New Calf

[Joe Boy]

I am proud of a new calf born on my wife's 61st birthday.  He is out of our first blue cow and our Senior Rojo bull.  The calf looks like a fullblood shorthorn.  He is more white on his body with a touch of red, with a red head and the star on his forehead.  He looks like a very good show prospect.  We love him and he will grab your eye when you look at all the black ones out with him.  We had a heifer out of a Maine cow that we sold her calf last year from Ali to some people in south Texas who had a red heifer from Senior Rojo with a white ring around her upper tail, just below her tail head.  I have two more to calf and we are done this go around.  We will have several born between Thanksgiving and Christmas in the next session.  I will post a photo of the bull calf later.  I posted his mother and sire several years ago....

 

[forbes family farms]

I would like to see some pics soon. Congratulations. Don't you just love the calving season its like opening up Christmas presents as long as you don't have any difficulties that's how i think of it.  (clapping)  <party>  (thumbsup)  ;D

 

[Bulldaddy]

I don't raiise them but I love those shorthorns.  Drove through a pasture of them this past Sunday.  The roans are just so darn pretty!  Congrats!

 

[Joe Boy]

I got the largest rain since the end of April or first of May when we got 7.5 in a short period of time and it all ran off.  Little did we know that it would not rain again for a long time.  I got 1.55 inches yesterday.  When it get drier I will take my digital camera and get some photos.  My wife says I can take them off and put them on here.... maybe....

I do love calving time.  I have not pulled a calf this year, but pulled 15 last year without a loss of any kind......

I had a non-farming man to ask what are "cal-vez?" [ Accent mark on "cal"....  Use your best Spanish accent.]  I did not know what he was talking about, but soon learned he was discussing "calves." <cowboy>  (lol)