Three on the ground! Update.
Woke up to our first calf of the year this morning. It was a up and suckling within a half an hour of hittin' the ground. It's amazing how fast they get their legs under 'em and get going.
2nd one dropped about an hour ago. Cute little buggers.
I love these little Aberdeen Angus. They hit the ground and bounce right up and head for a teet and the mama's are very protective of their little ones.
UPDATE: Number three just landed. He's got a belt like his mama. Took him about 15 minutes to get on his/her feet and now trying to find the spigot.
Got all three of the little ones in the picture below. All born within 7 days.
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One cold day my dad and I had to help pull a calf. Fortunately cow was in the corral so we had a good fence post to tie a rope around. But our hands were so cold we couldn't get a grip on the rope.
Ended up tying the rope to a post and I started standing on it and gently bouncing so it was like a pulse pulling on the calf.
Cow and calf did fine; we got warmed up by suppertime.🙄
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One of our neighbors down the road have a BIG long horn steer. When my wife is with me in the PU I tell we should stop and ask if we could have the rack when it passes to put on the front of the truck! Really pisses her off😉
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Bumped for the last time. See first post.
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Woo hoo!! Congrats.
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Congrats. That is mooverlous
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Around here Steve, it sure seems like bull calves are the majority of the new ones, what are yours?
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Are the striped one's belted galoways?
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Around here Steve, it sure seems like bull calves are the majority of the new ones, what are yours?
Ya know, we aren't sure yet. We haven't seen any of 'em peeing yet so we're not sure which way things are pointed and we try not to put hands on 'em unless absolutely necessary.
The belted are Galloways.The bull is an Aberdeen Angus, so the newest little guy is 3/4 Aberdeen and 1/4 Galloway.Edit; I just read the above sentence again and got it wrong! The belted cow is 1/2 Galloway and 1/2 Aberdeen. The bull is full Aberdeen making the little one 3/4 Aberdeen and 1/4 Galloway.
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Great that everbody's doing well.
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All feeding and doing well I hope? Mommas are good too? @NeoBlackdog
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All is well, @montanajoe ! The newest one is now right at 48 hours old and is starting (already!) to jump and run with the other two that are a week old. It has always amazed me how quickly they get up and going, even after all these thousands of calves I've seen born.
The mommas are very watchful and wary. When I walk down that way with the dog they all turn and keep a very close eye on the 'wolf' and they let him know that he is not welcome. I've watched the two female yearlings that are in the same pasture as the babies chase coyotes off twice now. The 'yotes were just down there hunting squirrels, not even anywhere near the babies, but the two yearling heifers charged 'em and made both Wily's take off for a safer haven. Pretty fun to watch!
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Good news, glad to hear it.
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