Yay - am really looking forward to tonight, as it should be my first uninterrupted night's sleep for over two weeks!!
Yes, 361 finally got on with calving yesterday evening, kicking off at around 9.30 pm. On checking, it was decided that this was going to be a big calf and so the vets were called for the c-section, everything ready and we got lucky and the new Oz vet was senior vet and it was a real master class to watch. They simply don't faff around, they get prepped up properly and cut quickly and cleanly and the heifer was well-behaved because he didn't hang about, just got the job done.
We were doubly lucky because we got a stonking great heifer calf, just what we wanted and she's a gurt gig gel, alright!
361, who is a real pet heifer, very, very tame was a brilliant mum from the get go and I managed to get to bed at 1am, which wasn't bad at all. Had to check on her a couple of times but all was well and so tonight it's camera's off, alarms off and plenty of zzzzz's!
The next batch aren't due until late August, so I am now looking foward to getting eveything out at grass in the next couple of weeks and just having the show cattle in to do.
Will try and take some pictures later of them!
