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Haybelly or am I getting an OOPS calf?
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<blockquote data-quote="Lannie" data-source="post: 1679581" data-attributes="member: 8202"><p>Yikes! Aliens! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> No doubt there, right? Great video!</p><p></p><p>I don't have any pure beef heifers, so I should probably keep my mouth shut, but my *just about* half and half Angus/Jersey heifer had nothing more than what looked like a bit of a fatty udder right up until a few days before she calved. Seriously, it could have just been fat, I wasn't really sure. It was enough I could cup my hand around it, but it didn't seem to get bigger. I fretted over that like you wouldn't believe, thinking maybe, just MAYBE she wasn't bred, and the movement I felt in her belly was just gas. But she calved a day before her due date and even though she still had a pretty small heifer udder, she raised a nice fat bull calf for me, and there was milk left over for the house. Her second calf, she made a better udder and there was PLENTY of milk in it. She's expecting #3 this fall.</p><p></p><p>So you can't really tell by the udder every time, but it always makes me feel better if I can see some progress there. I still think she looks pregnant, but it IS kind of hard to tell under all that hair (wink), and I hope you find a nice bouncy calf one day soon. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lannie, post: 1679581, member: 8202"] Yikes! Aliens! ;) No doubt there, right? Great video! I don't have any pure beef heifers, so I should probably keep my mouth shut, but my *just about* half and half Angus/Jersey heifer had nothing more than what looked like a bit of a fatty udder right up until a few days before she calved. Seriously, it could have just been fat, I wasn't really sure. It was enough I could cup my hand around it, but it didn't seem to get bigger. I fretted over that like you wouldn't believe, thinking maybe, just MAYBE she wasn't bred, and the movement I felt in her belly was just gas. But she calved a day before her due date and even though she still had a pretty small heifer udder, she raised a nice fat bull calf for me, and there was milk left over for the house. Her second calf, she made a better udder and there was PLENTY of milk in it. She's expecting #3 this fall. So you can't really tell by the udder every time, but it always makes me feel better if I can see some progress there. I still think she looks pregnant, but it IS kind of hard to tell under all that hair (wink), and I hope you find a nice bouncy calf one day soon. :) [/QUOTE]
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