Newborn’s

[Peanut]

There is something about a new born calf. He was about an hour old when I found him during the cold spell last week. I thought she would deliver during the night but she waited until after breakfast. This is momma’s first calf and had no idea how to react so I’ve been keeping an eye on him. I checked on him yesterday and today because of this week’s cold spell, still doing fine. Momma has figured it out and takes good care of him now.

 

[Double R]

That’s awesome! Congrats!
Nice pair! Got to love heifers.
I got baby fever pretty bad right now. Your not helping! ;D We start calving on our ranch in a couple weeks.

 

[Amish Heart]

Gorgeous!

 

[phideaux]

When I was a kid,
I remember my grampa ...come in from the barn , and he would say..."well , we eat good another years"



New calf on the ground..


Thats cool.


Jim

 

[*Andi]

That is one cute calf ! Congrats !

 

[tiffanysgallery]

Great looking calf, congrats!

 

[Peanut]

Here he is this afternoon peeking out from behind his momma on the right. His daddy is over on the left.

 

[Homesteader33]

@Peanut Here are some photos of some of my walking steaks! The snow photo was taken early last month.

 

[Peanut]

@Homesteader33

I see lots of acorns in your photos. A very dangerous situation. There are many fancy words describing a cow or a sheep being poisoned by acorns. The real scoop… the tannin's in acorns erode the lining of the first stomach in ruminant animals. Then the tannin's move on to the second stomach.

Basically, the animal starves to death because they can no longer absorb nutrients from the food they eat. Peculiar, acorns are almost additive to cattle. Once one starts eating them they don’t stop… they die. Something to watch out for… I've had more than few cows in this situation. Nothing to do but put them in a corral for the rest of the winter. And yes... keep an eye on them the next fall.

A couple of acorns here or there isn’t a problem… watch for cows that spend their entire day under an oak in the fall.

 

[Homesteader33]

@Peanut Yes I have heard of this problem and aware of it, have not had that problem....yet! but yes we keep an eye out!

 

[Peanut]

This little guy was born day before yesterday. Actually 2 calves were born that day but I didn't have a camera with me.

 

[Meerkat]

So cute!
I got a dairy calf from cattle auction because he was being kicked and pushed all over the stockyard. So me and grandkids put him in our back seat floor and took him home.
I ended up strangling him to death trying to feed him from a tube. He never got his mamas milk but somehow grew fast. My vet said to stop throwing money at him after $300. But he tried so hard to live. Till he couldn't hold hid head up anymore. I learned fro mthat poor little thing.
His name was Lucky.

 

[Peanut]

So cute!
I got a dairy calf from cattle auction

His name was Lucky.

My neighbor to the east had a dairy for years. He said many times that a Holstein was born looking for a place to die...

"His name was Lucky"

 

[Meerkat]

My neighbor to the east had a dairy for years. He said many times that a Holstein was born looking for a place to die...

"His name was Lucky"

. Small world ,lol.
Poor thing didn't live up to his name, it was a baby bull.

 

[Meerkat]

There is something about a new born calf. He was about an hour old when I found him during the cold spell last week. I thought she would deliver during the night but she waited until after breakfast. This is momma’s first calf and had no idea how to react so I’ve been keeping an eye on him. I checked on him yesterday and today because of this week’s cold spell, still doing fine. Momma has figured it out and takes good care of him now.

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Peanut, hows that calf coming along?

 

[Peanut]

Peanut, hows that calf coming along?

He was napping when I saw him Sunday. I haven't been over there today...

 

[Meerkat]

He was napping when I saw him Sunday. I haven't been over there today...

Thats good, so he is doing ok.

 

[Peanut]

Today I came home from town to find half the herd out of the pastures... It only took me about 20 minutes to get them into a pasture or pen. It took another hour or so to get them into the correct pastures. Geez! I only had a cow out of the pasture 3 or 4 times in the last 10 years.

Now than my grtnephew is running the show he's had cows out 3 times in 3 straight months! HEY! the idea is to keep them IN the pasture!

I even had to break out the scooter to get the donkey back in. I finally got him and the horse into the same pasture (they are buddies since birth). I thought it'd be easy after that... But Noooo! I had to fire up the minibike and chase them around 16 acres, 11 in pasture and 5 in thick timber!

I was out there for 2 hours chasing critters altogether! Heck, that minibike needed to be run anyway.

I went back for my camera, might as well take some pics of calves.

Looks like some Brahma got in this little guys blood line.

 

[Peanut]

I caught buzzards trying to kill this newborn calf this afternoon. It has happened before but it is rare. Momma was all upset. I didn't dare get any closer to her but did get her moving back towards the herd. She'll be calm as soon as she blends in.

 

[backlash]

My dad used to get day-old bull calves from a local dairy, free. The farmer had dug a pit and the bull calves he couldn't get rid of he threw into the pit to die. I guess it wasn't uncommon. At the time they couldn't give away day-old calves. I saw 5 go threw a cattle auction and they couldn't get a bid for any of them. A guy finally said he would give them $5 for all of them, sold. They were all Holsteins.
Now, any calf is money on the ground.

 

[Terri9630]

My dad used to get day-old bull calves from a local dairy, free. The farmer had dug a pit and the bull calves he couldn't get rid of he threw into the pit to die. I guess it wasn't uncommon. At the time they couldn't give away day-old calves. I saw 5 go threw a cattle auction and they couldn't get a bid for any of them. A guy finally said he would give them $5 for all of them, sold. They were all Holsteins.
Now, any calf is money on the ground.

A few years back dairy bull calves went from $5 to $250 for day old calves. That is nuts!!

 

[Terri9630]

I caught buzzards trying to kill this newborn calf this afternoon. It has happened before but it is rare. Momma was all upset. I didn't dare get any closer to her but did get her moving back towards the herd. She'll be calm as soon as she blends in.

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I've had issues with ravens going after new born goat kids. Birds can be vicious.

 

[Homesteader33]

This is our new little one, born 6 days ago. Healthy and doing what is supposed to be doing, sucking momma to start the meat making process!

 

[Meerkat]

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This is our new little one, born 6 days ago. Healthy and doing what is supposed to be doing, sucking momma to start the meat making process!

@Homesteader33 hows the baby doing now? I know they grow very fast.

 

[Homesteader33]

@Homesteader33 hows the baby doing now? I know they grow very fast.

doing great and yes they grow really, really quickly! I will see if I can get a photo tomorrow of the youngster now!

 

[Peanut]

Sorting old photos, came across this. Must have been the fall of 16, spring of 17. We had switched from Charolais bulls to a Hereford. He was a great bull, over 15months we had 7 sets of twins born. No twins born here before or after, not in my lifetime.

 

[Patchouli]

Good lookin' stock! Had a friend when I was a teen, her parents had some Hereford and when the cattle were out in the field they (the cattle) didn't want us around. If they were in the barn (cold weather) the cattle didn't care.

 

[sonya123]

Nice photos peanut, even if old! Didn't see this thread before

 

[Bacpacker]

Sorting old photos, came across this. Must have been the fall of 16, spring of 17. We had switched from Charolais bulls to a Hereford. He was a great bull, over 15months we has 7 sets of twins born. No twins born here before or after, not in my lifetime.

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I had an uncle that raised Hertford. They were great cows, good temperament, good mother, gained weight quick, rarely got out of their fields.