Spring Calving, Check!

It has been a very crazy and chaotic month of March.  Between deadlines and calving and treating sick calves and getting the cows ready for breeding season, it has been exhausting!  One major hurdle was crossed last night as our last spring calving cow had hers last night.  With the trend that I have seen this year I wasn't the least bit surprised to see a set of twin heifers nursing their mother when I went to do chores. 

We have 12 calves on the ground and exactly half of them are a twin!  We ended the spring calving calender with 9 heifers and 3 bulls and they are all doing awesome. I can barely hold the excitement until weaning time to see these calves develop.  Chuckwagon graced us with 6 out of his 7 calves being heifers! They are came small and have loads of pigment.  They are growing really well and have his shape and thickness already.  We have a powerhouse January bull out of THM Durango 4037.  I have never seen a calf with this much top, hip, and stoutness at such an early age.  We also have two maternal sibs to National Champions, Hometown and Trust!  The bull is stout, conservatively marked, and has the look of a rugged herd bull.  The heifer has a ton of broodiness and cowwy look to her.  I can't wait to see how they develop.  Our last set of twins came from a cow we purchased from Kegley Farms this past fall.  She is an own daughter of Golden Oak Outcross 18U.  These heifers out of Churchill Rancher 592R came small and are both goggle eyed.  They are red to the ground just like momma and have a lot of spunk!  Be sure to follow us on Twitter @amcherefords for pictures and updates of the calves and breeding season!

Speaking of breeding season, we are getting geared up.  We put in CIDR's in the Recips Monday and will be doing the same this coming Monday to the cows that are at least 45 days post calving.  We will be putting eggs in by CRR About Time 743 and our donor AA HRD Monique 0140.  Can't wait to see these babies next winter!  We also purchased another bull to use as cleanup for the heifers.  He is from the Ochsner Ranch and we can't wait to get him home and get him pictured.  He is a moderate framed bull with tremendous rib shape and a hug hip and hindquarter.  Check out his details on the sires page and we will be sure to get a picture of him ASAP!  Thanks for checking in and be sure to follow us on Twitter!

Alex