This cow had is guessing all summer.... she calved yesterday morning...the heifer calf was very aggressive and sucked teet within the first hour.


Just born moments before


This morning they are in the loafing barn.

Nice looking calf!

Bless it's heart !! Unlucky fellow was born in MINN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

IN NOVEMBER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What a beautiful Mum !

If you haven't named the calf yet , can I ? Call her Slingshot ! Almost perfect mark on her face

Beautiful cows , Scott .

Could use a Packer hat

And some wool shorts. It is cold up here today with the wind.

Exactly , Ive got the pair in the loafing barn ( which faces South / South east

brrrrrrr,awesome pair

I she got some colostrum, she will make it thru about any weather.

Keep em dry as much as you can, for as long as you can. Wet will suck the heat out of calves and make them sick or just kill them.

Udder tech makes jackets for calves, waterproof nylon shell insulated with thin sulate. I have a pile of them, love them in bad weather. Keep the calf dry and warm and they just do better.

I have a strain of black with speckled faces, probably been going on twenty five years or more. Terrific cows throwing really good calves, both strong and independent with good size and friendly temperments.

Nice looking livestock. How many you got.?

Thanks for all the advice, comments
The heifer was very aggressive, nursing within the first hour.
Today I got the pair into the loafing barn...actually they were in there on their own when I ckecked them this morning... The Bull was in there with them... he's stayed close...but now he's out and they're in.

*** Sharon, her middle name will be slingshot!!! Ha ha Ha , promise.

Jbyrd, We have 10 Now.

They really need to be up and feeding in the first two hours, especially when it's cold. The longer they go without the weaker they get.

I had one in the pen one time, I rode back up the hill for something and came back and she was gone. Fifteen minutes old she got up and took off. Called her dad's ball o fire.

we are just getting started with calving. 6 on the ground and about 280 more to go in the next 2 months.

Ahhhhhhh Christmas veal...........

Osky

We used to have one that looked like that, it turned into the meanest cow we had, wild and couldn’t get with in 100 yards of it, it finally had a heart attack and died while trying to kill dad, the only reason it lived as long as it did is we didnt want to get the rest wound up by shooting it in the herd.

You better get that calf bundled up! Some bad stuff on its way!!

Here in western Oregon sheep have been lambing since early October. Not late, early.

You keeping her back? I had one two years ago way early and just kept her as she was not the same size as my other calves. Bred her around 18 months and she calved out a nice bull calf for me two months ago. I still have a knot head cow I am waiting on.......she is either gonna calve soon or die.......she will probably wait for it to start raining....
I just turned Trump (our bull we borrow) in tonight with my massive herd of 8. I shoot for calving around Sept 1 and then just sell calves off in April when I move my cows back down the road to the farm I rent. My small herd justifies having my tractors/balers so I can put up hay. Well, not really, but at least I am not paying near as much in taxes every year cause I am a broke farmer.