Most people think of Spring as the time for babies and all the fun that they bring, but this year because of timing with when we bought our young bull we have fall babies. We had a June baby, but that is before we purchased our bull and before the fence between us the neighboring dairy was fixed. Their bull decided to visit our herd, thankfully he only bred one of our girls and of the 4 available, luckily it was our half jersey girl (luckily they got a new bull prior to this as their previous bull was our SweetPea's daddy because her momma was a fence jumper).
So far this year we have SplitPea (1/4 Charbray/3/4 Jersey steer calf destined for the freezer, don't get too attached),
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| SplitPea |
Starla (Angus heifer born the Tuesday before Thanksgiving)
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| Betty, Starla, and Batman |
and Darla (Angus born on Thanksgiving).
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| BABs and Darla |
We still have Bonnie left to calve, but she seems to be a month or so behind her older sisters (all three of our Angus girls are half sisters - same dad, different mom; and if Bonnie has a heifer all three babies will be half sisters like their mommas).
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| Starla, Gracie, and Darla |
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