Author Topic: calves arrived (Read 2977 times)

country soul · « **on:** January 01, 2012, 09:14:05 pm »

following on from my post below.the calves have landed!
We are now the proud owners of two belgian blue cross heifer calves.despite being belgian blues the only have a little blue on thier ears other than that they pure white.They are 3 weeks old and came directly from a local diary farm.
They seem to be doing ok and are starting to nibble a few pellets as well as milk.
I,m not for naming animals as a rule but they have become know as Frosty and Snowy

darkbrowneggs · « **Reply #1 on:** January 01, 2012, 09:23:13 pm »

Sound delightful. I think some photos would be lovely to see

Rosemary · « **Reply #2 on:** January 01, 2012, 09:54:12 pm »

Brilliant - love the names. And pics would be good

SallyintNorth · « **Reply #3 on:** January 02, 2012, 12:11:01 am »

Oh, lovely. Yes, please, pix!

There are a lot of white British Blues now, and the AI folks seem to carry triple mixes of three white bulls - which gives optimum fertility apparently, but does mean you don't know which of the three actually sired your calf.

robert waddell · « **Reply #4 on:** January 02, 2012, 09:40:18 am »

that will be pooled semen if it is like pigs you cant register them

SallyintNorth · « **Reply #5 on:** January 02, 2012, 11:00:24 am »

Aye, you wouldn't use it for pedigree breeding. country soul's calves are out of dairy cows, so won't be pure bred anyway - and we use crossbreeds in our suckler herd to get the characteristics we want.