2011 Calving Season – Half-way home.

We are officially half way finished calving – so far, so good.  We survived a couple of really brutal weeks of weather; during which, we were fortunate enough to convince the cows to calve inside.  The calving barn is at least out of the wind, and not quite as cold.   This week has been mild, so it has been nice to see the calves bouncing around the yard playing.

There have been a number of interesting calves to date; both bulls and heifers.  Pictured here are two of the girls – (5 day old) Taylor who is a Gidsco Appollo by our Hiemstra cow, Tasha; and (2 week old) Janelle, an Anchor T Ikon heifer from Dora Lee Jasmine.  We think very highly of both dams (they are both featured on our ‘Young Guns’ page), and we are excited to be able to grow both cow families.   I hope to feature some of our other exciting calves in future posts.