Lots of interesting comments.
This rancher runs a stock cow herd of about 250 cows & heifers and has been in the business many years. He is quite fussy about his bulls and there is little or no inbreeding. This heifer was bred to a new bull on the ranch this year in a pasture away from older cows.
In talking to his foreman the other day he said that this is the smallest calf he has ever seen and he has been there about 25 years so he has seen many, many calves. Every thing about the calf looks in proportion, it is just much smaller than normal. It will be interesting to see how it grows between now and next fall when the calves are weaned.
