Calving Update

GMEG Jealousy and her new son born early July 1, 2013

My good red purebred Limousin cow, GMEG Jealousy calved right on time very early this morning.  She had a nice sized black bull calf, my first bull for the year and my last calf due this spring.

Big sister BTAP Zooey is a little put out. She was pretty excited when mama cow let down her milk and was down on her knees trying to nurse.  She seems content to give over to the new little brother, but she's still staying close to the cow. That's the back half of Zooey on the right hand side of this picture.

Lady's bull calf by BTAP Thor. He was born March 19, 2013

The old crippled Angus cow Lady calved March 19.  Here is a picture of her fine big Lim-Flex bull calf. He's Thor's first son and he is a whopper! 

We were not thinking at all this winter and didn't tag the calves when we had the chance.  Now we are not sure who is who, except for Lady's bull calf who stands head and shoulders above every one else.

We have 14 calves,  eight of which are bulls.  Some are by BTAP Thor and some by HSF InFocus (Bobby) and four are from AI sires.  All the March calves are Thor's except Samantha. She is by Bobby. The May/June and July calves could be either Thor or Bobby.  This new calf of Jealousy's could be Bobby's because its black and although Thor's father was a homozygous black bull, and Thor is black, his grandmother on his mother's side was a red cow.  Jealousy has been bred to black bulls in the past and has produced red calves from them.  Last year she was bred to a homo black bull so her calf was black.  It's possible that this new calf is Bobby's because its black. Bobby is a purebred Black Angus bull and should through only black calves on Limousin cows.