I have two heads of cattle. Cloud is a 16 year old GallowayxWhite Park. She came from a farmer friend who was down-sizing. She is a perfect cow for us as she is small, docile and has no horns!
She has had a calf every year since we had her, except for last year. In 2007 we couldn't move her as there were foot and mouth restrictions. So her calf is from 2007 and now nearly 2 years old.
This is him in the picture. He is pure Dexter crossed with Cloud. We had to measure Cloud to make sure the Dexter bull could reach but there was no problem there. The little bull took one look at Cloud and she was pregnant!
We call him Jet. The only problem with Jet is that OH thought I had applied the rubber bands to ensure his balls fell off and I thought OH had done it...total break down in communication there! It wasn't until it was a year old that we noticed the swinging appendages...oh dear.
He is for slaughter and normally would have gone last year but because Cloud had no calf last summer and he was so SMALL, he stayed.
So will Cloud have a calf by her son...or was he too small to reach? Watch this space in the next couple of months.
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