The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Cattle => Topic started by: SallyintNorth on December 22, 2012, 02:03:02 am
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Promised some when she was dry - here they are :)
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Aw sally,just adorable. She has the most beautiful eyes, The boys cannot believe how small she is next to mum :D
Edited to ask:- Is Kitty her name?
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She's gorgeous :love:
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I'm almost sure she's going to be Kitty - I'm just a little concerned that when I call them in from the field, Kitty and Katy will sound too similar...
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Absolutely adorable, congratulations. Just had Dexter twin heifers which I love to bits but must admit your little Jersey heifer takes some beating......I want one :excited:
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Its just as well I don't have the room otherwise I could see one of those coming my way. She is lovely :thumbsup:
Sally
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What a darling !
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Its just as well I don't have the room otherwise I could see one of those coming my way. She is lovely
Ditto - she is gorgeous :love:
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Super looking wee heifer :thumbsup:
She's just got the prettiest face :love: :love: :love:
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Really lovely Sally :thumbsup:
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Aww she is lovely :love:. Looking forward to when my Jerseys have babies ;D
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very cute- had to join in with mine!
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Ah, bless! She looks a real sweetheart, Captain. She's part British Blue?
Does she have a name?
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He's British blue indeed, mum is Jersey x fresian. He's awesome, named valentine by my little girl, shortened to Vinnie when it's just me and his Lordship. A bit worried though as his balls haven't fallen off yet even though he was ringed 3 weeks ago. Thoughts?
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Yeah, Vinnie's a better name for a bull calf! :D (I can talk, I had a buck rabbit called Lulu. ::))
Lambs' nuts take more than 3 weeks to fall off, don't they? More like 5 or 6? And a bull calf's wee sack is a bit larger than a lamb's - I take it he won't stand still for you to have a good look and make sure the ring's still there.
If there has been a problem and the ring hasn't worked, you can use the burdizzo up to 3 months old. If you haven't burdizzoed before, definitely get someone who knows what they're doing to show you and help you - if you do it right it doesn't hurt them and works, but it's really easy to not do it right and either cause quite a bit of pain and/or end up with a bull.
Otherwise, castration by the vet is very quick and painless at the time of cutting; they can be a bit miserable for a couple of days afterwards but it is only that - a bit sore for a couple of days.
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I see all your cute calf pics, and raise you a cute calf in a car...
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Love it! ;D (Just don't let Trading Standards see you do that ;))
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That was before I bought him! :eyelashes:
Is it wrong that it had leather seats???
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We've never castrated our rams before so we did Vinnie under guidance from one of our farmer friends. I'll not worry just yet!