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Livestock => Cattle => Topic started by: RaisinHall Tamworths on May 17, 2014, 03:06:02 pm
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My Jersey cow, Flake, calved on Thursday night :excited: . I hated every minute of it and was so glad it was over!! Our vets were having a practice meeting and I kept phoning to say what was happening and asking them to discuss what was normal behavior with a calving cow :eyelashes: . Vets wife came for moral support as OH was working and then after the meeting the vet called in on his way home. He ended up helping her because she had decided not to push, apparently if they are pampered too much they don't get on with things :innocent: . Vet said she had plenty of room and had she bothered pushing the calf would have fallen out no bother. So we have a little bull calf, dad is a Hereford. Also have a Lim x Black & White that we picked up on Friday adopted on to her.
Her own calf is called Galaxy and the adopted baby is called Mars following on from the chocolate theme ;D .
Flake and Galaxy
(http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii205/Langley_album/Mobile%20Uploads/20140516_030103_zpsg5yc4qzr.jpg) (http://s265.photobucket.com/user/Langley_album/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20140516_030103_zpsg5yc4qzr.jpg.html)
Flake, Galaxy and Mars
(http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii205/Langley_album/Mobile%20Uploads/20140516_141258_zpsrek7dya4.jpg) (http://s265.photobucket.com/user/Langley_album/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20140516_141258_zpsrek7dya4.jpg.html)
Galaxy
(http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii205/Langley_album/Mobile%20Uploads/20140516_202137_zpsusn1enqo.jpg) (http://s265.photobucket.com/user/Langley_album/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20140516_202137_zpsusn1enqo.jpg.html)
(http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii205/Langley_album/Mobile%20Uploads/20140516_202652_zps1wkalqny.jpg) (http://s265.photobucket.com/user/Langley_album/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20140516_202652_zps1wkalqny.jpg.html)
Mars
(http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii205/Langley_album/Mobile%20Uploads/20140516_202231_zps6xl8oupo.jpg) (http://s265.photobucket.com/user/Langley_album/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20140516_202231_zps6xl8oupo.jpg.html)
Sorry got carried away with photos but I'm very proud of my baby Flakie :love:
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Sorry photos are too big but don't know how to change them ???
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They are absolutely beautiful, you must be really proud if her, calving can be very unnerving for spectators!
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Congratulations, they all look beautiful :love: :cow:
Hillie says, "Nonsense, there is no such thing as a pampered Jersey; it is simply the recognition and affection that we deserve - and cannot be overdone." :-J
I've never heard of a Jersey being 'too posh to push' before! Never mind, all's well that ends well, and Galaxy looks super. May decide to try Hereford on one of my girls ;)
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Congratulations to all the family :hugcow:
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Congratulations, they all look beautiful :love: :cow:
Hillie says, "Nonsense, there is no such thing as a pampered Jersey; it is simply the recognition and affection that we deserve - and cannot be overdone." :-J
I've never heard of a Jersey being 'too posh to push' before! Never mind, all's well that ends well, and Galaxy looks super. May decide to try Hereford on one of my girls ;)
You just have to pamper them dont you ;D. Vet asked if she needed a damp face cloth to mop her brow :P
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ahh bless, congrats, very cute markings.
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Ah lovely pics, well done Flake.
Will we be seeing baby in the show ring? ;D
bestest Mandy :pig:
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They are beautiful.
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Ah lovely pics, well done Flake.
Will we be seeing baby in the show ring? ;D
bestest Mandy :pig:
Nooooo!! Took Flake and Yoyo to Ryedale show and hated every minute of it! Will never show a cow again :D