06 May 2006
Red Finally Popped

No picture yet, but Red had her calf today about noon. And for once, we actually got to see nearly the whole birth - makes me so glad I'm male! And human - afterbirth doesn't exactly sound like a great meal! But Red whomped it all down as soon as it was fully expelled - high protein, I suppose, and probably aids somewhat in the production of colostrum.

The calf's a little brown thing - chocolate brown almost. Looks to be about 40 pounds, give or take. About the right size, but a very strange color for a Highland. Kris has already mentioned "Cocoa" as a name if it's a heifer, or "Carob" if it's a bull. Her naming schemes can be decidedly bizarre! Tomorrow we'll see if we have a boy or a girl, and I imagine it'll get dubbed something sweet.

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