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Had her put up in a lot for calving because problems seem to happen if they are left in the pasture. This particular heifer didn't grow out as well as I thought she would and that caused me to be a bit nervous. I knew she was AIed to RCR Stetson and when she was due so that helped me relax a bit, but I still checked on her every 4 hrs. She ended up going 2 days pass her due date, I guess waiting for the ground to dry a bit :) . I went this morning to check on her and she was away from the other cow in the lot and the fresh hay, she was of laying on another old previous feeding spot. She didn't appear to be doing anything but I thought that was strange, so I came back like 2 hrs. later instead of 4 and found that she had done had it. She was laying there with calf laying near her head. Calf was laying upright but still wet and motionless. I thought she should be up working with the calf, so I grabbed my towel and went to check closely. As I approached the heifer stood up, I reached over to dry the nostrils and ears just a bit to make sure the calf was breathing and fine. I no more than lightly touched the calf and it jumped up like speed lightning and ran right smack into a tree. There for a second I thought I had killed it, but then it got back up and came back to momma as I backed out. It went straight to trying to nurse. I suppose the heifer was trying to pass the afterbirth when I got there. She would end up getting most of it out a bit later. Calf is a small 50ish-60ish pound heifer I would say. One thing that's weird is one ear is turned down and floppy like a puppy dog ear. Hope to get some pics up the next day or so. As far as a calving ease Simmental Bull, Stetson has worked really well for us and they grow pretty well too.
 
One of the funkiest colored heifers we have retained in years, but we needed a few replacements in the commercial herd. Therefore, we gave her a shot to find a place in the cow herd. She is pretty much a Black Simmental & a Gold Gelbvieh cross. She didn't grow as well as I would of liked, but she did breed easily to the AI on a natural heat, calve on her own, claimed the calf remarkably well, and looks to have a pretty nice udder. Loved how she stood still and let the calf go to nursing without any kicking or frigid moving around to keep the calf at her head.
 
Glad she did well. We bought some Simmental heifers already bred. They are all black. One calved last week and the calf is exactly the same color as your heifer. The heifer is registered. I know Simmentals vary in color, but was surprised at this little bull not being black.
 
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chances are that calf will turn black once it looses its baby hair. It will bleach out some more this first summer, but generally they turn black and stay that way once older.
 
FLS, I bought a bred heifer, bred to Stetson, several years ago. She ended up almost dead, with a dead bull calf that weighed over 120 pounds! Breeder was astonished, as where we. Heifer was paralyzed for about 2 weeks before we got her up and moving, and right to the sale barn! Worst experience ever. I know he is calving ease, so it just goes to show you there can be some surprise genetics in there. The heifer was bought in November, and calved the end of December, and was on just low quality fescue hay. No reason for an extreme calf... just happened. That experience is the reason I bought a calf jack, and since then have only used it two times now (in about 5 years).
Williamsv, that calf will likely be black when it sheds out. Sometimes, if the lineage has Hummer in it, you tend to get some brown points on the cattle (Simmental), but they are usually black or red...
 
Fire Sweep, what genetics was the bred heifer out of ? I have a hard time believing that he would sire one like that with how ours have turned out. But there is always a surprise out there to gobble you up. For us he sires a little longer leg in a slender formation and they're light weight at birth. This calf was my last straw of Stetson I had. Looking at some other options to try on my red heifers here soon, but haven't decided if I want red calves, black calves, or to try and shoot for some type of blaze. Thinking on trying the white face bull King Pin with Genex, he is Heterozygous Black and Homozygous Polled and appears to be a balanced trait calving ease sire. With him I'll have a chance at black, red, and chrome. But also with him I just haven't seen any progeny I can recall therefore I haven't pulled the trigger and ordered any just yet. Thanks for sharing the info it's always nice to know others experiences with bulls that we are using.
 

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