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<blockquote data-quote="Fire Sweep Ranch" data-source="post: 1248935" data-attributes="member: 18809"><p>We had a cow calve tonight... </p><p>She is a half blood Upgrade cow, Stocky bought her first calf, a really nice bull that was 68 pounds at birth and 689 pounds at weaning at 6 months (he is a 3/4 blood), he is running on White Park cows. Her second calf is in our show string, a May that was 58 pounds at birth, 686 pounds at weaning and is now 954 pounds (not quite a year old yet, a double half blood)). The calf she had today, was sired by our Steel Force embryo bull we have pictured here often. I have recorded that she was bred to him on 7/29, then again 18 days later on 8/16. So, she is either 280 days gestation by todays date, or 261 days gestation. This calf is vigorous, sucking, and doing great. I brought the cow up, thinking there was a twin, since she was just 44 pounds, but there is not another calf in there! No signs of being a preemie. Her hair is normal length, and she is up and running. Her heifer calf last year was small, and the cow had her standing up. This one we saw right after she was born, she had not sucked yet and was wet. So I know there was not a twin. </p><p>So, this cow has small calves, and raises them big! But, was this a really early calf or did the cow have a false heat the second time around? Either way, I am happy for a healthy heifer calf. This was the last calf out of our Steel Force bull we raised from an embryo. For us, he produced 8 heifer calves and one bull. We sold two bred heifers, and both of those heifers had bulls (Inyati bought one). All of his calves looked good. I am glad we used him before he left, and I still have 50 straws of semen from him in my tank to use. I am just surprised we got so many heifers! </p><p></p><p><img src="http://i59.tinypic.com/wu2bu1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>After bringing her up and weighing her...</p><p><img src="http://i62.tinypic.com/el8gfq.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fire Sweep Ranch, post: 1248935, member: 18809"] We had a cow calve tonight... She is a half blood Upgrade cow, Stocky bought her first calf, a really nice bull that was 68 pounds at birth and 689 pounds at weaning at 6 months (he is a 3/4 blood), he is running on White Park cows. Her second calf is in our show string, a May that was 58 pounds at birth, 686 pounds at weaning and is now 954 pounds (not quite a year old yet, a double half blood)). The calf she had today, was sired by our Steel Force embryo bull we have pictured here often. I have recorded that she was bred to him on 7/29, then again 18 days later on 8/16. So, she is either 280 days gestation by todays date, or 261 days gestation. This calf is vigorous, sucking, and doing great. I brought the cow up, thinking there was a twin, since she was just 44 pounds, but there is not another calf in there! No signs of being a preemie. Her hair is normal length, and she is up and running. Her heifer calf last year was small, and the cow had her standing up. This one we saw right after she was born, she had not sucked yet and was wet. So I know there was not a twin. So, this cow has small calves, and raises them big! But, was this a really early calf or did the cow have a false heat the second time around? Either way, I am happy for a healthy heifer calf. This was the last calf out of our Steel Force bull we raised from an embryo. For us, he produced 8 heifer calves and one bull. We sold two bred heifers, and both of those heifers had bulls (Inyati bought one). All of his calves looked good. I am glad we used him before he left, and I still have 50 straws of semen from him in my tank to use. I am just surprised we got so many heifers! [img]http://i59.tinypic.com/wu2bu1.jpg[/img] After bringing her up and weighing her... [img]http://i62.tinypic.com/el8gfq.jpg[/img] [/QUOTE]
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