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Wow... he's a handsome devil!
 

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Dougie is doing well. It would appear that he is naturally polled which I'm very happy about. I hate horns, but I also hate disbudding. Fern's heifer from 2015 (she's due in May) was also polled.

Fern is giving around 3 gallons a day. That's milking only once a day while also raising Dougie.
 

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Dougie is a chunky guy. He's been castrated and he's growing well. I separated him from Fern for about 8 hours so we'd get more milk, not doing that again anytime soon. Her normal 2.5-3 gallons turned into 5. We don't need that much milk so for now they are together 24/7. If he starts taking more than his "fair share" we will need to start separating them.

We are about a month out from the heifers due date. They're both growing cute udders.
 

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Mr. Dougie is getting big! :D Dam-raised calves are always so much fatter and healthier looking than bottle raised ones. How old is Dougie now?
 

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Cricket had a present for me when I got home from work this afternoon......it's a girl!!









She'd only been born a few minutes when I found her. She was up, but hadn't nursed and Cricket hadn't dropped the afterbirth.

She weighs somewhere around 60-70lbs (my arms weren't quite long enough to lift the baby in the sling off the ground to get a weight). Nice size for a first calf heifer. Cricket is being a lovely mother and doesn't have any problems with me handling her calf.
 

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