Calving 2026

[lithuanian farmer]

New one today. Piedmontese sired bull calf out of 87% lim second calver. Either last or second to last calf from her due to ger udder.
Yup, and very pretty horns

 

[Travlr]

New one today. Piedmontese sired bull calf out of 87% lim second calver. Either last or second to last calf from her due to ger udder.
Yup, and very pretty horns
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Those Limousin udders... You'd think they would have bred out that kind of udder by now. Maybe they have and yours is a throwback? Still, they raise a good calf.

 

[lithuanian farmer]

Those Limousin udders... You'd think they would have bred out that kind of udder by now. Maybe they have and yours is a throwback? Still, they raise a good calf.

Mom's udder was better, so most likely her sire is the culprit with such issue. Definitelly not a desirable trait.

 

[lithuanian farmer]

Abit of momma drama here. The white charolais calf's dam is only the third calver, but her three teats became blind. The only working one is the back teat, but calf wasn't nursing it. Mom wasn't very cooperative, calf as well, so decided to take the calf home and feed with bottle. Knew that my bluexdairy heifer was due to calve these days and she had a big udder, so the best option was to try to graft the charolais calf onto her.
Heifer started calving yesterday early in the morning. The calf was fairly big, so decided to assist. At the same time brought the char calf to the pasture to quickly lay him with freshly born calf.
Assistance went well, but not very easy one. To our joy heifer accepted the new calf instantly. However, the other issue appeared. The char calf wasn't trying to nurse the udder
Fed him with a bottle, then gave him abit of milk in the evening and left both calves and new mom in a small pen for the night. This morning the char calf refused the bottle. Let mom out until the evening. In the evening both calves went straight to the udder to nurse. Success!

 

[Ky hills]

Abit of momma drama here. The white charolais calf's dam is only the third calver, but her three teats became blind. The only working one is the back teat, but calf wasn't nursing it. Mom wasn't very cooperative, calf as well, so decided to take the calf home and feed with bottle. Knew that my bluexdairy heifer was due to calve these days and she had a big udder, so the best option was to try to graft the charolais calf onto her.
Heifer started calving yesterday early in the morning. The calf was fairly big, so decided to assist. At the same time brought the char calf to the pasture to quickly lay him with freshly born calf.
Assistance went well, but not very easy one. To our joy heifer accepted the new calf instantly. However, the other issue appeared. The char calf wasn't trying to nurse the udder
Fed him with a bottle, then gave him abit of milk in the evening and left both calves and new mom in a small pen for the night. This morning the char calf refused the bottle. Let mom out until the evening. In the evening both calves went straight to the udder to nurse. Success!
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I’m glad that it worked out.

 

[TCRanch]

Well done! And good little mama for taking both.

 

[lithuanian farmer]

New heifer today. Was coming backwards, so decided to help.
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Sired by lim, born at 283 days. Quite small but quite fleshy.
The sire:
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He is homozygous double muscled bull and it sure is clearly visable on his calf.

An update on this one. Gonna be an interesting one when bigger. Less than a month old.


Currently only this year's pure parthenaise heifer. Almost two months old. Gonna have two more calving this month. One actually already is on 286th day.

 

[branxchar&charx]

Do they raise veal there?hehe Looking at those calves, makes me wonder how much taste difference there would be compared to veal raised in the U.S.

 

[Travlr]

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An update on this one. Gonna be an interesting one when bigger. Less than a month old.
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Currently only this year's pure parthenaise heifer. Almost two months old. Gonna have two more calving this month. One actually already is on 286th day.
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I show your pics to my wife and with no words from me she says, "Lithuania."

Fine animals...

 

[lithuanian farmer]

Do they raise veal there?hehe Looking at those calves, makes me wonder how much taste difference there would be compared to veal raised in the U.S.

Usually young beefxdairy calves (2-3months) are sold for export to Israel mainly. Needless to say those calves are mainly from dairy farmers. No local market for veal. The youngest animal you can sell for local slaughterhouse is 12months.

 

[lithuanian farmer]

I show your pics to my wife and with no words from me she says, "Lithuania."

Fine animals...

Glad to be recognizable!
Thank you

 

[lithuanian farmer]

Yesterday's arrival. Limx heifer out of limxsimx second calver. AI bred.

 

[lithuanian farmer]

Newborn heifer today. Sired by the lim bull. Dam is 10 years old.

 

[tater74]

Good grief! You would never find that calf if it laid down.

I enjoy looking at your cattle.

 

[lithuanian farmer]

Good grief! You would never find that calf if it laid down.

I enjoy looking at your cattle.

Yup, even a cow would be a struggle to find!

 

[lithuanian farmer]

Calving continuing. Another heifer sired by the homebred lim bull. Born at 290 days. Assisted with ropes, but most likely wasn't necessary. Was abit more concerned about her calving as her last one resulted in a very big calf and uterine prolapse. She was empty for quite a long time now. Finally she calved and this time everything went well.