This particular little shaver is this mama's first calf ever (very oddly, we call them 'first-calf heifers'. Ha.) and, extra-exciting for me, is that you might say I was the fertility doctor for this heifer and about 6 others. Let's say you were a woman who wanted to have a child via a sperm donor. You might go to a clinic and sort through hundreds of eligible donors to pick the one most suited to you. That's basically what we did with these heifers. We sorted through many, many books and EPDs (expected progeny differentials) to find the perfect donor bull. Then we artificially inseminated (A.I.) the heifers last summer, and this is one of the progeny - about 30 minutes old! Welcome to the world, kiddo!
Happy Spring!!!
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