Calving 2026

heifer calved here 2 weeks ahead of time but she had twin red heifers all ok so not a bad little start 😚

Shannon Stan from a blue second calver. Side door job. Handy enough done so no issues. Il be just interested when the dna comes back to confirm it was a Stan calf, or a straw mix up with an nt bull. Has happened before to me straw mix I always assumed a honest mistake by technician. Although I had one in sept was supposed to be a Rembrandt calf but was a Ruben and she was ai in a handling unit that gets no use I couldn’t find the straw only the glove so I could not solve the mystery this time 🤣

Had 3 others blues calf with no issues one even had a Rolex calf. I know blues are dodgy but in fairness they can breed a top class calf.

Are u calving outside?

Ah right i was wondering,good result to get the 2 bulls hope they're lucky for u.Will u bring them in now or leave them out?

Fooking dead calf on the slats there now. I fed at 4 and never coped anything. Worse thing is by looking at the pen I can't even tell who calved. A couple with a little springing but no obvious signs of calving.

I’m having one of those weeks too. Two calf beds out, one of the cows lay on her calf and killed it ( I think)A section on a sheep.a calf with meningitis and two calves with pneumonia. I’m at the stage now it better start to turn. I’d actually a couple of lads on about how everything seemed to be going well last week. I think they jinxed me.

Especially when you can check things without getting out of bed

Twins is my guess

I had her scanned there was no mention of twins but they have missed things before. She’s 276days today. Twins would normally calf around 280-285 would that be correct?

wouldn’t that be something twin heifers be better again 🤣