Mytty the calf is now about seven months old. We have been trying to find her to take photos for a few weeks but we haven’t been able to find her in the field! I guess she was having too much fun in the tall grass to make an appearance. Today she finally showed up to get her picture taken.

She weights about 550 pounds and is one of the smaller heifer calves in the group. This is mostly because she is the youngest – she was one of the latest calves to be born. She was born at the beginning of October and most of the others were born in August and September.

In Mytty’s short life she has already grazed in nine different fields on our ranch! We move the animals around quite often. This is how we keep our fields healthy, giving fields rest time in between grazing allows the grass to grow strong roots and ensures that no one field is overgrazed.

Mytty is one week old and doing great!  She spends most of her time staying very close to her mom.  She weighs about 75 pounds and her diet is primarily her mom’s milk. 

Mytty at one week old.

Today we welcomed baby calf #2630.   We are calling her Mytty because her sire’s name is Mytty in Focus.  Or in other words . . . she’ll always know the answer to the question “who’s your daddy?”  

Every new calf born on our ranch get an eartag number that  matches it’s mother’s number.  This helps us keep track of who’s who at all times.  The eartags are also color coded.  In Mytty’s case, the yellow tag (see in the photo below) tells us that her mother is a first calf heifer, or that this is her mother’s first baby.  We’ll follow Mytty around the ranch in future blog posts.

Mytty just a few hours old.

Mytty gets her eartag.

Mytty and her mother.