Calf Born
Calving of our beef cattle herd normally occurs during February and March, however in 2006 we introduced a new bull who was quite young. It took some time for our cows to get in calf and the result has been calves being born throughout the year. Our reliable Charolais bull had to be replaced as he had got an abscess on his stomach which kept re-appearing. It was a shame to lose this bull as he was a very gentle yet experienced bull. Our new bull is also very gentle and good to deal with.
In November three calves were born and one has been born in December so far. This month’s calf is a Charolais heifer calf - seen in the picture only a few hours old.
Lucky for us the cows have calved during the day and not in the middle of the night when the temperature drops and nobody really wants to get out of bed to check if the cow is calving!
Calf Calves Calving Cattle 2007 Charolais
He’s beautiful! Do you name your cattle?
Comment by BoggyWoggy — December 13, 2007 @ 1:18 pm
Hi BoggyWoggy,
Thanks for dropping by and commenting. Yes the calf is beautiful. Yes I do try to name the cattle but they have to be names that I can associate with the animal, although we do now have a book with all the cows details and a photo in so we can put a face to a name!
Sara @ farmingfriends
Comment by Sara @ Farming Friends — December 13, 2007 @ 6:54 pm
Not a good time of year for calving, but such a beautiful wee heifer. I think one of the things I miss most is the calving - cows are such caring people. I cared for my landlord’s free-range herd. We named all the cows and the heifer calves. The bull calves had the same name each year, as they were bound for market. We too had identity photos - the locals thought we were crazy!
Comment by Dragonstar — December 15, 2007 @ 3:14 pm
Hi Dragonstar,
I was very interested to hear all about your farming experiences with cattle. maybe you would like to do a guest appearance on my site?!
Thanks for your comment and visit. Sara @ farmingfriends
Comment by Sara @ Farming Friends — December 20, 2007 @ 6:30 pm