Yay the calf has arrived!!

Went down this morning and there he was! Not quite dry but all cleaned off.

We have left them too it for a few hours and will go back and check on them in a minute. We are not sure if he has fed. Her teats looked like bursting.

But we felt she knows what to do (having had maybe 4 calves before) and didn't want to interfer when they were resting from the effort of it all.

It is hard not to want a heifer as we love the cows so much and it would be nice to keep a calf we had bred, but it is just as well he is a boy as we are super keen to eat our own grass few beef.

Now we need to find out about when to get him steered (bollocks chopped off) and decide whether to disbud him (have the buds where the horns grow from removed - usually burnt out - bit traumatic for all involved but safer in the long run).

We are also looking for a foster calf so we don't hVe to milk Buttercup except when we want to because Doug is going to be busy with the house and I will be at work.