Cattle Corner / Life on the Small Farm. Fairly regular discussions about raising livestock on a small farm, mainly registered miniature Herefords, and (sometimes but not often)current landscape information you may not know but can really use.
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
so excited!
You know the best, very best part of having miniature Herefords, is the babies.
I did have all my animals pregnancy checked this past summer and fall, and apparently all 4 are "safe with calf". I have to say, also, that my vet is very good at approximating how long they have been pregnant! One cow he checked; said approximately 70 days pregnant....dont you know he was right almost to the day I saw her frolicking with the bull?! (actually, I was away on vacation...my dear husband sent me a grainy picture of the two of them together off his iPhone!)
Anyway I was doing some calender checking, due dates etc. and looking at how big Miss Piggy was looking....come to realize I have 2 cows due in early March!! Thats just 2 months away give or take!! Wow!!
That should be interesting, as March around here is usually mud season with a mix of rain, snow, wind and cold. But I know these guys are tough creatures, and you can bet they will be getting extra TLC and straw when the time comes for the little ones to be born.
Makes it all worth while :)
*Picture of Miss Piggy a week before she calved with Darby, summer 2010*
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Oh, gosh. Now you've got US all excited! But that's a good thing. Dwayne might get the barn moved faster this year. LOL
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