The last of ours has calved

Saffy · Post by **Saffy** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 7:07 pm

It took a bit of a pull and she wasn't breathing at first but she is healthy and 2 days old now! I apologise for the rubbish pic quality but I didn't want to scare them with a flash - any excuse!

She is a cutie though! This is Woodmagic Martin, with her first calf.

I shall post some better pics - when I manage to take some!

Stephanie

Broomcroft · Post by **Broomcroft** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 7:22 pm

Is she bucket trained by any chance :D

Saffy · Post by **Saffy** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 7:24 pm

Did anything in particular give it away? ???

Stephanie

Broomcroft · Post by **Broomcroft** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 8:14 pm

No, it's just many years of experience.

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Saffy · Post by **Saffy** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 3:12 pm

Here are some better pics at last - we put them out for some grass today.

This one with of course Clive - a bucket!!!

The calf - they are ALL cute aren't they!

Just making sure there isn't a bit of that yummy food left anywhere!!!

The last one is my favourite. :D

Stephanie

helen salmon · Post by **helen salmon** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 3:45 pm

They are all lovely photos, but the joy in the last one makes it a true favourite, I agree!
Helen

Martin · Post by **Martin** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 8:23 am

Is that the photo bucket everyone keeps talking about?

wagra dexters · Post by **wagra dexters** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 3:59 am

Stephanie, does Martin's heifer have a name yet?

Martin, good one.

Margaret.

Saffy · Post by **Saffy** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 9:19 am

Hello Wagra,

Yes she does have a name, the week she was born there was a pair of stonechats on our driveway every day flitting about, they are a small, chunky, pretty bird, so she is Duffryn Stonechat, seemed ideal somehow!

Stephanie

Basil · Post by **Basil** » Sun Oct 19, 2008 11:07 pm

Ous have also finished calving,four calves every one a bull calf. We have no more due now until the spring, which means we have no heifer calves at all this year. Due to the foot and mouth and blue tongue restrictions last year, we were without a bull until the end of December, so we are really put out by the result, although they are all really good calves. I think we may just enter all four of them in the under 12 month classes in the shows next year.
Kelvin

Inger · Post by **Inger** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 10:17 am

She's full of beans isn't she.

At least its only 4 bull calves Kelvin. Last year we got 11 bull calves. This year, we have 8 heifer calves and 7 bull calves so far. Thanks goodness. There's 1 more cow to calve this month. Then another 4 heifers to calve in January. Imagine 20 bull calves! I'm so glad that last year was our bull year and not this year.

We got our first Grade 5 heifer calf this year.

All 21 kgs of her. The first calf of our first Grade 4 calf.

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