To Market

Today is the maiden voyage of Joe's new truck and trailer. He will be hauling the four Angus steers and two Holstein steers to the market in Rock Creek.

Patiently Waiting

Red Velvet is patiently waiting her due date which is a couple of days away yet. Any guesses on how many kids she has in there? Looks like a whole herd! My guess is triplets.

Kids at Play

Kids are checking out the slide and cable reel spools. Kristin came over and helped me shave udders and after that Joe & I spent a couple of hours disbudding kids. The kids were back at play in no time.

Day of Disbudding

My good friend Kristin at Babel Brook Acres and I spent the better part of yesterday afternoon disbudding our kids. Not the most enjoyable task but the kids get over it quickly and it is so much safer for them and us. I am still trying to figure out which of Andromedia's kids are polled so they were spared for now!

More Calves!

We've had two more red heifer calves since my last post. Count is now two red bulls, 2 black heifers, and 2 red heifers. Two more cows to calve yet. This is the highest ratio of heifers to bulls we have seen in a long time. We are really liking the looks of this years group of calves!

Calves at Play

Our first two calves enjoying the sunshine and playing on a dirt pile.

Beautiful Day for Calving!

Our friendly (sometimes too friendly) girl Katie had a pretty little black heifer calf around supper time tonight. This brings the calf count to four - 2 red bull calves and 2 black heifer calves. One or two more cows are imminent.

Kids Everywhere!

Wanda and her single doe.

LV and her triplet does!

Well, what a day yesterday was. Thank goodness Joe was able to get the day off from work. The kids were coming so fast and furious I practically needed a catcher's mitt!

LV (Little Voice) started things off with a bang ... triplet does! They are the first triplet does I have ever had. LV is one of my nicest does conformationally and has just a beautiful udder. Tempo has great length, wonderful dairy character, and is very correct conformationally also. It will be difficult choosing a doeling to keep. I wish I could keep them all, but that is not an option.

No sooner had LV finished and Wanda began pushing. A beautiful little doe sired by Obama. Four does in a row ... I can hardly believe it!

We finally got kids and moms situated and figured we could sneak in some supper but that didn't work either. Andromedia began talking up a storm and acting strange so I turned the stove off and went to check on her. Not to be outdone by LV, she delivered triplets too ... 2 does and 1 buck. Seven kids total today and six are does! My doe/buck ratio is looking pretty good right now but I know very well it can change in a heartbeat.

Everyone is doing well. Still waiting on Cinnamon and Windy. Come daylight I will try and get a few pictures to post of Andromedia's kids. I might even try for a little snooze .

Our grandson Drake had a busy time this weekend helping with babies, both calves and goats. He even helped Poppa take Buttercup out for her stroll.

Impatiently Waiting

Well, it looks like today might finally be the day for Baby Doll and Persephone to kid. Baby Doll doesn't even look pregnant except for the fact she is springing with a pretty nice little first freshening udder! Windy can't be far behind either.

First Calf of 2010!

This handsome young bull calf was born today out of one of Joe's favorite cows. What a beautiful day for calving it was. Mama and baby are doing fine and the young man is very active. He is the first of many spring babies we are expecting between our cows and our goats. Things will really be hopping here in the next couple of weeks!