Backbone Ranch
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Today was supposed to be the official start to the calving season, but with the snow, ice, and negative temperatures for the first time that I can recall this past week, we already have four calves on the ground. So far, it looks like none of them have frostbitten ears or tails, but it was hectic around here for a little while. We put two pairs in an old chicken coop for a couple of days with hay and were toting them water during the worst of the weather. Everything is back with the main herd now, and with temperatures in the 50s now, things are getting back to normal. All four of these calves are AI sired. Three are sired by Cadella Park Golden Boy, an Australian Murray Grey bull that was born in the early 1970s, and the other is a heifer sired by Ballee Thumbs Up, a New Zealand born Murray Grey bull.
This is the first calf born this year. She is a 5 day old daughter of Cadella Park Golden Boy, weighing in at 74 lbs.
These next two calves are bulls sired by Cadella Park Golden Boy. The first weighed 70 lbs, and we have not yet weighed and tagged the second calf yet. The first is pictured at 2 days, and the second at just a few hours old.
And this last heifer calf is a 72 lb daughter of Ballee Thumbs Up, pictured at 1 day of age.
No calves in this last picture, but I thought it was worth sharing. It is not often that we get to see our cattle in the snow here.
This is the first calf born this year. She is a 5 day old daughter of Cadella Park Golden Boy, weighing in at 74 lbs.
These next two calves are bulls sired by Cadella Park Golden Boy. The first weighed 70 lbs, and we have not yet weighed and tagged the second calf yet. The first is pictured at 2 days, and the second at just a few hours old.
And this last heifer calf is a 72 lb daughter of Ballee Thumbs Up, pictured at 1 day of age.
No calves in this last picture, but I thought it was worth sharing. It is not often that we get to see our cattle in the snow here.