3 Calves in One Day

#20 is my friendliest cow. She’ll let me pet her sometimes. Anyway, she gave birth to #39, a beautiful brown baldy bull on February 19th. When I came back in the afternoon, I found 2 more new calves! #40 was born to Brownie. He is a light brown bull. #41 was born to an untagged… Continue reading 3 Calves in One Day

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#38 is born

Dusty gave birth to a beautiful bull #38 on February 18th, 2024 . He is white with brown markings on his legs, back, neck and head, with white markings on the head as well.

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#37 is born

#37 is a brown baldy bull born to a new dam. He was born February 16th, 2024. He is 1/4 longhorn (through Blue), 1/4 angus (unknown sire), and 1/2 beefmaster (neighbor’s bull).

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#32 is a black bull calf

He was born on January 7th, sometime in the early morning. Because of the excitement around #31, though, he was mostly forgotten, but he seems to be doing just fine.

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#30 is born

#30 was born to an untagged heifer on February 2nd, 2024. She is a black calf with some white markings on her head. This is the first calf from my 2021 calves. So far so good!

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#10 Retained Placenta

#10 gave birth on January 30th, 2024 to a beautiful bull #27. This was our 3rd calf of 2024. Mother and baby were all healthy. After a few days, I noticed that she hadn’t passed her placenta or afterbirth. This is a fairly rare condition called retained placenta. By day 4, I knew something had… Continue reading #10 Retained Placenta

#29 is Born

#29 is a beautiful pure brown/red heifer calf. The mother is #19, probably the 2nd fattest cow through 2023. The sire is my neighbor’s Beefmaster.