Our second calf was born early this morning. It's not often I get to "steer" a bull before going to the office, but that was the case this morning. It was the first one I had ever done by myself so I was a little nervous about doing it but it seemed to go well. So we now have two male calves and Petunia looks to be ready to have her calf at any time.
As a side note, a female is a heifer until she gives birth and then she is referred to as a cow. We now have two cows and one heifer...at least for another day or so. A male is a bull until he is castrated and then he is a steer. Both of our newborns are now steers.
One of our steers will eventually end up in the freezer and all others will go to the sale. First generation females will go back into the herd. I would like to have 10-12 cows at some point. That is about all our pasture will support. My brother was telling me over the weekend that Angus are know for birthing ease and that has sure been our experience so far. My plan is to stay with Angus for the cows and use our Hereford bull.
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