They are beautiful cows. We loved reading about them.

*bump* So I can be excited and ramble about our calf due this month. We've not milked Lucy for around 6 weeks now. Used the last of the frozen milk today - have also been buying some local bio-dynamic milk (not raw, but not homogenised) to supplement the frozen stuff.

Lucy's ligaments are changing, she is wanting a lot of scratches and attention. Her vulva area is bulging a bit. I have to look for mucous and filling udder next. It feels odd to be paying so much attention to the back end of my cow, but I'm learning heaps.

Honey was weaned when Lucy was dried off and she has just thrived. She is very affectionate and calm. She's also really big. We didn't de-horn her, which kinda scares me, but I hope we've made the right choice there.

The calf due should be a wagyu/Jersey (Lucy's a Jersey, AI'ed with wagyu semen). That's a beef breed, so not what I expected (didn't ask, just presumed she'd have a dairy breed bub).

There's recent pics here: http://belindamoore.blogspot.com/ (scroll down past the food forest bit).

wow! that's so exciting!

It is exciting, mf. I've never been so excited about a pet having offspring before! I'm mostly loving how much I'm learning along the way.

Baby Wags was born yesterday. I updated the blog (linked to above) with pics and the whole story, placenta and all.

awesome!!!!

Congratulations!!!
I read your blog yesterday and it sounded awesome.

Thanks! Sweetheart the foster calf came today. So far so good. She had a quick bath and has had one big feed that I've seen.