First calf of 2019!

[Cadence A Waller]

Congrats! What a beautiful calf!

 

[Wickedchicken6]

That little brockle faced calf brings back memories... we raised an orphaned Hereford x shorthorn cross that looked just like that.

Edit: just noticed you called it mottled faced... we always said brockled face for one like that... maybe just a regional colloquialism ... I like em either way!

You are correct with calling it a brockle face.
That's what I get for posting at that time of the morning.

 

[EggWalrus]

I have to share this somewhere... and since husband beat me to Facebook, which I’m never on anymore, and got the better pic... I’ve been eagerly waiting for this since mid January. Scratching Rhonda’s bum daily, (you should see the girls “dance” when I hit the good spot near the tail! 1600+# of wiggling cow cuteness) peering at her udder, and her back end looking for mucus. I am sure the nasty weather of late held this beautiful boy in longer than normal, because she has looked so close, on and off for the last three weeks, and he is huge! Here he is, less than an hour old, our first calf of 2019!

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@aart @Eggcessive @EggWalrus @Wyorp Rock @PouleChick ... I’m sure I’m missing many ppl, but thank you for all your help and support in my chicken endeavors and adventures. I give you cute cow-cow pics, because my chickens are mostly uncooperative with the camera.

He's a cutie! I like cows as well as chickens too. Thanks for all the new pics of him and for being a friend!

 

[OhZark Biddies]

You are correct with calling it a brockle face.
That's what I get for posting at that time of the morning.

Oh, well I thought it was maybe just a difference in region... but there is a difference?... so now I gotta ask what is the difference in brockle and mottle faced?...

...I did a quick google search and it still wasn't clear to me... but I didn't spend but a minute at it.

 

[Wickedchicken6]

Oh, well I thought it was maybe just a difference in region... but there is a difference?... so now I gotta ask what is the difference in brockle and mottle faced?...

...I did a quick google search and it still wasn't clear to me... but I didn't spend but a minute at it.

You raise an interesting question. Now I'm going to be thinking about that.
I hope we get to see some pics of these next year from @Kris5902
And hopefully some more calf pictures this year.

 

[Shorty22366]

Awww. So beautiful.

 

[Kris5902]

I just noticed you didn't have any snow. Then I noticed where you're from. Envious here.
How many more to calve?

Yes, the nasty white stuff we almost never get, but got to “enjoy” about two feet of this February, has all melted!

We have 12 breeding cows and our Boyo Gus, a real sweetie but a little more frisky than our last Bull. 3 are new to the herd this year from the same ranch as Gus, should be bred but we don’t know when or by who (they aren’t anywhere close though). We are working on correcting our breeding schedule as they got out of season, 2 others also being new additions over the last two years. My Father-in-law had some health issues that led to management problems. 68 makes it a little hard to keep up, and he threw his back out and things sort of spiraled from there.

3 more due this spring. We also had a surprise calf in October, November, December, we lost one in January to a very hard breech that happened during the night/very early morning. The November calf was also breech and has neurological issues (it’s like she has Downs Syndrome or Autism) but I managed to save her. If a pregnant cow doesn’t show for breakfast I go hiking to find her... they like to hide in the woods when they give birth!

 

[Wickedchicken6]

Yes, the nasty white stuff we almost never get, but got to “enjoy” about two feet of this February, has all melted!

We have 12 breeding cows and our Boyo Gus, a real sweetie but a little more frisky than our last Bull. 3 are new to the herd this year from the same ranch as Gus, should be bred but we don’t know when or by who (they aren’t anywhere close though). We are working on correcting our breeding schedule as they got out of season, 2 others also being new additions over the last two years. My Father-in-law had some health issues that led to management problems. 68 makes it a little hard to keep up, and he threw his back out and things sort of spiraled from there.

3 more due this spring. We also had a surprise calf in October, November, December, we lost one in January to a very hard breech that happened during the night/very early morning. The November calf was also breech and has neurological issues (it’s like she has Downs Syndrome or Autism) but I managed to save her. If a pregnant cow doesn’t show for breakfast I go hiking to find her... they like to hide in the woods when they give birth!

68 would be difficult with health issues. You've already had a few calves.
Breech is a pain. Hopefully, the ones you have left calve without assistance.
Especially since they're new and you don't know what to expect.

 

[Kris5902]

68 would be difficult with health issues. You've already had a few calves.
Breech is a pain. Hopefully, the ones you have left calve without assistance.
Especially since they're new and you don't know what to expect.

The three next girls are all from our herd, birthed here on the property. Polly is 15, our new mama Rhonda is 14, Ute is 11, and Bessy 5. That will finish up “our” girls. The 3 “new” girls are all in the 8-12 year range.

It’s cute “Blackie”, who we got from someone getting out of cows on island is a Black Angus/Red Hereford x and her calf by our last bull is really big and looks “almost” Pure red Hereford, very slight differences in build and head conformation. With the Heavy Red Undertones in Gus, I’m interested to see next years calves as well.

 

[Kris5902]

Here’s “Rosebud”, my mom just had to name her something cutesy, and it stuck. She’s the November breech I delivered on my own (we don’t usually have issues with the Calves...) after a half mile rough hike to find her, then I carried across a large hayfield with her mom in tow behind me.

She has some visual impairment as well, which is scary because as she gets bigger, she’s not well coordinated, is quite frolicsome, and has no sense of personal space for the fragile human that tends her (me!)