Life has been anything but dull the last couple of weeks so haven't done much reading on lil beginnings but just had to share Maximus.
About a week ago my brother called wanting to know if I wanted a bottle calf, I didn't but as fate would have it one of our stock cows lost her calf during the snow storm we had come through a few days prior. We were on our way to my mother in laws Birthday party and told Lonnie to drop him off in the barn and I would tend to him when I got back.
I was quite surprised to find this in the barn when I got back.
Maximus was a little better than a week old and 35# soaking wet, to give you perspective the average birth weight on our stock cows is 90#. He is out of a miniature angus cow and a brahma bull, note the "hump" on his back. He was only about 5" wide across his back, cuter than a button, cocker than anything that small had any right to be. His new mama thinks he wonderful as well as it took all of about 2 minutes for her to decide that she loved him, much to the kids dismay as they really wanted him as a bottle calf.
They just got moved out to the big pasture yesterday and Maximus is still cockier than he should be but I guess when you have a 1300# mama to back you up you can be.
Anyways I just had to share, he makes me grin I find myself calling "Max-e-mus" like a wrestling announcer when I see him.
About a week ago my brother called wanting to know if I wanted a bottle calf, I didn't but as fate would have it one of our stock cows lost her calf during the snow storm we had come through a few days prior. We were on our way to my mother in laws Birthday party and told Lonnie to drop him off in the barn and I would tend to him when I got back.
I was quite surprised to find this in the barn when I got back.
Maximus was a little better than a week old and 35# soaking wet, to give you perspective the average birth weight on our stock cows is 90#. He is out of a miniature angus cow and a brahma bull, note the "hump" on his back. He was only about 5" wide across his back, cuter than a button, cocker than anything that small had any right to be. His new mama thinks he wonderful as well as it took all of about 2 minutes for her to decide that she loved him, much to the kids dismay as they really wanted him as a bottle calf.
They just got moved out to the big pasture yesterday and Maximus is still cockier than he should be but I guess when you have a 1300# mama to back you up you can be.
Anyways I just had to share, he makes me grin I find myself calling "Max-e-mus" like a wrestling announcer when I see him.
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