spinandslide
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My Brangus heifer, Jam, finally calved last night. She was in second stage when I got home from work at 5:30PM. Kept an eyeball on her while I fed. then walked over, checked, she had the waterbag starting to show. got in the house at 6:30, ate dinner, went back over at 7:30 and she had just had the little bugger. she was talking to him/her and cleaning him up. seems to have nursed by 8:30PM. IT all went very smooth and textbook!
Checked her this AM. Calf seems fill of vim and vigor..was galumping around, although that hind end had a mind of it's own, kept trying to get ahead of the front end.
Jam hasnt brought the calf up yet, so not sure if we've got a heifer or bull calf, but all in due time and when shes comfortable. most important, she seems to be a VERY good momma and calf seems healthy.
*got photos last night, Jam brought the calf up when I fed her and shes back to her normal chow hound mode. Calf also discovered the electric fence last night. He/She tried to follow one of the cats and ended up touching the wire with his/her nose..ouch! Sorry they are abit dark, I took them off my cell. my boss says it looks like a heifer calf, but I havent seen it urinate yet and it had its tail smack against it's rump last night. Very curious little bugger, think he/she is going to drive poor momma Jam nuts. *
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Porter is it's a bull calf(for porterhouse, yum!) and Fergie if its a heifer
Sarah
Checked her this AM. Calf seems fill of vim and vigor..was galumping around, although that hind end had a mind of it's own, kept trying to get ahead of the front end.
Jam hasnt brought the calf up yet, so not sure if we've got a heifer or bull calf, but all in due time and when shes comfortable. most important, she seems to be a VERY good momma and calf seems healthy.
*got photos last night, Jam brought the calf up when I fed her and shes back to her normal chow hound mode. Calf also discovered the electric fence last night. He/She tried to follow one of the cats and ended up touching the wire with his/her nose..ouch! Sorry they are abit dark, I took them off my cell. my boss says it looks like a heifer calf, but I havent seen it urinate yet and it had its tail smack against it's rump last night. Very curious little bugger, think he/she is going to drive poor momma Jam nuts. *
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Porter is it's a bull calf(for porterhouse, yum!) and Fergie if its a heifer
Sarah