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4-H Show Calves Make Progress Again.........Finally! :D

Ranchy

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We took Al's show calves up and weighed them Sunday morning.......they did great the last week, by feeding them and then letting them wander the pasture, morning and night.

Bandita, the heifer, went from 555# on 4-21, to 594# on 4-29, a gain of 39#!!!!!!!!! :D

Wheezy, the steer, went from 622# (what he weighed for 2 consecutive weeks) to 676#, a gain of 54#!!!!!!!!!!!! :D He's got another 324# to gain to make the minimum weight for steers (figures out to about 2.75# per day he's got to gain between now and then). I think he's gonna make it after all, barring unforeseen circumstances, that is.........

Just had to report back to y'all, and thank ya once again, for your great input and ideas the other day!
 

Denny

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Why do you weigh them so much???

The stress will take pounds off we weigh our bulls every 45 days once you have them growing I would'nt keep hauling them around to be weighed but thats just me.
 

Tap

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I imagine the cattle were growing frame all along Ranchy, but they gained the weight fast when the conditions were right. Good luck with them.
 

Ranchy

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Denny, it actually doesn't stress these two at all. They love loading in the trailer and going for a ride. I know, it sounds strange, but they will both actually jump in........I think if they were dogs, their tails would be wagging..... :lol: :lol: :lol:
The reason we weigh them every week, is because they are both young for what Al's got them into.......they'll only be 13 months old when we have our fair, and Al doesn't want to put a whole lot into a project that's not going to make weight. So, by weighing them regularly, it's a little easier to see if Wheezy has a chance of making the 1000# minimum. Since he's going, Bandi wants to go, too.......They're so spoiled....... :p

Tap, I imagine you're probably right. You can almost watch these two grow. Since I started working more days, and am around them less, I really notice them shooting upwards (and outwards, too). Just like any other almost 10 month old kids! :wink:
 

Denny

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Good luck to Al I hope they make the weights needed that would suck to get close and not make it.

If Al was closer I would give him a Heifer he could show her then breed her.I gave away a yearling Angus Bull a couple months ago.These young guy's need a boost or there won't be any young rancher's in years to come.The young couple I gave the bull to has helped me out quite a few times so I figured I owed them that.I even let him pick his bull so he got the one he wanted.
 

young gun

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yea denny that is great of you to help out, i help my neighbor quite a bit and he loaned me a bull last year to breed the three cows i had at home one of those cows he gave to me as a calf because the cow got a free ride due to a poor attitude. i told him i would raise it for him on my milk cow but he told me to keep it for the work i did for him. this year she had an eye popping black hefier calf, hope she pans out to join the herd. also my dad helps us out quite a bit he will trade a yearling hefier for my bull calves. no income off calves but no major expenses either, dad takes care of them while i'm at work and all i do is help with the haying. he hopes i can buy a couple of 1/4 sections next to his land and start farming together
 

OldDog/NewTricks

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V_Key weighted her steers, for Record Keepng, Weekly but the scale was in walking distance - she cross tied them on an Equipment mover and mock lead then over to the Scale Daily (1/8th± mile) and weighted them every Friday - No mess No fuse - made for good Recordes.

I agree that stress causes weight loss!
 
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