Wehner Homestead 2018 Calving: Done

[Devonviolet]

Your black bull calf reminds me of a couple years ago. A local dairy farmer runs his heifers on the 160 acres across from us. There is a 3/4 mile gravel road, that T's at our driveway. His feeding area is about half way down that road. We take that road to go to church.

One Sunday morning, as I drove down the road, I thought I saw a black trash bag, in the road, about 1/4 mild down. As I got closer, I realized it was a black newborn bull calf laying in the middle of the road. So, I stopped the truck, in the middle of the road and went and picked the little guy and carried him to the pasture gate, that was right there, and put him inside.

I looked for Mom and she was about 40 feet away, watching us very closely! I called the dairy farmer and told him we found the calf. He texted me later that Mom and calf were at the dairy barn, warm and safe.

 

[Wehner Homestead]

Your black bull calf reminds me of a couple years ago. A local dairy farmer runs his heifers on the 160 acres across from us. There is a 3\4 mile road, that T's at our driveway. His feeding area I'd about half way down that road. We take that road to go to church.

One Sunday morning, as I drove down the road, I thought I saw a black trash bag, in the road, about 1/4 mild down. As I got closer, I realized it was a black newborn bull calf laying in the middle of the road. So, I stopped the truck, in the middle of the road and went and picked the little guy and carried him to the pasture gate, that was right there, and put him inside.

I looked for Mom and she was about 40 feet away, watching us very closely! I called the dairy farmer and told him we found the calf. He texted me later that Mom and calf were at the dairy barn, warm and safe.

Wow! We’ve had a few slip under the high tensile fence so we monitor them closely. They lay down next to it to nap and aren’t real coordinated for a few days and end up on the wrong side just trying to get up. That’s great that you were able to save him though!

 

[Latestarter]

OK... been meaning to talk to you about that DV... If that happens again this year, you just never mind and give me a call! I have these 2 big pastures that need some low cost cattle to eat them down. I'll come by and rescue any of them road calves...

 

[greybeard]

There's some Emu running loose in the forest by Shaw Road Joe....they could be your second big chance..

 

[Latestarter]

No thanks... no interest in emus at all.

 

[greybeard]

No thanks... no interest in emus at all.

Well, just get you a trailer and a couple hundred lbs of cubes and go get you a whole herd.
http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-feral-bulls-20180302-story.html

 

[Latestarter]

Even THAT takes money... Instead of the govt trying to handle it, they ought to hire a few ranchers to go in there and round em all up and they get to keep what they catch.

 

[Wehner Homestead]

I got some new pics to share over the weekend! Signs of the next and last group of the year are present. Less than a week and new arrivals should start being available for photo ops!

The first two are a month younger than the last two.
Melody’s Bull (first calf out of our bull, Otis)

Bailey’s bull

Older two:
Maizy (and Scarlett’s) bull.

Dolly’s bull! I FINALLY got a good pic of this boy!

 

[Latestarter]

Those look to me like some stocky little calves. Course I have no experience...

 

[Wehner Homestead]

Those look to me like some stocky little calves. Course I have no experience...

They should look stocky, even to an untrained eye. What the pics don’t show is that they are all sound! Gotta be able to move on those feet and legs!