My other calf

[haviris]

So I went alittle pic crazy, I wanted some updated pics of my other calf, my one calf of the year, until this year! Would have been easier if I wasn't being harrassed by a mule, but I did get some, as well as some of the other cows, and the horses (but I will post them in the horse section).
So here he is the day he was born, Jan. 24,

And one I got today,

 

[Thewife]

I like him!
What breed is he?

 

[haviris]

He is mixed, he is by the same bull as my other calf, and his mom is my one and only cow, she's half simmental and half who knows what. This is the third calf between these two, all bulls.
This is her first one,

And her second one (apparently I only have baby pics)

She's currently on a date w/ a new man! Maybe this time she'll give me a heifer!

 

[Farmer Kitty]

Don't worry about getting pic happy! We love pics and encourage them!

Nice looking cattle. I see horns in that first pic, way in the back. I would recommend dehorning or tipping that one and any others that have horns. Horns are dangerous and deadly.

 

[wynedot55]

he is sure growing real good.an he is a nice calf to boot.

 

[haviris]

We do have some horns, that cow in the pic is my dad's only horned cow.

My mom majorly downsized last year and kept one cow and 3 heifers, but it's looking like the two youngest heifers are going to be horned so we're debating on keeping them. They're nice heifers but we'd really like to faze out the horns.

My own cow is horned, and she's not going anywhere, but I am hoping to have her dehorned, just haven't gotten brave enough to get it done yet.

 

[Farmer Kitty]

If they are ones you want to keep then breed them to a polled bull. That should help get rid of the horns in their calves.

IMO, the smaller they are when you dehorn the better/faster they recover.

 

[haviris]

We always use polled bulls, so we're good there!