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Livestock => Cattle => Topic started by: Rosemary on May 23, 2014, 03:10:04 pm

Title: Our first Shetland calf of 2014
Post by: Rosemary on May 23, 2014, 03:10:04 pm
According to "the chart" and the date the bull went in with the cows, the earliest we could expect a calf was yesterday. I've been working on Gathering stuff all morning, went out to g to the post office at lunchtime, heard mooing and went for a look.

And Blizzard (obviously a bit of a trollop) had produced a nice bull calf. After last year, I am strictly hands off - he looks dim but I'm confident that Blizzard will sort him out. She sure loves him  :love:

I don't think Annie is far away either - she's very pawky today. The vet said he thought they were all due about the same time when he scanned them.

Anyway, here's Hamish.
Title: Re: Our first Shetland calf of 2014
Post by: kelly58 on May 23, 2014, 04:57:42 pm
Hamish has got a white crow on his back, how unique is that. Little beauty  :cow:
Title: Re: Our first Shetland calf of 2014
Post by: jaykay on May 23, 2014, 05:49:47 pm
What a little cutie  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Our first Shetland calf of 2014
Post by: shygirl on May 23, 2014, 06:20:43 pm
is he one of the first shetlands to be born in australia? is that why hes upside down??  :roflanim: :roflanim: :roflanim:
Title: Re: Our first Shetland calf of 2014
Post by: sabrina on May 23, 2014, 06:24:23 pm
Just lovely.
Title: Re: Our first Shetland calf of 2014
Post by: SallyintNorth on May 23, 2014, 06:25:36 pm
Even upside down I can see he's a cracker!
Title: Re: Our first Shetland calf of 2014
Post by: Templelands on May 23, 2014, 07:28:25 pm
Aw! Cutey!
Title: Re: Our first Shetland calf of 2014
Post by: mojocafa on May 23, 2014, 08:48:35 pm
 :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Our first Shetland calf of 2014
Post by: Rosemary on May 24, 2014, 07:16:37 am
Quote from: shygirl on May 23, 2014, 06:20:43 pm
is he one of the first shetlands to be born in australia? is that why hes upside down??  :roflanim: :roflanim: :roflanim:

 ;D ;D ;D I will try and sort that. It looks the right way up before I click "post"
Title: Re: Our first Shetland calf of 2014
Post by: Louise Gaunt on May 24, 2014, 09:13:59 am
He is lovely, which ever way up he is! The photo does invert to put him the right way up when you click on the image.
Title: Re: Our first Shetland calf of 2014
Post by: Rosemary on May 24, 2014, 09:29:19 am
He was galloping round the field at 6am this morning, with his mum following, mooing anxiously. And Blizz is built more for comfort than speed, poor girl. He was leading her a merry dance  ;D
Title: Re: Our first Shetland calf of 2014
Post by: SallyintNorth on May 24, 2014, 09:29:59 am
Quote from: Louise Gaunt on May 24, 2014, 09:13:59 am
The photo does invert to put him the right way up when you click on the image.

Not on my laptop, it doesn't.  And it's not just upside down, its back to front, I think - at least compared to the one on FB it is.

Either way, or any way!, he is lovely, yes!   ;D
Title: Re: Our first Shetland calf of 2014
Post by: waterbuffalofarmer on June 09, 2014, 06:01:57 pm
He looks lovely, I hoPe all goes well. :wave: