cjc
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Hi All!
I just wanted to make a place to put all my updates on our farm. This year we have done something different. All of our mama cows from previous years are no longer (except one) and this year all my pregnant girls are heifers. I did something new for us and I raised Holstein X Black Angus heifers I got from a local dairy. They are all pregnant with a Red Angus bull. He is the first bull we have ever owned. We got him real cheap at an auction that no one showed up at . We now rent him out to neighbours and its turning out to be a great little gig for him!
Here he is:
We call him "Big Boy"
As some of you know my only remaining cow from my previous herd just had a calf last week. He is a real beauty. He's a large calf! This is my cow "Little Red's" second calf. She is a FANTASTIC mother! She's a real ugly and small cow but man does she raise a good calf. We named him "Rusty"
A few months back I sold 4 of our cows to a retired farmer couple who just wanted some pets. Um, could I have got anymore lucky?!?! I had 4 cows that were some what "rescues" and it was such a relief when I found them a home they could grow old at. One of the cows I sold was my nurse cow "Lucy". She was also bred to my bull before I dropped her off at her new home and she just delivered a little heifer calf yesterday! It was hard to let Lucy go but her new owners called to let me know her calf was here and not only that the cow was born completely breach. With help she got the calf out in breach position. Maybe there was a reason I sold Lucy right before her due date haha. Here is the calf. But the good news is so far our bull has produced 2 healthy calves.
My next cows aren't due until November/December (I think). We will pregnancy check them again in a couple of weeks.
Oh and, this is my son learning the family hobby (cant call it a business because we never make money at it! haha)
I just wanted to make a place to put all my updates on our farm. This year we have done something different. All of our mama cows from previous years are no longer (except one) and this year all my pregnant girls are heifers. I did something new for us and I raised Holstein X Black Angus heifers I got from a local dairy. They are all pregnant with a Red Angus bull. He is the first bull we have ever owned. We got him real cheap at an auction that no one showed up at . We now rent him out to neighbours and its turning out to be a great little gig for him!
Here he is:
We call him "Big Boy"
As some of you know my only remaining cow from my previous herd just had a calf last week. He is a real beauty. He's a large calf! This is my cow "Little Red's" second calf. She is a FANTASTIC mother! She's a real ugly and small cow but man does she raise a good calf. We named him "Rusty"
A few months back I sold 4 of our cows to a retired farmer couple who just wanted some pets. Um, could I have got anymore lucky?!?! I had 4 cows that were some what "rescues" and it was such a relief when I found them a home they could grow old at. One of the cows I sold was my nurse cow "Lucy". She was also bred to my bull before I dropped her off at her new home and she just delivered a little heifer calf yesterday! It was hard to let Lucy go but her new owners called to let me know her calf was here and not only that the cow was born completely breach. With help she got the calf out in breach position. Maybe there was a reason I sold Lucy right before her due date haha. Here is the calf. But the good news is so far our bull has produced 2 healthy calves.
My next cows aren't due until November/December (I think). We will pregnancy check them again in a couple of weeks.
Oh and, this is my son learning the family hobby (cant call it a business because we never make money at it! haha)