Difficult to believe this little bull is only 4 hours old considering his size. He was born yesterday morning at about 9am and we had to tie a rope around those big feet and pull him out as his mother just didn't have much energy left after about 3 hours trying to push something almost half her height out. DH had to clean the muck out of his mouth as it was stopping him breathing and we both breathed a sigh of relief when he blinked as there wasn't much action in his breathing department at the time.
His father is off to market shortly as he is one of those bulls that the older he becomes the bigger the calves he sires and I don't want to pull any more calves from my little "Carob", above, as she's faithfully given me 7 calves in 10 years and been the #1 house dairy cow more than the others we own. You have to keep a watch on her too as, if you don't record the exact dates at the time of service for future reference, she'll quite happily milk up to 2 weeks before calving then not have enough time to replenish her energy and boost up her milk supply before calving.
GOOD GRIEF! That bull calf is HUGE!
ReplyDeleteThat is amazing! And very educational for someone like me..it was a pleasure to read. love,andrea
ReplyDeleteDear not so little fellow!
ReplyDeleteAm so glad Mum and Calf are doing fine and that you had your camera with you ;-)
He's a big strong lad, congrats on a successful delivery. His colouring is interesting, what breed is his Papa?
ReplyDeleteWow that is a big calf poor mother. I have had a few of them for the same reason the bull was older than thought. I am glad all worked out so well. B
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