Good morning all! I come bearing good news - we started our calving season yesterday. This is cause for excitement every year because we wait with anticipation to see the arrival of the new crop of artificial insemination (AI) calves. This year, we weren't disappointed (will publish photos of the new bundle of joy when possible).
We start calving our heifers 1 full breeding cycle (3 weeks) before the cowherd, so it was one of the new-moms who had a baby. And the day couldn't have been nicer. Saturday morning, Feb. 7, 2010, the temperatures were 34 degrees (quite nice for February in Northern MN). The mama was 0806, better known as Angel, and she had a little heifer calf. The cow has a beautiful udder. I'm excited because this is a continuation of the line of Don Burt cattle (I was given 0806's mother, 27N, as a bred heifer for handling the Don Burt cattle sale). It always reminds me of Uncle Don.
Let me know if you have any names for our new cherub! Grandmother's name: Heaven; Mother's name: Angel...
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I think Virtue is a nice little heifer name. Of good quality, good worth. Extending from Angel, derived from Heaven. :)
Cherub is pretty cute, too, though!
Just in... the calf weighed in at 84 lbs. Mama and baby are doing fine.
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