Calving 2024

[lithuanian farmer]

Once again a new thread No newborns at the moment. At least I think, as will need to do an evening check soon. It's going to be an interesting season. Some new bulls used, some new crosses tried.
Currently have three cows ready to pop any time. Limx in calf to lim at 286th day, pure lim incalf to lim at 284th day and limx incalf to charolais at 283rd day. All seem very close and not sure, which will pop first. Gonna to know real soon. Then will have five due around the first week of January.

One will be a very interesting case. She is due on 25th of January. She is a fairly big cow. And she looks huge So there are a couple options: twins ( or a whole litter), lots of fluids, or a half weaned calf.

 

[Jeanne - Simme Valley]

Good luck to all on here getting ready to start calving.
Sounds like you should have 3 on the ground real quick.
We had a heifer just calve 11 days early - 1st one due. Spit a bull calf out and he got right up and sucked.
Hope yours come as easily. Here's to a great 2024 calving season.

 

[coachg]

Wishing all a safe and productive calving season! Hopefully those good prices will last !

 

[TCRanch]

Oh, bless her heart! Wide load, coming through! Looking forward to seeing what she spits out.

 

[lithuanian farmer]

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everybody!
Stilll no calf on the ground, but had another kind of newborn born yesterday. The first lamb sired by our new pure Texel ram.


Ground conditions are horrible... Can't remember when it was so bad for so long. If it will continue this calving season will be a challange...

 

[Jeanne - Simme Valley]

I am in the same mud condition.

 

[frieghttrain]

So am i, cant ever remember a December this wet and NOT frozen sure hope it freezes up before we start calving in feb or its going to one heck of a mess! Hope your calving season goes smoothly! Much love from Minne NO snow sota
Hope you have one healthy calf out of that big girl (twins are a pain)

 

[lithuanian farmer]

Finally some action today! Hopefully everything will go well. Will move her to the shed soon.

 

[lithuanian farmer]

Actually had two cows calving at the same time. Calves delivered around 1am.
One cow is 3/4lim, 1/4 dairy, almost 13 years old. Has a little simmental heifer, 283 days gestation.
Second cow is mainly lim, with abit of charolais and angus, and is out of the first cow's maternal sister. The third calf for her, 289 days gestation, charolais sired heifer.

Already put the third cow in. She should be finally letting her calf out at the day time hopefully. Incalf to lim, currently 292 days gestation. Should be a bull calf it seems.

 

[TCRanch]

A 2-fer! Nice looking calves. Yeah, hoping you're not subjected to another 1 a.m. calving!

 

[MurraysMutts]

Love that blaze face calf!

Looking forward to seeing how many calves that wide load spits out. Shes a hippo for sure.

And still extremely excited about your new girls. Are they bred yet?



Fight the mud guys....
The alternative is MUCH worse. I promise.

 

[Travlr]

Ground conditions are horrible... Can't remember when it was so bad for so long. If it will continue this calving season will be a challange...
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Oh... that's not good.

 

[lithuanian farmer]

The third cow started calving already, so should have another calf in a couple hours.

 

[lithuanian farmer]

Love that blaze face calf!

Looking forward to seeing how many calves that wide load spits out. Shes a hippo for sure.

And still extremely excited about your new girls. Are they bred yet?



Fight the mud guys....
The alternative is MUCH worse. I promise.

Already have one heifer from the same bull. The one, which is 75% sim, has the same markings. The sire:



The sire of the Charolais heifer:



Will start new heifers AI in March. They are abit too young for breeding now. Some will be abit too young then too, but I want them to calve in winter, so they will be getting abit more meal to keep them growing abit more.

 

[lithuanian farmer]

The last newborn today Heifer calf as well. 292 days gestation, lim sired, out of limx cow. Unassisted. The sire:

 

[Travlr]

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The last newborn today Heifer calf as well. 292 days gestation, lim sired, out of limx cow. Unassisted. The sire:
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Your bulls look so much better than the current trend in the United States that I'm a little embarrassed for us. I don't know what happened, but I think breeders here have been so concerned with low birth weights and calving ease that they forgot beef animals need to have some meat on them. And it seems like several generations of low birth weight/calving ease has made a lot of cows that are incapable of delivering a normal sized calf.

 

[RustyTub]

Thought I would post a picture of my latest calf. Bull calf born 12/29/23. Prodigy of Dexter momma cow and her son. 54lbs soaking wet.

 

[Mark Reynolds]

Your bulls look so much better than the current trend in the United States that I'm a little embarrassed for us. I don't know what happened, but I think breeders here have been so concerned with low birth weights and calving ease that they forgot beef animals need to have some meat on them. And it seems like several generations of low birth weight/calving ease has made a lot of cows that are incapable of delivering a normal sized calf.

All things in moderation. Extremes and/or overemphasis is never good, regardless of the intent.

 

[lithuanian farmer]

Pure lim in for tonight. Hopefully better luck than last year. She sure will have only one calf this time. Currently 291 days gestation.

 

[lithuanian farmer]

Love that blaze face calf!

Weaned heifer by the same bull. But this one is 75% sim, out of heifer and no limousine in her. Should grow into a nice cow in the future.