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Moved Cows to My "Creep"

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Anonymous

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I moved some of the cows and calves to my "creep" feed today- down onto the fall pasture and stubble fields....Calves should really start putting on some weight...

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Had a hard time getting Lazy Bar B Leinie (sire: Whitney Creek Bannon 730T) and mother to move..She became too big a pet, after I warmed her up- and had her in the corral a few days after I found her on a 27 Below chill factor morning...She isn't going to be pretty- no ears and missing 1/2 her tail- but she seems to have the ability to grow....

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Trailing down some of the cows to get them gathered- and moved...My white "herdmarker" calves sure show up....

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Whitney Creek Legacy 729T bull calf out of Lead On X Double Rito 525 EAR cow.....

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Same calf- probably the best bull calf on the place...Doesn't look bad for a March 20th calf...The wind was blowing something terrible- and I had a hard time holding the camera steady....

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The Prime Time sons (out of the heifers) are a little slower muscling out- but growing good...This is a Prime Time D806 son out of the Cole Creek Juanada 94U heifer...

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The coming two year old heifers are looking good- heres a couple I got from Whitney Creek...This is W C R Floret 830 U- a Cole Creek Juanada Lad 81 T daughter....


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W C R Mary 845U- a Bannon of Wye daughter

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When I got home a few raindrops were falling- and the storm clouds were building to the south and east out over the wheat hay bales.....Now have thunderstorm warnings out for the night....
 

Grassfarmer

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Looks like you need to work on your fly resistance EPDs OT, lol. seriously though that's a lot of flies - ours are all gone for the season it seems - the benefits of a good early frost . We don't usually get more than a month of flies around here.
 

Faster horses

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Only a month of flies???? WOOEEEEE. That's great.

Is there a place next to you for sale?
Seeing all these great pictures of grass, cattle and NO FLIES...
that's gotta be as close to heaven as it gets.

OT, I quite like the looks of that bull calf.
 

Whitewing

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What kind of fly problems do you guys have there? We've got some problems here, but hardly worth worrying about.

Here, it's vampire bats! :shock:
 
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MYT Farms said:
OT, is that knapweed I spot in that second to last picture??

I don't think so- I think it is just grasshopper eaten old alfalfa--altho knapweed would not be an impossibility as we found a little patch next to the road this spring (which we sprayed, sterilized, worked up and repeated again- and will probably have to do the same with next year :roll: )...I sure hadn't noticed any down there...
 

Justin

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i moved one bunch of pairs on to some "creep" last week. should be some good pickin'. wheat and oat stubble and some second cutting oats on the fields i hayed..

the cows up north will probably come home next week and i'm going to turn them out on stubble and some oats regrowth aswell. the oats these cows will go on will be quite a bit riper? should i be concerned about nitrates with the oats? i have never had oats regrowth like this year, but haven't had this kind of moisture either. i thought once i heard that nitrates could be a problem? i suppose the safe thing to do is have it tested. wondering if any of you have any thoughts about it?
 

George

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I would not think you would have a nitrate problem as the only time we have had one was when it was too dry and the plant could not utilize the nitrogen - - - -- droughted corn is where we find nitrates.
 

Justin

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George said:
I would not think you would have a nitrate problem as the only time we have had one was when it was too dry and the plant could not utilize the nitrogen - - - -- droughted corn is where we find nitrates.

thanks George...i wasn't concerned to begin with. but then i heard nitrate and second cutting oats....got me to wonderin'. i wouldn't think there would be a problem either, just wasn't sure.
 
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I agree with George- but if you're close to a county agent just grab a paper sack full of the hay and they can test it PDQ....Makes sleeping better....
 

Richard Doolittle

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Oldtimer said:
I agree with George- but if you're close to a county agent just grab a paper sack full of the hay and they can test it PDQ....Makes sleeping better....

You probably won't have a problem but a test is pretty cheap and quick for peace of mind.
 

MYT Farms

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Oldtimer said:
MYT Farms said:
OT, is that knapweed I spot in that second to last picture??

I don't think so- I think it is just grasshopper eaten old alfalfa--altho knapweed would not be an impossibility as we found a little patch next to the road this spring (which we sprayed, sterilized, worked up and repeated again- and will probably have to do the same with next year :roll: )...I sure hadn't noticed any down there...

Phew. Boy, I wouldn't wish that crap on anyone. It has pretty well taken over here. :mad: Next spring though, we're gonna play hardball with that stuff. :twisted: Hah, finally found a use for those emoticons.
 

Silver

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Justin said:
George said:
I would not think you would have a nitrate problem as the only time we have had one was when it was too dry and the plant could not utilize the nitrogen - - - -- droughted corn is where we find nitrates.

thanks George...i wasn't concerned to begin with. but then i heard nitrate and second cutting oats....got me to wonderin'. i wouldn't think there would be a problem either, just wasn't sure.

In this area nitrate poisoning by oats isn't uncommon because they can often be cut after a frost. Frost can cause the oats to be unable to metabolize the nitrate nitrogen that the roots are still absorbing. At least that's my take on it.
 

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