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Love all the calves, especially indy. What is the chance your one heifer has all the color 
Wehner Homestead 2018 Calving: Done
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Abby Jane’s bull calf is getting a bit of a slow start with a weak suck so after a failed bottle attempt, he got tubed to make sure he got colostrum. He’s much more bright-eyed and bushy-tailed now!
I took the above pic on DH’s phone so when I sent it to myself, I also found this pic of Otis, our bull, from the fall.
In between all of the chaos, I also got a few pics of some of the other calves.
Our lovely Indy. (@luvmypets we expected a very black with some white here and there year. We knew Indy would be some shade of tan or tan/white. The calf that died was red/white as we knew he would be also. The four left to calve should all have black with some white on their calves.)
Bailey’s bull calf didn’t even get up.
Maizy (and Scarlett’s) bull calf.
Melody and her bull calf.
Dolly’s bull. I couldn’t get my phone to get a very good pic down the grade that doesn’t make him look a little goofy.
I took the above pic on DH’s phone so when I sent it to myself, I also found this pic of Otis, our bull, from the fall.
In between all of the chaos, I also got a few pics of some of the other calves.
Our lovely Indy. (@luvmypets we expected a very black with some white here and there year. We knew Indy would be some shade of tan or tan/white. The calf that died was red/white as we knew he would be also. The four left to calve should all have black with some white on their calves.)
Bailey’s bull calf didn’t even get up.
Maizy (and Scarlett’s) bull calf.
Melody and her bull calf.
Dolly’s bull. I couldn’t get my phone to get a very good pic down the grade that doesn’t make him look a little goofy.
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WH, I've been looking a few days for a picture I remember seeing from a few years ago. Finally found it today. Discussion was about Shorthorns, chromy hide colors and club/show calves. Someone posted a pic of a big long SH bull.
The comment it drew from a very experienced and successful Oklahoma cattleman cracked me up.
Thought you'd get a kick out of it. (Hope the pic shows up)
The comment?
"Forget everything else. That multi-colored nut sack is the bomb!"
The comment it drew from a very experienced and successful Oklahoma cattleman cracked me up.
Thought you'd get a kick out of it. (Hope the pic shows up)
The comment?
"Forget everything else. That multi-colored nut sack is the bomb!"
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WH, I've been looking a few days for a picture I remember seeing from a few years ago. Finally found it today. Discussion was about Shorthorns, chromy hide colors and club/show calves. Someone posted a pic of a big long SH bull.
The comment it drew from a very experienced and successful Oklahoma cattleman cracked me up.
Thought you'd get a kick out of it. (Hope the pic shows up)
The comment?
"Forget everything else. That multi-colored nut sack is the bomb!"
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Good news! Abby Jane’s little man is nursing!!! 
DH spent some quality time with them and finally got him latched. I love that he cares enough to make sure they get it figured out when I can’t. (My wrist on my dominant hand is bothering me from getting the chains on him. I think adrenaline was rushing and I didn’t feel the strain and ignored that I’m still getting my strength back. 
) We are keeping the pair in for at least another day or two to make sure he has the hang of it.
Back to watching the other four to go.
Reagan is due 3/20. Moxie is due 3/28 but being a heifer could go up to a week early. Maxine was bred within 21 days of 3/21 but she looks like she is within 2-3 days of Reagan. Last is Sydney and she’s down for 4/8. Between the last four cows and three does, the next few weeks have the potential to be a bit busy!
DH spent some quality time with them and finally got him latched. I love that he cares enough to make sure they get it figured out when I can’t. (My wrist on my dominant hand is bothering me from getting the chains on him. I think adrenaline was rushing and I didn’t feel the strain and ignored that I’m still getting my strength back. ) We are keeping the pair in for at least another day or two to make sure he has the hang of it. Back to watching the other four to go.
Reagan is due 3/20. Moxie is due 3/28 but being a heifer could go up to a week early. Maxine was bred within 21 days of 3/21 but she looks like she is within 2-3 days of Reagan. Last is Sydney and she’s down for 4/8. Between the last four cows and three does, the next few weeks have the potential to be a bit busy!- Thread starter
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Abby Jane’s little man continues to improve. He’s bouncing around and we’ve caught him nursing. Plan is to turn him out Sat morning so he has a better chance of adjusting to the hot wire and will be more sure-footed.
The last four girls are all showing signs. This is my guess for the order of arrival and gender: Reagan (bull), Moxie (heifer), Sydney (bull), Maxine (bull). We shall see how correct I am soon. Anyone else want to guess?
The last four girls are all showing signs. This is my guess for the order of arrival and gender: Reagan (bull), Moxie (heifer), Sydney (bull), Maxine (bull). We shall see how correct I am soon. Anyone else want to guess?
I'm a terrible guesser but I'll say an even split M/F... 2 bulls and 2 heifers. You've been having altogether too much luck with bulls up to this point.
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I got y’all some more calf pics tonight as we wandered through them as a family. The kids love talking about which cows and calves are theirs (they each got one for their second bday) and checking out the creek. Oscar followed us out and one of the calves tried to play with him so they enjoyed that!
We also turned out Abby Jane and her calf since he was trying to kick up his heels in the barn and ran out of space. He really gave Abby Jane a fright running around the pasture, though the kids loved watching him!
I only got pics of DS’ two calves (somehow he claimed a second cow lol.) He’s named them but they’ll both be steers and sold so I’m not too worried about that. DD1 named hers too. DH and I didn’t name our bull calves.
Maizy’s bull-L, Bailey’s bull-R
Maizy’s bull wasn’t standing the best on those rocks with the older two kids jumping around to my right and DH to my left trying to get his attention. Lol
Bailey’s bull was trying to play with Oscar. He typically has a better stance but I wanted to show you his “I tip-toed through white paint” look.
We also turned out Abby Jane and her calf since he was trying to kick up his heels in the barn and ran out of space. He really gave Abby Jane a fright running around the pasture, though the kids loved watching him!
I only got pics of DS’ two calves (somehow he claimed a second cow lol.) He’s named them but they’ll both be steers and sold so I’m not too worried about that. DD1 named hers too. DH and I didn’t name our bull calves.
Maizy’s bull-L, Bailey’s bull-R
Maizy’s bull wasn’t standing the best on those rocks with the older two kids jumping around to my right and DH to my left trying to get his attention. Lol
Bailey’s bull was trying to play with Oscar. He typically has a better stance but I wanted to show you his “I tip-toed through white paint” look.
