Happy Calving 2017

[bob_01]

@sodbuster I leave a rope on that leg just incase the cow were to go down during calving. It makes finding the leg easier when underneath the cow. If that makes sense. I once had a cow go down with her leg trapped underneath her belly, we couldn't get at her leg free, which made calving her impossible. The calve weight was 40kg which I'm very happy with out of this sort of cow.

 

[Henarar]

We had this bull calf born a couple days ago so that's the end of spring calving for us, touch wood it went very well everything alive and going well inc one set of twins
How has everyone else done ?
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[choochter]

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indeed

 

[JP1]

Bit different

Long way down !

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1430645573623197

 

[pine_guy]

View attachment 505264 We had this bull calf born a couple days ago so that's the end of spring calving for us, touch wood it went very well everything alive and going well inc one set of twins
How has everyone else done ?
try to remember the thread title

All still cooking in the pot. One looking like it might drop at any time, but not really due for a week. Be a race to see if the two remaining hogs lamb before the cows start

 

[Henarar]

All still cooking in the pot. One looking like it might drop at any time, but not really due for a week. Be a race to see if the two remaining hogs lamb before the cows start

we have two sheep to lamb but we are not sure they are going to

 

[sodbuster]

90 left here slowed right down only 2 or 3 a day. Sitting over 100 percent at the moment had about 15 twins so far. Still 6 weeks to go unfortunately!

 

[Old Tip]

One of my highland cows had this monster of a bull calf yesterday, no help given, she's been out in the woods all winter and had a handful of third class hay but that's all.

 

[JP1]

My friend William is busy calving his belties up in Dent Dale and his Dad has most of the Riggit Galloways at Lupton. William has a few more Riggit cows to calve with special lineage but here are some of his calves to date by Hatherland Finlay bred by Alison Bunning in Tiverton.

Dun heifer - even rarer


I'm swapping my Red Galloway bull Rufus for Finlay (who won last year's World Galloway Congress class) next Autumn so I am looking forward to my own calves by him on the ground in Spring 2020.

 

[pine_guy]

And we're off!

Not best start, calved herself and licked it, then tried to kill it when it stood up so had a couple of hours in protected recovery till the hormones settled down.

All happy now and out at grass

 

[Wolds Beef]

Nice to see 'Happy Calving' from Lincoln Red Cows in the care of @H.M. and @Guiggs. Is that a red Angus or a Lincoln in your Picture @Short_Angus? It shows they will calve easily! most of the time to any breed. I hope everyone looks the stand up at Stoneleigh and all the other shows they exhibit at.
WB

 

[Short_Angus]

Is that a red Angus or a Lincoln in your Picture @Short_Angus?

Neither @Wolds Beef , she's a Shorthorn out of a black Angus x cow. Calf by a Shorthorn bull.

 

[Henarar]

Nice to see 'Happy Calving' from Lincoln Red Cows in the care of @H.M. and @Guiggs.

We had two LR cross heifers calve this time one 1/2 LR calve a Sheeted Somerset calve no problem and a 3/4 LR calved a British blue

 

[Short_Angus]

Calved this 65kg monster yesterday, just as well its a heifer calf
No big calves up to now so this was a bit of an odd one thankfully
Both doing well

 

[liammogs]

First pedigree british blue of the yearView attachment 503966

Shows not all bb need zips

 

[Henarar]

Shows not all bb need zips

not many British blues need zips

 

[liammogs]

not many British blues need zips

Think the lims are more prone to zips these days

 

[Henarar]

Think the lims are more prone to zips these days

good and bad with both

 

[choochter]

last of the 3 heifers now calved

in a couple of days she'll join the other two outside

 

[crofteress]

very very nice Choochter . Quality cattle, good to see. Your wee roan is it out a half Whitbread ,seems to have shape over its back