Suzy Threw a Calf this morning!

A while back, Daniel’s heifer Suzy got out on us and wandered down to the neighbor who has a herd of Black Angus. Of course, I was dealing with cancer so all of the kids headed down with the stock trailer, herded her up into it and brought her home. There was a passing thought of wondering if she got out due to it being her time. But, due to my cancer, no one put much thought to it except a little thought of…“Hmmm…I wonder?”

 

Yesterday she prolapsed just slightly, so Kevin palpated her to see how she was doing. He couldn’t feel anything, but got her back to regular shape. Jessie had been saying she thought she was carrying and she seemed full in her udders. Well, this morning, when Kelly went out to feed her before church, there was a little black calf right beside her! She must have thrown that calf in the middle of the night and she did just fine. This is always the most crucial part…a heifer or her calf can die while in the middle of calving. But, Suzy is proven now! Those Angus were full sized old boys and she did just fine all by herself the first time out!

 

 Strong, healthy, good conformation and getting colostrum! We are all excited! Daniel has his start to a herd! We haven’t decided exactly what we’ll do with the little one just yet, but if she is sold, Daniel will have the money for more heifers and will be able to AI them!