[Factotum]

restless

Not long now then - ours went from 'I'm happy eating hay' to 'I'm not hungry really', through ' I want to be alone' till we got to ' Pusshhhhh!, Ah, that's over then, I want to wash and wash that little calf clean.'

Our original four cows get through it very quickly now, and the 2 second timers were quite rapid too- it's just the newbies that take a bit longer. Doesn't stop me fretting about all of them till the calves are safely here and bouncing about after their first feed.

Sue

[Rosemary]

Perfect description of a Shetland calving, Sue 

Blizzard calved this morning. I checked her at 3am (I woke anyway) and she was fine. At 7am, she'd had a black and white bull calf (Charlie), who was dry and sleeping and she'd cleansed.

Bonny is bouncing around with her mum, waiting for her new playmate, while young Annie looks a bit shellshocked :-)

Pics (and possibly videos) to follow 

[Dan]

[SallyintNorth]

 

So glad you've had two trouble-free calvings and two such lovely calves.   

[shygirl]

what amazing markings. its great yours are born so close, much easier for weaning - mine are months apart.

[Factotum]

Lovely - Well done  Blizzard - Shetlands do make good mums.

Is Charlie your darling?

Sue

[Mammyshaz]

Congratulations, they look sweeties 

[Miss Piggy]

Congratulations to all concerned, two absolutely beautiful calves. Great they will have each other to run around and play with. Hope the sun shines on them both. 

[FiB]

wow wow wow - absolutely jawdroppingly georgous!!!  I love lambs... but wow! Im smitten.

[jaykay]

Another gorgeous calf 

It's going to be great having them the same age to play with each other 

[sabrina]

They are just lovely calves, you must be delighted 

[Susannah]

He looks gorgeous, you must be very proud and probably not getting a lot done if you are like me!