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    New! Friday Calf Blogging!

    Posted by Dan from Madison on June 3rd, 2011 (All posts by )

    The newest member of the Dan from Madison clan, Bart, with his mom Annabelle. Two days old as of this photo.

     

    This entry was posted on Friday, June 3rd, 2011 at 6:05 am and is filed under Photos, Recipes. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

    25 Responses to “New! Friday Calf Blogging!”

    1. Robert Schwartz Says:
      June 3rd, 2011 at 8:28 am

      Mazel Tov.

    2. Tatyana Says:
      June 3rd, 2011 at 8:56 am

      Mmmm they are both incredibly cute, but I’d not call somebody I intend to eat (eventually) a member of my clan…

    3. Dan from Madison Says:
      June 3rd, 2011 at 9:07 am

      Well, we are all on the same team/clan until they get sent away.

    4. renminbi Says:
      June 3rd, 2011 at 9:47 am

      Robert,you copied my words first.Great minds think alike.

      Dan,thanks for the post.

    5. Charles Cameron Says:
      June 3rd, 2011 at 11:06 am

      Terrific picture, Dan! Quite the event!

    6. Jeff the Bobcat Says:
      June 3rd, 2011 at 11:25 am

      Congratulations to Clan Dan!

    7. Jonathan Says:
      June 3rd, 2011 at 3:40 pm

      Holy cow!

    8. Shannon Love Says:
      June 3rd, 2011 at 5:20 pm

      Why do you have a yak?

    9. Michael Kennedy Says:
      June 3rd, 2011 at 6:00 pm

      Those are pretty cool looking cattle.

    10. Jay Manifold Says:
      June 3rd, 2011 at 8:36 pm

      Echoing Shannon, and adding that if you have a yak, you’re one of the coolest people I know.

    11. Dan from Madison Says:
      June 3rd, 2011 at 8:42 pm

      Funny you mention yaks. A LOT of people slow down on the road next to our property to gawk at the cattle, we have nicknamed these people “yak watchers”. Many people have asked us if they are yaks. If you really don’t know, they are Scottish Highland cattle. We chose them because they calve easily, are very docile (don’t challenge the fenceline) and do well on pasture/greass/hay. They have been a perfect fit thus far.

    12. Michael Kennedy Says:
      June 4th, 2011 at 4:14 pm

      I doubt it is cold enough for yaks. But the undercoat makes sweaters that are softer than cashmere.

    13. Anonymous Says:
      June 4th, 2011 at 6:18 pm

      I am a vegetarian, for 50 years now.

      This is the time of year, around here, when they take the calves they allowed to create milk and remove them from their mothers. The mothers are desolate. I watch them all year and after the calves are taken there is a period of about a week when they just wander around looking for their calves and crying for them.

      Animals experience emotion and suffer from it. One should count the cost of dinner.

    14. David Fleck Says:
      June 5th, 2011 at 5:09 pm

      Existence is suffering, anonymous vegetarian. What’s your point?

    15. Lexington Green Says:
      June 5th, 2011 at 10:56 pm

      If humans didn’t have these animals around to be milked or eaten they would not exist at all.

      They are bred for human use and would be quickly annihilated in the wild.

      All living animals suffer pain and all living things die.

      That is no reason not to eat.

    16. Jonathan Says:
      June 6th, 2011 at 8:07 am

      I think there’s a good argument to be made for vegetarianism as a way to reduce animal suffering. Whether all life is suffering or whether the animals we eat would have suffered in the wild or indeed would not have existed without us, is there not a case to minimize their suffering now? You could apply these same points to pets and most people wouldn’t question them. Are cows different?

    17. Lexington Green Says:
      June 6th, 2011 at 9:41 am

      I agree that it is a morally superior behavior to be humane to animals, and to minimize their suffering, where it is feasible to do so.

    18. Dan from Madison Says:
      June 6th, 2011 at 1:27 pm

      Our animals live like kings compared to most feedlot beef cattle. Just sayin’.

    19. Lexington Green Says:
      June 6th, 2011 at 1:31 pm

      It is a terrestrial bovine paradise for them, comparatively, I am sure. No irony.

    20. Dan from Madison Says:
      June 6th, 2011 at 2:19 pm

      Totally true. I am turning on the fans for them today because it is hot.

    21. Tatyana Says:
      June 6th, 2011 at 3:57 pm

      Dan, you can tell them they’ve solicited the biggest number of comments on single animal photo @CB so far; I think they’ll be pleased

    22. John Burgess Says:
      June 7th, 2011 at 7:50 pm

      Have they tweaked the genes in Highlands?

      My wife’s uncle used to raise them, some 40 years ago, in Vermont. They were not fence friendly. They ignored fences, gently walking right through them, whether the fences were wire, chain link, or wood. The uncle was constantly getting calls about his roaming herd, usually in the early morning hours.

    23. Dan from Madison Says:
      June 8th, 2011 at 12:37 pm

      John – maybe so, I don’t know. Ours are pretty much friendly as a steer can get. We pet the females all the time, and they like to be scratched.

    24. Jeff the Bobcat Says:
      June 9th, 2011 at 12:20 pm

      You should name it “The Danimal”.

    25. Dan from Madison Says:
      June 10th, 2011 at 9:13 am

      My wife already calls me that ;)

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