TXMike
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I bought a simmental/brangus heifer from a lady in town. The heifer was born 2-17-15. She is solid black with one white spec on her face. I'll try and get a picture of her this afternoon. The bull she was out of was a pure bred simmental with alot of black and white on him.
My bull is a registered angus and he's solid black. All my cows are hereford or hereford cross and all the calves have been solid black or black with just the white face.
I bought her on 3-23-16 and put her with my bull since he's a LBW angus and throws a small calf and figured he'd take a month or so to breed her. So now she just dropped a calf yesterday. Which means she was exactly 22 months old. I try for 2 years but I'm thinking she'll be alright since she's just a little short of 2 years.
The thing is 3-23 to 12-17 isn't 9 months..... It isn't much shy of 9 months but I've always been told gestation is actually a little longer than 9 months. Plus this calf has so much white on it it makes me curious who the sire is. What are the chances that this is out of her bull? And is 22 months to young for a first calf heifer?


This is my first calf with a pink nose and no color around the eyes also. Is there anything I should do to protect it from sunburn?
My bull is a registered angus and he's solid black. All my cows are hereford or hereford cross and all the calves have been solid black or black with just the white face.
I bought her on 3-23-16 and put her with my bull since he's a LBW angus and throws a small calf and figured he'd take a month or so to breed her. So now she just dropped a calf yesterday. Which means she was exactly 22 months old. I try for 2 years but I'm thinking she'll be alright since she's just a little short of 2 years.
The thing is 3-23 to 12-17 isn't 9 months..... It isn't much shy of 9 months but I've always been told gestation is actually a little longer than 9 months. Plus this calf has so much white on it it makes me curious who the sire is. What are the chances that this is out of her bull? And is 22 months to young for a first calf heifer?


This is my first calf with a pink nose and no color around the eyes also. Is there anything I should do to protect it from sunburn?