This afternoon Donna helped me get the calves into the corral. Time to start weaning most of the calves. I decided this year to sell the calves at auction on October 6 instead of waiting to the end of October. The two calves born in late June and July are too small to sell this year. I will keep them and sell them in the Spring when they are bigger. I plan to keep Maria's heifer born mid-June. I am not weaning Maria's calf yet as she is still small. I plan to sell Maria and Speckles in two or three weeks and I will then wean Maria's calf.
Calves to be weaned.
Cows outside the corral mooing for their calves.
While this is a heifer, this is the only heifer I won't keep as a replacement heifer even though she looks nice. That is because she is Speckle's calf. Speckle had a vaginal prolapse this Spring before having this calf. I don't want to risk that the calf inherited this trait.
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