Venus has her calf

Venus had a her calf while we were in Samoëns! Oops! We thought we would be back in time and our friend who was looking after everything while we were gone would have an easy time of it...
I guess it wasn't too much extra work, but a great responsibility. We debated rushing back, but in the end continued with our holiday as everything had already happened and there wasn't much for us to do really.

Meet Stu (Stew geddit??)

With granny butters when he is a couple of days old (photo taken by our friend)

Mum on left and granny on right

Here is a picture of him when we got back. He is growing well and is a sturdy little fellow. We have castrated him as bulls can be dangerous even when quite young. Particularly Jersey bulls.
His mum is a Jersey and dad a Highland - Islay's son who got in with the Jersey heifers just before we sold him. Good job!