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Post by Glenn on Aug 28, 2014 20:25:12 GMT -6
realized I hadn't posted a pic in a while. this is a phone pic that I took about 3 weeks ago. Amazing how the grass can change in 3 weeks. yellow and brown in that spot today. two young bulls  |
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Post by Glenn on Aug 31, 2014 20:33:41 GMT -6
KP II  Yearling heifer |
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Post by Glenn on Aug 31, 2014 20:35:42 GMT -6
KP III  Heifer calf still nursing |
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Post by Glenn on Sept 4, 2014 8:39:53 GMT -6
Another yearling past bull.  |
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Post by tartancowgirl on Sept 4, 2014 8:42:41 GMT -6
Great photos, lovely cattle! Impressive set of horns for a young boy in last picture!
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Post by Glenn on Sept 4, 2014 8:46:35 GMT -6
I just took his horn weights off the other day. He is exactly 18 months old in the picture.
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Still in the womb
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Post by gregs18 on Sept 4, 2014 14:04:16 GMT -6
Really appreciate seeing horns. Makes bulls look like bulls. Heifers look good too.
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Post by Glenn on Sept 7, 2014 18:59:42 GMT -6
Fall calving started. First calf pair resting in the shade.  |
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Post by Glenn on Sept 13, 2014 16:59:16 GMT -6
Heifer Calf  |
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Post by Glenn on Sept 13, 2014 17:00:38 GMT -6
Bull Calf  |
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Post by Carlos (frmaiz) on Sept 13, 2014 17:18:44 GMT -6
What's the age of heifer and bull calves?
Nice bull calf.
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Post by Glenn on Sept 13, 2014 19:15:10 GMT -6
I thought I answered but guess it didn't send. Bull calf almost exactly 6 months. Heifer almost 6 and 1/2 months. Heifer is out of a heifer
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Post by Carlos (frmaiz) on Sept 13, 2014 19:38:02 GMT -6
Compared with the growth I have in my herd I would have guessed around 10 months.
Unfortunate not to have hornless L1's.
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Post by Glenn on Sept 13, 2014 21:23:37 GMT -6
Last one today. Just took a few pics with the phone. Another heifer calf  Yes, I know she isn't standing right. |
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Post by Glenn on Sept 14, 2014 10:31:14 GMT -6
Inbreeding depression? Heifer raising her first calf ever. Calf is a little inbred rascal. 34% IBC according to AHA.  |
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Post by Glenn on Sept 14, 2014 10:32:32 GMT -6
That white leg has sure shown up in a lot of my "inbreds".
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Post by tartancowgirl on Sept 14, 2014 11:47:20 GMT -6
Have you any idea what weight the 6 mth calves above would be?
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Post by Glenn on Sept 14, 2014 12:08:24 GMT -6
Just guesses, mind you. I'll know when I wean and weigh in about 30-35 days....LOL 550 675-700 <His mom is out of a trait leader for milk but her own milk EPD is only +24> <I'll believe the scale and my eyes before I ever believe a milk EPD, especially on a cow> 625 |
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Post by Glenn on Sept 14, 2014 12:11:57 GMT -6
Not that it matters to anyone but me, maybe, but those cattle aren't pampered and the calves are NOT creeped. The reason I got so "overexcited" and posted so many pics was that yesterday was the first time I had driven up to that lease in 14 days to check on those cows. They truly are on autopilot. I wasn't going to go until Tuesday after the 9-15 tax deadline but my brain was fried yesterday afternoon and I decided to go check cattle to settle down.
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Post by Carlos (frmaiz) on Sept 14, 2014 12:42:21 GMT -6
Any cake?
Looks that the first one should be a little heavier compared relative to the others.
On friday we wheighted all our calves, one year and one week old: 662 lb steers and 642 lb heifers, 180 heads total.
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Post by Glenn on Sept 14, 2014 12:56:11 GMT -6
I do feed cake when I check them. For instance that lease has 22 pairs on it. I haven't checked it in 14 days so 44 head got 50# or 1.14# each and if you "dailize" this (because they were only caked once in 14 days) it comes out to .08# per head per day. Practically zero. I just feed it so they stay "pavlovtized" to my horn, so when I need to check them, I can get them up.
First heifer is for sure smaller, just my best guess on weight......
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Post by Glenn on Sept 24, 2014 19:45:58 GMT -6
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