Category: cattle (Page 5 of 6)

I know from an interest and information stand-point posting calf after calf might get a little boring for some readers; but hopefully the readers will understand that these types of gracious provisions are for our livelihood, and are thus important events out here, and are wondrous in the granting of new life by our Creator.

And so, without further ado: the Lord has granted another calf to one of our cows — this one to Tiara, who is Amistosa’s daughter, and was our first born to our family on the land. It’s a little bull calf; and like the new Longhorn heifer calf born to Amistosa, he ended up with similar facial markings, much like a Mexican wrestler. Thus we decided to call him Luchador, which means “wrestler” in Spanish.

Here he is with his mama just before dark:

And here’s the live action version:

We are once again very grateful to God for granting the provisions of this new calf.

— David

With gratefulness we mention once again God granting a new calf to be born to one of our cows. This one is to Amistosa, and it’s a little heifer calf. She has markings on her face that reminded us of a Mexican wrestler; and so, we decided to name her Mascarilla, which is Spanish for “face mask.”

Here we have a picture of her:

And here is her video:

We indeed thank the Lord again for granting this continuation and growing of the herd.

— David

Graciously again, God has granted another calf to be born to one of our cows. This time it’s Rosalinda (half sister of the cow in the previous blog post), and she had a little bull calf. As you can see, he’s sort of chocolate brown; and a bear is brown; so we decided to call him Bernardo, which in Spanish means “bold as a bear.”

And here he is with his mother:

And here’s a quick video:

As always, we are grateful to the Lord for granting another healthy birth and increase of the herd.

— David

The Lord has graciously granted another calf, a little heifer, to one of our other heifers Rociada, which means this is her first calf! Rociada comes from one of our cows Rosa; and in continuing with the naming tradition of Rosa and Spanish names for our Longhorns, we decided to name this new calf after a type of old garden rose called Alba that has white and pink blossoms, which is also the Spanish name that means “dawn.”

And so, here is our new heifer Alba:

And a video:

We thank God once again for this provision of the new calf; and we pray she is productive for ourselves and others, according to God’s will.

— David

The Lord has graciously granted us a new little heifer calf! She got easily spooked one day, and ended up in a former cellar hole next to a shack that came with the property. At some point during that escapade, she injured her hoof; and it was bleeding. However, after several days, it seems she is getting around fine; and is even running around in the evenings.

Please say hello to Rafaela, which in Spanish means “healed of God”:

And here is a quick video:

We again thank God for His provisions, spiritual and temporal, and for His granting a heifer calf and increasing the herd.

— David

I was looking out our camper this last week into one of our fields, and saw something black behind one of the cows. I wondered what it was (and thought maybe it was a plastic bag…or maybe even a new calf!). Sue and I slowly made our way toward it, still trying to make out what it was that was behind her. Well, we got within 30 feet or so, and finally realized indeed it was a new calf, and that the cow was Rosa, one of ours. We hadn’t noticed Rosa showing signs of immanently giving birth, but there it was.

And so, after discovering it to be a little bull calf, and continuing with our Spanish naming convention, Sue was looking in Spanish for things black, and looked up the word “crow.” And with that, we decided to name him Cuervo:

Here are a couple of pictures:

And a video:

The larger bull we show in the video was not the sire, even though he has the same colorings. We think one of the other younger bulls, which has black and white colorings, and is penned away elsewhere right now, but happened to get out for a few days some time ago (9 months perhaps?) might have gotten to Rosa; although there was another bull, a grullo (grey) one, running with the herd at the time, but he would have had to have gotten to Rosa right around the time he was removed from the herd; and even then, Rosa was a few days late in delivering beyond that. At any rate, I guess we’ll have to see how Cuervo’s colors end up, although evidence is pointing to the younger black and white bull.

Also, even though in the video he isn’t doing much, and he typically doesn’t move around a lot during the warmer days that have been occurring lately; but at night, he’s literally running circles around his mother.

We are thankful to the Lord for granting this provision of the calf, and we pray for God’s continued guidance with the animals.

— David

The Lord once again saw fit in His graces, mercies and wisdom to grant us a new calf, a heifer, to our heifer Catalina (who with this calf has now become a cow). The calf sort of has the color of a redwood tree, so we decided to call her Secoya, which is Spanish for “redwood.”

Here is the new little one:

And here she is again, in action:

We are again very grateful to God for His provisions of this new calf.

— David