Another Hereford Calf Born

At 7:15 pm Monday, October 8, 2012, we had another addition to the herd.  A little Hereford bull calf was born.   We are awaiting the arrival of 2 more before fall calving is complete.  He is a little cutie, but all babies are cute in my book.  Mama was a 2 year old heifer, but she calved easily without any help from us.  We always leave them alone and let them handle it.  We have been very lucky with the girls, one set of twins a year and all live births without any calves being rejected.  Yea, no bottle feeding yet!!! 

These pictures were taken yesterday at around 2:30 pm so the calf is approximately 20 hours old.  We are very pleased with the little fellow. 

With all this going on trying to get every thing wrapped up before winter gets here I am at the point of total disorganization at the moment.We will get every thing done somehow. 

I am slowly trying to clean up the rest of the garden, we had frost on Monday and Tuesday Night so the garden is done.  I am fighting a weed patch trying to get gourds pick to dry.  We have to clean the barn (scoop out with the tractor and loader then spread manure on the pastures), spread lime in the feed ways of the barn and the holding pens (yes I will be helping with this).  I have fall cleaning to finish, store all canning supplies, store potatoes, do some mending, make a blanket for youngest Grandson's Birthday, clean my workshop, continue to gather Hickory Nuts(they should be done soon), and I probable will find more to do. 

Here are pictures of Mama and Baby Boy.