First calf of 2009!

[DCC_Cattle]

I finally had my first calf born this morning. after being 4 days late. She is a beautiful solid white heifer calf. She is a Double Vision x Kool.

 

[showman ne]

biggest...ears...ever!!! look at the pipe too. looks super nice. congrats

 

[OH Breeder]

Adorable! What a face.

I have two that I sat up with til 4 am last night. NOTHING. They must have had stage fright. They are both overdue. One 5 days the other 3.

 

[linnettejane]

beautiful calf!!! 

wonder if there is something strange going on...all my ai calves were a couple days late...alot of you guys are saying yours are late....hmmm...

 

[justintime]

I have just started calving ... now have six, all ET and all considerably overdue. All the embryos were implanted the same day and they were due on Jan 28th. 4 of the 6 were 7 days over. Last 2 were 11 days over. The last calf born was today, and it is a Durham Red bull calf  ( Red Fine Line Mulberry X one of our Melba 67J donor). WOW what a calf! Tremendously thick, long as a wet week during calving, and solid red- no white anywhere. This is my first Durham Red calf and I am super impressed!

I hope the remainder of the calves don't all go over due this much. I am just starting to calf and I am already tired of walking to the barn. One well, it could be worse, only 196 to go!

 

[kanshow]

Our calves have been running late too..    Weird.

 

[Cattledog]

I finally had my first calf born this morning. after being 4 days late. She is a beautiful solid white heifer calf. She is a Double Vision x Kool.

Four days late and a heifer.  Usually going late in the Angus breed means bullcalf!

 

[midway6376]

I just had a calf a calf yesterday 10 days early. It was out of a heifer. Good thing I guess.

 

[Doc]

I finally had my first calf born this morning. after being 4 days late. She is a beautiful solid white heifer calf. She is a Double Vision x Kool.

Talking about beating the odds. 2 dble carriers & a walking ,healthy calf. Nice looking calf.

 

[DCC_Cattle]

Thanks for the comments!  She does have very big ears! And yes, I took a chance with both Double Vision and her mother being carriers, and luckily everything turned out fine. I've been going outside at 3am for a week checking on this cow, I am glad that she finally had her...although I have 3 more due in the next 3 days...

 

[klintdog]

We've got 5 on the ground now and all but 1 were early. Right now they're all coming 5-10 days early for some reason. We have one cow right now that looks ready to pop and she's 4 days overdue. Hopefully once the heifers are done we can get back on a more consistent schedule.

 

[Throttle]

Adorable! What a face.

I have two that I sat up with til 4 am last night. NOTHING. They must have had stage fright. They are both overdue. One 5 days the other 3.

Is that the Final Solutions that you're waiting on? If so, I'd think about a shot. Ours were plenty big last year. Nice, but big

 

[red]

Goal today: get pictures of my Hardcore calf! Too icy over weekened w/ meltdown. It was surprising that we had 27 last night. Wanted our warmer weather but not the mud!

Red

 

[box6rranch]

Our two shorthorn calves came exactly on their due dates. Do you think that going past the due dates is dependent on the breed? Could it have anything to do with your weather being so cold? Our Maine X is due the 13th. Last year she had a monster calf that died before it was born. This time bred her to our bull that has been really successful with calving ease. Hope we don't have any Friday the 13th disasters!

 

[OH Breeder]

Adorable! What a face.

I have two that I sat up with til 4 am last night. NOTHING. They must have had stage fright. They are both overdue. One 5 days the other 3.

Is that the Final Solutions that you're waiting on? If so, I'd think about a shot. Ours were plenty big last year. Nice, but big

Got one heifer at 12m last night. Heifer calf 80-90'#s. WIld marked out of Diamond Leggs 21. I am waiting on another Diamond leggs. Anxious. Will post some pics when i get some good ones. My solution calves are due in March.