1/48th day old….

….or 30 minutes.  Mom is 1/4 Senepol….the rest Devon.  It’s a cross we really like for our meat operation.  The yield is better and no loss of quality.  The sire is one of our personal English bulls that Wooz calls “Handsome Ransom”.

We like to tag pretty fast…before these guys “get their legs”.  But we also like to see them get their first milk with colostrum before we distract Mom, particularly a first calf heifer like this one.

As it was it was a bit of a struggle.  Took two of us and two tries to get the tag in.  Duane Ard, our farm manager, provided the muscle and, more importantly, chased and tackled the calf.

Photos by Wooz.