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Up and walking thankfully. Bright enough calf.
8days old calf on the left.
8days old calf on the left.
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That 1st picture wasn't looking good on the cow. 2nd picture was great!! No matter what you have to do to get then out, it's always great to see the cow AND calf up & going.
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132,3lbs on empty stomach.
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Indeed. Cow did spent quite long time not standing, but after a good rest she finally stood up. Wasn't a hard pull with the jack, but it sure should have been painfull to get such calf out.
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Finally, another newborn. 292 days gestation, bull calf, unassisted, by simmental bull. The third calf for the cow.
The sire:
The sire:
Travlr
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I bet that calf will be a chunk. They caught that bull when he was feeling good.
It appears the bull had been wearing a halter and they took it off and let him loose. He was having FUN!! NICE calf! and really nice bull!
Dang, that is one chunk of a bull, and I like him!
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I hope so. Wanted a heifer, but this year seems to be bulls year here
however will have a sexed 75% sim calf from a heifer, so at least that one should be a heifer!Bright strong calf though, so happy about that and weather seems okay for leaving newborns outside.
Travlr
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You've got a lot of mud where you live. Or is that a plowed field behind?I hope so. Wanted a heifer, but this year seems to be bulls year here
Bright strong calf though, so happy about that and weather seems okay for leaving newborns outside.
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It's what left after mud season in cows pen. It's getting more dry by each day, but the damage is done to the field.
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Travlr
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That's even worse than South Dakota (USA) gumbo.
We fight the same thing. That's why the cows are not allowed on pastures during the winter. We have "sacrifice" fields that we use each and every year. We finally built gravel pads (wish they were concrete $$$). The pads are built along the fenceline and we feed the big bales over the fence into a round feeder (attached to 3 fenceposts). Feeding IN the field where the cattle were - we made as much if not more of a mess with the tractors. These sacrifice fields are grazed all summer as part of our rotational grazing.
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Finally the first Salers calf was born today. Heifer calf out of bluexchar cow. 288 days gestation, so was loosing a hope of heifer at this point
The other cow's ligaments are getting loose today, so there should be one more calf soon.
The other cow's ligaments are getting loose today, so there should be one more calf soon.
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One calf for the early morning. Calf is around 80% charolais sire by french bull. The first calf by him. Bull calf at 283 days gestation.
Sire:
Sire:
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Second for the cow. The first one was a hard pull with a heifer calf by a different bull, but cow went back in calf quickly. She calved at the end of May last year.
MurraysMutts
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I like that bull. I like him a lot!
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Gonna have two more calves by him, so will see how his calves will turn ouy. So far heifer is looking real nice. He is more of a cows bull for calving index. There will be two calves by an easy calving salers bull in May.
