Four new calves born all ready! Trisha, a black Jersey had her calf on the 7th of November. This was her first time to calf and gave birth without a hitch. We named the heifer calf, CoCo as she is chocolate brown.
Mae, another black Jersey had her calf on the 23rd of December. We thought her calf wouldn’t be born until the end of January as our bull was not yet a year old if he bred her in March, but to our surprise that is exactly what he did. This heifer calf we named Grayleen because of her color.
June now had her calf on the 31st of December, New Years Eve. June started her labor in the late afternoon so Brian and I got her to the barn as it was very cold. The calf came that evening, another heifer. We call her Nevey, New Years Eve baby.
I now feed 4 calves who fight for their bottles and suck my coat and hands. It’s quite a challenge to care for these beauties. The 4th is a Jersey bull calf we’ll raise to replace Moonlight someday. We call this bull calf Stanley.
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