A baby calf found his savior with A.D. Walker.

It all began in mid-May when A.D. noticed that one of his cows was having trouble delivering a calf.

“So, of course, A.D. stepped in to assist the cow,” said Patricia Walker, his wife of 59 years.

“A.D. put the cow in a cattle chute and with a good bit of effort, got the calf delivered.

“The problem now was that the cow was down in the chute and had one of her hind legs caught between the side boards of the cattle chute, and no matter what A.D. did to try to free that leg, it was to no avail.”

The cow was stuck.

“As a last resort A.D. came to the house and called a friend to come lend a helping hand,” Patricia said. “It was lucky that this friend came and brought with him an additional helper.”

With their help, they were able to free the mother cow but not without consequence.

“Now, both cow and calf are apparently in good health, but the mother cow is not at all interested in her new beautiful baby,” she said

A.D. was hopeful that the mother cow would bond with the calf, now named Black-Baby but no such luck.

“Now, we are playing nursemaid to a beautiful Black-Baby,” she said. “It took A.D. and me about four hours to teach the baby to accept the bottle — he simply didn’t know what to make of it, but he finally caught on and when he did he drained that bottle dry in no time as that little black tail started giving happy wags at about 50 miles an hour.”

The bull calf is fine and now living with their grandson in Cotulla.