Here’s a couple of shots of 4 of the calves from this year…I let the cows into the rye grass behind house and these four decided to be nosy Rosie’s…they just had to come up fairly close to the gate to see what I was doing. I say I “let” them in but really they just wanted to get at that fresh green grass…they demolished four 5x6 round bales over the last few days so I put out four more. Also put out some cubes but about half seemed more interested in the grass when I opened the second gate so I just said “what the heck? Have at it, girls. Of course, I then had to turn around and close the first gate before going back down there to put out the hay…maybe I’m spoiling them(?)
I’m fairly certain I counted 18 this evening but with the light fading fast and me in a hurry, I could be wrong…guess I’ll find out tomorrow…may be yet another new arrival. So, doing the math, 18 cows have had calves, 1 was killed by a stray dog but ear tag #1 had twins…this means there is the possibility of 5 more to come. I know two of the new cows which were supposedly bred haven’t calved yet…the angus-beefmaster cross can’t be far away…she’s getting pretty big…the red angus may have another month or so…and at least a couple of my “originals” are getting pretty big…we’ll see what develops…hopefully, the red angus won’t stick her head in the grapple again.
