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Old 02/08/08, 10:54 AM
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First Dexter Calves Born!
This has been a pretty exciting week for us. First on Sunday the very first heifer we bought gave birth to a little heifer, and then on Wednesday (in a snow storm) another cow unexpectedly gave birth to a little bull calf! I've waited until to do to share my exciting news because we were just able to go and get some pictures ... although I didn't like any of the bull calf, so we just got some pictures of the heifer who will be named RAD's Naomi. Here are a couple pictures. Check out my blog, The Beginning Farmer, for some more pictures and for some of the crazy details of the births. Let's just say it wasn't all daisies and roses!

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Old 02/08/08, 06:52 PM
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The first ones are always special, but seem to take for ever.

Not our first, but he sure is cute!
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Old 02/10/08, 08:16 AM
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Congrats on the new additions! We had our first last year. Very exciting times.
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Old 02/10/08, 10:28 AM
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What beautiful babies. I can't wait for my little Dexter milk cow to calve.
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Old 02/10/08, 11:13 AM
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Congratulations Ethan! We are happy you got such a nice little heifer!
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Old 02/10/08, 02:33 PM
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Thanks guys. I'm pretty excited about this, but I do hope that the others we are expecting to calve will pick better weather Like sometime after this cold snap we are having right now!
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Old 02/11/08, 06:57 AM
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How exciting. Congrats.
We will be getting our Dexter next month or April - bred. I can't wait.
...but first we need to kid out 14 goats...
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