Bulls, bulls, bulls and a couple of heifers

The 2013 calving season has finally ended!  The last calf was born July 27, a bull, and is doing very well. We started calving March 10 when my little crossbred cow Blackberry Bramble calved a black heifer by the Angus bull I call Bobby.  Half a dozen or more calves were born in March including a set of twin heifers.

We skipped April and went right to May. Buttercup calved a heifer  in June, and finally the last two cows calved in July. GMEG Jealousy calved a nice black bull by Thor on July 1 and the Angus cow # 132 calved a black bull, probably by Thor (though it could be Bobby's) on July 27th.   Much of the lag time was the result of failed AI's. Regardless, they are a super bunch of calves. BTAP Thor did a great job! Bobby didn't do so bad either.

A really nice March 2013 Limousin/Angus cross bull calf. He weighs a good 600 pounds.

BTAP Thor was designated as the main herd bull while Bobby was sequestered with a few heifers. Thor was born January 2011 and Bobby the same year in March so they were young to be servicing cows.

Two of the purebred Angus and one of the purebred Limousin were successfully AI'd (artificially inseminated).  That left 11 cows for Thor and Bobby to service.  The result is 14 calves on the ground, eight of which are bulls and six are heifers (girls).


Some of the heifers,  in the center is Buttercup's daughter and on the right is a Shorthorn/Limousin cross heifer.

Here's Bobby, still on the job but looking pretty fat and healthy. BTAP Thor was sold this spring so Bobby has taken over as herd bull. He's moderate framed and calving ease so hopefully it will be an uneventful spring.