Wednesday, May 08, 2019

Calf 11 - 90 heifer's

I finally had another calf born overnight.   The previous calf was born way back on April 13.   Heifer #90 (not to be confused with her mother, cow #90) gave birth.   By 10 am the calf was warm and dry and walking so it had been born some hours earlier.   The calf is a heifer.

The other calves were very interested in checking out this new calf.  The calf's mother has her back to us and eating hay I placed near her.




Another cute little calf.   The new mom is a good mom.  She is attentive and usually near the calf (other than when she grabs a quick bite to eat).  When the calf was walking around checking out the corral the mother followed gently mooing over and over, "Be careful.  Be careful."

I have one heifer left to calf and two cows.  All are looking closer to calving.  The last heifer to calve is the largest heifer (almost the size of a cow already!) so I hope that helps minimize first time birth problems.

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