, to get a good animal genetically.  This kind of deformity can happen usually when twins do not completely seperate after starting development, so it is possible the heifer is still good genetically. 

I wonder if there are two brains in the braincase, and, if so, what the poor little buggers think about all this.