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Mystery Calf! Where did he come from?
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<blockquote data-quote="Anne_C" data-source="post: 746452" data-attributes="member: 14029"><p>Thanks for the advice so far, everyone!</p><p></p><p>When I say we have "a few" I literally mean "a few!" We have two cows, both with calves from last spring/summer still nursing a bit, and one heifer of breeding age -- I have not seen her in heat lately so I'm assuming she was bred during one of the neighbor bull's visits last fall. At first my husband thought it was the heifer's calf -- he said he *thought* he saw afterbirth on her backside - but when I asked him again he said he "wasn't sure." (How you can be unsure I don't know). She also has not bagged up AT ALL.</p><p></p><p>The neighbor's bull seems to be able to get over our 4' high electric & barbed wire fence any time he pleases, so we can't be sure of any exact dates. We don't really mind, he's very nice and we get our cows bred for free, it's not like they're for show or anything.</p><p></p><p>We generally check our cattle just once a day. More when we notice signs of an impending calf.</p><p></p><p>My husband talked to the neighbor yesterday, he has about 50 head and said he had 12 calves born last week, but didn't notice any upset mamas or absent babies.</p><p></p><p>I guess the reason I posted this in the "breeds" section is I was hoping the white facial markings (or in this case, lack thereof) might be a surefire way to know if this calf was pure angus or angus X hereford/semital. I guess that's not a telltale sign?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anne_C, post: 746452, member: 14029"] Thanks for the advice so far, everyone! When I say we have "a few" I literally mean "a few!" We have two cows, both with calves from last spring/summer still nursing a bit, and one heifer of breeding age -- I have not seen her in heat lately so I'm assuming she was bred during one of the neighbor bull's visits last fall. At first my husband thought it was the heifer's calf -- he said he *thought* he saw afterbirth on her backside - but when I asked him again he said he "wasn't sure." (How you can be unsure I don't know). She also has not bagged up AT ALL. The neighbor's bull seems to be able to get over our 4' high electric & barbed wire fence any time he pleases, so we can't be sure of any exact dates. We don't really mind, he's very nice and we get our cows bred for free, it's not like they're for show or anything. We generally check our cattle just once a day. More when we notice signs of an impending calf. My husband talked to the neighbor yesterday, he has about 50 head and said he had 12 calves born last week, but didn't notice any upset mamas or absent babies. I guess the reason I posted this in the "breeds" section is I was hoping the white facial markings (or in this case, lack thereof) might be a surefire way to know if this calf was pure angus or angus X hereford/semital. I guess that's not a telltale sign? [/QUOTE]
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