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First calf spring 2011
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<blockquote data-quote="regolith" data-source="post: 847427" data-attributes="member: 9267"><p>Looks like a whole bunch of cows just waited for the rain to stop - 5 calves in the last 48 hours, nine cows altogether calved now.</p><p></p><p>21 had the first calf 2008 and 2009 and was due near the end of the calving season in 2010. I'd been watching her for ages - since late June, probably, and decided to cut her out with the first lot of springing cows even though I knew she'd been on a late calving farm last year and couldn't posssibly be due any earlier than August.</p><p>She calved yesterday. Exactly three weeks early. Yup, the calf is obviously premature but she's okay - I've brought her into the shed to feed because I hadn't seen her effectively suckling, though she was certainly pointing her head in the right direction. She's got that real soft fluffy coat of early calves.</p><p></p><p>There's a heifer's heifer calf in the paddock with gray eyes - instead of the usual deep blue or black.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="regolith, post: 847427, member: 9267"] Looks like a whole bunch of cows just waited for the rain to stop - 5 calves in the last 48 hours, nine cows altogether calved now. 21 had the first calf 2008 and 2009 and was due near the end of the calving season in 2010. I'd been watching her for ages - since late June, probably, and decided to cut her out with the first lot of springing cows even though I knew she'd been on a late calving farm last year and couldn't posssibly be due any earlier than August. She calved yesterday. Exactly three weeks early. Yup, the calf is obviously premature but she's okay - I've brought her into the shed to feed because I hadn't seen her effectively suckling, though she was certainly pointing her head in the right direction. She's got that real soft fluffy coat of early calves. There's a heifer's heifer calf in the paddock with gray eyes - instead of the usual deep blue or black. [/QUOTE]
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