Eva's Fifth Calving Date Competition, 2015

The annual Isla's Calving Date Competition ran each year from 2001 until 2009.  Isla died at the end of 2009.

In 2011 Virago Eva 81, Isla's great Granddaughter, calved for the first time and the annual competition has since centred on her.

The competition closed at midnight on Sunday, 4 October and the (hopefully) happy event will be announced as soon after it occurs as possible.

Eva delivered a tiny daughter around 9.30pm on Monday, 5 October.

CONGRATULATIONS to Megan from Martinborough, who correctly guessed today and got the sex right too!

The usual gestation period for cattle is 275 - 290 days (about two weeks longer than human babies).

This year's calf is sired by our bull 87 and the action of interest occurred on New Year's Eve (she was his New Year's Eva?)

Guessing the sex of the calf is just an extra bit of fun, although if two people guess the correct time and one gets the sex wrong, that would decide the winner.

The prize is the winner's choice of a six-month subscription to New Zealand Lifestyle Block Magazine or a weekend for two on the farm as our guests, for guessing closest to the actual time of calving.

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Thank you all for your entries as listed below:

3 October	Stephan, Diggers Valley: 1am, bull
4 October	Dominique, Luxemburg, Wisconsin: 12.30pm, heifer
5 October	Megan, Martinborough: 12.10am, heifer
7 October	Ruth, Diggers Valley: 7.35am, heifer Steve, Huntly: 5.35pm, heifer Sue, Ohau: 9.30pm, bull Bernie, Melbourne, Australia: 10.35pm, bull
8 October	Nadene, Mangatawhiri: 6am, heifer Rhys, Christchurch-ish: 6.15pm, bull
9 October	Suzi, Waiwera: 11.20pm, heifer
12 October	Joyce, Loveland, Ohio USA: 1.05pm, heifer Hannah, Orewa: 2.15pm, bull Maria, East Taieri: 9.05pm, bull Shelley, Waitakere: 10.30pm, heifer
13 October	Jon, Waitakere: 8.45pm, bull
15 October	Sandy, Central Hawkes Bay: 10.30pm, heifer
16 October	Melanie, MS, US: 4pm, heifer
19 October	Renée, Otaki: 5am, heifer