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Cattle and Kid

CattleArmy

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Waiting.

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This is King. I posted a picture of him as a little runt calf born to a to be replacement heifer. His mother was bred while she was still on her mother. He is over a year old and fits in with the fall calves. He's still gentle and runs right up even in the meadow to see a person.
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Fall calves checking me out taking their picture.
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Silver

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Your fall calves look to have wintered well, and now I see your grass is popping up nicely, they should be away now!

We were sorting replacement heifers today and noticed one is a month or so from calving :? obviously got bred while still on the cow also. I hate when that happens.
 

CattleArmy

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Nebraska Sandhills said:
The fall calves look real good. Will you put most of them on grass for the summer or how do you market them? Just curious if you don't mind me asking.

Yes we will put them on grass for the summer. Then usually my Dad somehow gets them sold at home. Saves salebarn commissions and trucking expenses.
 

CattleArmy

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Silver said:
Your fall calves look to have wintered well, and now I see your grass is popping up nicely, they should be away now!

We were sorting replacement heifers today and noticed one is a month or so from calving :? obviously got bred while still on the cow also. I hate when that happens.

King was born of that exact situation. We keep our heifers to be replacement heifers out on the meadow that the road is on to get out to the highway. One morning my mother was taking the eldest to school and came driving back in telling us were weren't gonna believe it but one of the heifers that we were gonna AI sooon had calved. He was a little tiny thing that we just brought to the barn and he ended up living all summer in the yard being bottle fed and babied.

King as a baby standing on my parents step. Notice he's just as tall as where the bottom window starts on their screen door.

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Silver

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The good part is you got him through, and I imagine the kids got some more good experience from the deal.
I guess the down side is that a real good, early maturing replacement heifer is now gone from the herd.
 
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