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Calf pictures

Ned Jr.

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Here's a few pictures of the new calf crop.

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6050 daughter

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Here's a few with their snow goggles on.

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Proud papa saying cheese for the camera.

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Sunset shot from last month.

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Now
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Faster horses

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Nice calves!! Nice bull.

Aren't they having a blast? I really laughed at the calf in the far
left hand side of the first picture. He's almost standing on his head!!!

Hereford calves with their white face are just so darn cute!!!!!!!!

Thanks.
 

WyomingRancher

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Hay Feeder said:
Really nice photos. Get some smaller tags for your calves the will look better with a little tag.

At the rate those babies are growing, they'll be making the tag look small in no time :D. I like BIG tags too Ned Jr. :wink:. Nice healthy calves!
 

Ned Jr.

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Nicky said:
Looking good!! How many 6050 calves do you have now? The goggle eyed ones are sure cute :)

I counted 12 6050 calves so far. 9 of them are heifers. I really like them especially the heifer calves. I have around 30 175 calves so far. I like his calves a lot. He throws more pigment than any bull I've ever used. They come small then they really seem to grow well.
 

Ned Jr.

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WyomingRancher said:
Hay Feeder said:
Really nice photos. Get some smaller tags for your calves the will look better with a little tag.

At the rate those babies are growing, they'll be making the tag look small in no time :D. I like BIG tags too Ned Jr. :wink:. Nice healthy calves!

I guess I get so use to them I don't even notice they're big tags anymore. They do seem to grow into them and those tags will stay with them for life, or at least until they get them caught on something.
 

Silver

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Ned Jr. said:
WyomingRancher said:
Hay Feeder said:
Really nice photos. Get some smaller tags for your calves the will look better with a little tag.

At the rate those babies are growing, they'll be making the tag look small in no time :D. I like BIG tags too Ned Jr. :wink:. Nice healthy calves!

I guess I get so use to them I don't even notice they're big tags anymore. They do seem to grow into them and those tags will stay with them for life, or at least until they get them caught on something.

I agree. I use the biggest tags I can get, at least on the heifers. I like to be able to read 'em from a distance. Big brands are a good idea too :wink:
Great looking calves, I like the paint scheme on them.
 

Hay Feeder

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I guess you are right to see the tags from a distance. I am still using calf Z tags the tag hole also grow with the calf. We try to keep the same tag on the calf to adult actually allflex is ok for me. All of the farm stores here carry Duflex tags its hard to find anything else unless one orders it.
 
4/8/09

Ned,

Great looking (and they seem very happy - good mothering Hereford cows ...) calves you have there.

Keep up the good work !!

Dave
MAPLE EDGE HEREFORDS
Bloomfield, Connecticut
 

WyomingRancher

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Hay Feeder said:
I guess you are right to see the tags from a distance. I am still using calf Z tags the tag hole also grow with the calf. We try to keep the same tag on the calf to adult actually allflex is ok for me. All of the farm stores here carry Duflex tags its hard to find anything else unless one orders it.

Isn't that the truth :roll:. I like them since I don't have to mess around with backings, but they do have their drawbacks. A few years ago, my Z tags seemed to be eroding the ears. Not around the hole, but on the underside of the ear. My friend had the same issue. Haven't had it happen since.
 

Hay Feeder

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WyomingRancher said:
Hay Feeder said:
I guess you are right to see the tags from a distance. I am still using calf Z tags the tag hole also grow with the calf. We try to keep the same tag on the calf to adult actually allflex is ok for me. All of the farm stores here carry Duflex tags its hard to find anything else unless one orders it.

Isn't that the truth :roll:. I like them since I don't have to mess around with backings, but they do have their drawbacks. A few years ago, my Z tags seemed to be eroding the ears. Not around the hole, but on the underside of the ear. My friend had the same issue. Haven't had it happen since.
I have a problem getting the Z tag into soft eared new born. When the new born are wet the tag Z freeze rots out the ear making calves look horrible.
When I get figured out how to send in photos I would like to see how these calves down here grow compared to the western calves my guess western calves will be at least 60 pounds heavier maybe 100. Even though many of had a wet winter the quality of the hay out there looks like has already given the western calves a good start even with the harsh winter. We have been using western and northern bulls for years.
 

Doug Thorson

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I like them since I don't have to mess around with backings

My biggest gripe about the Z tags are the no backings! For years I used Allflex and bought different color buttons for different breeding pastures. That way I always could tell what breeding the calf was by the button color. Then Allflex went with pastel colors and I switched to Z, but this year I am using some Temple Tags. We will see how they hold a number, that might well be my choice from now on.

On subject, great pictures of great calves Ned. Glad to see you got a little wet stuff.
 
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