They say a picture is worth 1,000 words. Well, that is the case today because this picture tells it all. The first little Dexter calf was born on Stoneyfield farm sometime late Saturday night and everyone is doing wonderful.
When I went out to do chores Sunday morning before church I found all the cows up waiting for some water … all the cows except for one that is. On Friday I had noticed that our newest cow (that came with the bull from Nebraska) was really starting to bag up and she looked like she would be calving soon. I’m glad to say that I was correct in my assumption, because I found them down in the valley just hanging out and enjoying some nice mother/son time.
If all went well last year we should be coming up on some more calves in the near future, but I sometimes wonder how many cows our previous bull settled. We will see for sure in the next month or two. Not exactly the schedule I wanted to keep, but we will get things back on track over time.
Tomorrow I’ll share an update on the hog hut, and I bet I’ll have some pig news soon as well!
Congratulations!
I’m really looking forward to your pig hut news.
That’s a fine looking calf.