[SallyintNorth]

Popped out her eighth calf this morning.  Angus x. 

Had to help him find his way to the teat, so low down on that humongous bag!  But he caught on quickly and is feeding himself now. 

Hillie is such a sweetheart. 

[Rupert the bear]

that lovely  8th one as well !

[roddycm]

Gorgeous! Congratulations  I would love to have a couple of Jersey house cows one day!

[Buttermilk]

Congratulations.  I like the look of the black heifer on the left of the photo too.

[SallyintNorth]

Congratulations.  I like the look of the black heifer on the left of the photo too.

Flare is actually a most beautiful mahogany colour.  She's Hillie's 6th calf, dad a Red Devon.  She's turned into a fantastic suckler / backup house cow.  Last year she reared an Angus cross calf, her first, to give us 244kgs meat butchered at less than 11 months old, and all off grass and her milk.  She's not giving us very much milk now he's gone, but we are keeping her going to see if it comes back up when she gets better grass in a month or two.

This pic from last winter shows her colour better.  She's on the left, her brother (Hillie's 7th calf), also a Red Devon cross, on the right, and Wotsit the fearless little Shetland tup lamb in between them