Hi Herne, Glad to hear you have an early red calf.
I have about 4 sika hinds with quite big calves at foot now but my reds are looking worryingly trim. I think a few will have aborted due to malnourishment through the winter. This years DCS returns which are due in by 5th June has a section for deaths due to starvation this time. I lost 4 reds, 1 sika and 2 roe that I know about. David