Even after 35 years of spring babies, I still get excited when calving season begins:
And I never tire of these sweet faces:
DH and I went to feed the 2-yr old heifers a few weeks ago- they are first time mamas:
These Corrientes are such good mamas:
I took this photo a few years back, but it's one of my favorites and I'm finally having it printed on canvas
And this year, this little fella captured my heart:
Look at the little white heart on his forehead
I stalked the poor thing:
This is the way we entertain ourselves out here - watching the babies
And now they are gone. We shipped the last of the Corrientes a few weeks ago. 😭
I'm glad I was able to capture a few last shots:
15 comments:
How lovely! Hearts are just my thing, and that baby captures my heart!
Great shots!!! Love the big heart on the calf!!!
My retired older cowboy always said the two saddest days on a ranch were branding day and shipping calves day. He really felt for our critters as did I.
Are you selling them because of no grass or do you always sell the calves? Your pictures are so awesome! My favorite time of the year when the calves were running and playing across the road in the pasture.
One look at those soulful eyes and my heart melts.
Love you pictures. What better way to entertain yourselves. I wonder where that little calf with the heart ended up. I'll spend the rest of my days looking for him when I see cows (and I don't know one breed from another!).
Oh my gosh, the heart!! Adorable (and those lashes in the last pic!!). This hurts my heart for you guys. There's a couple of herds of cows around the corner from me; one has a few longhorns and some aren't. The other herd are red cows (don't know what they're called). I always love driving by and seeing the babies. Just today, I was on my way home and 'awww-ing' over the babies.
So adorable!! Adn they all just look at you like.. hey... what are you? too cute!!
I always love the babies. We were fall calvers, and last year is the first year we had no fall babies around here. It's sad, but necessary. We shipped the last of our heifers out last week. And no more goat babies, either. It's kind of depressing, really, and I don't know how long we can stand it. We're trying to convince ourselves we're doing the right thing, but it's hard.
Aw - so cute! We adopted a puppy last month with a heart over his eye. The calf's patch could also be 'Ohio' ;-)
I absolutely love your blog. Your life on the ranch is so interesting and I look forward to each new post. Could you answer a question for me? On your Farmer's Market quilt (see your post on 1-19-21) could you tell me the size of your blocks? I love the pattern and want to use it with bold flowered pieces. Thank you for your help. I hope your drought ends soon, I hated to see the cattle going. I grew up on a farm (Iowa) and the animals were so important to the whole operation. Sue
Hope all is well with you...missing your posts
Calves are just the sweetest things...
I know I'm not the only one to keep checking for post up
dates...we are concerned about you and hope all is well.
Don't want to bother you, but hope you are doing ok. Thank you for these sweet baby calf pictures!
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