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Pictures of cows and calves 1-20-2008

alabama

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And this one ain't for sale.....
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Sire of the heifer calves
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Some of the Momma cows.

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Jassy

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You've got some really nice looking mama cows...and their babies will hopefully grow up to bring a hefty price for ya..Lookin Good!
 

Broke Cowboy

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Very first pic and very first thought - That little bugger is on the wrong side of the wire. And the other two are looking to join in. :) Was I right or wrong? Not that it matters much - the little ones seldom stray far from the group.

Second thought - Good looking animals - where is the grass / feed?

Third thought - make that a wish - I wish we could lose our 3 feet of snow and see scenery like that - I am tired of snow plowing and snow blowing - and I am off to spend a couple hours doing it - yet again - today. We drifted in real good last night.

Have a good one,

BC
 

rainie

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Was kind of thinking the same BC. Pushing and blowing snow all winter makes spring/summer that much sweeter doesn't it? Don't know if I could handle all that water and greenery in January. Looks like tough country for skidooing and ice fishing lol, and I don't think it would be a good place to sell hockey pucks. Real good looking cows though and thanks for posting. Only another 3-4 months till we get some grass. :D
 

alabama

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To answer a few questions:
The fence is a short cross fence that lots off the catch pen. Gates on both ends are open so cattle on both sides.
They have been on hay most all summer (Drought) and also this winter. They are finding a little clover and rye grass but lately it has been too cold for much growth. The day the pictures were taken I think it about 30. I noticed I was bundled up in the picture of my shadow.
I have not fed the cattle anything but hay, so I don’t understand why they are so fat.
The calves are Oct – Dec
 

katrina

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REALLY NICE COWS AND CALVES BAMA!..... Wow, What are some of the blood lines? And what is that white thingy on the tool box behind your darling granddaughter? YOu should be quite proud.
 

Faster horses

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That wasn't fair, Alabama. We have a blizzard coming our way, and you have GREEN GRASS.

I really liked the looks of your cows!!! Thanks for the pictures.

I don't think cattle need anything but good hay (AND MINERAL :p ), as long as they get enough of it. We have tested hay in this country for years, and some ranchers who thought they needed cake, have stopped using it. It was an unnecessary expense. Doesn't cost much to have a forage analysis done on your hay and it could save thousands of dollars.

You know, when 2 lbs. of 20% cake is fed, that is at the most (without taking out the moisture) .4 of crude protein. If you feed 30 lbs. of 10% CP grass hay that is 10% moisture, you have fed 2.7 lbs. of CP. In the third trimester, their requirement is 2.5 lbs. CP. We have found protein requirements are easily met, it is the ENERGY in this country that we are short on. Where the weather isn't cold, you don't have that problem. Anyway, the condition of your cows, proves my point...feeding only hay can be enough to keep cows in good shape. But you need to know what's in your hay.
 

alabama

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Katrina: The white thingy on the toolbox is a backpack sprayer. It holds about 3 gallons. In that picture, I had just used it spray the watermelon patch with round up after the last of the watermelons had been picked. As for cattle bloodlines. Wow, that is tough. I got all kinds. Some EXT, West Wend Rito, Royce 131, Neutron 377, Future Direction, Newsline, New Day, Krugerrand 410H, CH Stacker, SAF Focus of ER and several others. And many of my female lines trace back many generations to local seed stock producers from years ago. This year I am breeding to Objective 3J15, Upward, Net Worth, and heifers to Final Answer.

Faster Horses: Yes, A good mineral is required to raise cattle. I am back using the Right-Now program. I find it a lot eases to keep than Vigortone. If I had a local supplier so that I did not have to buy several tons at a time I would switch to Vigortone. But I buy what I can get local. And it pays to do business at home. I have not had my hay analyzed but it is all I have and those cows are going to eat what I have. I cut my own hay and I know fairly well, what I have after feeding it for years cut from the same land and fertilized well. I can also watch the cows and tell a lot about how good the hay is. Some lesser hay that is say over grown and less feed value will be wasted more and consumed slower. The cows won’t clean up the roll like young cut well stored hay, which they clean up every scrap. On the other hand, if I was buying hay and did not know what went in and watch it being cut I would have it tested.

As for energy need in the southeast: The hardest weather on a cow is 33 deg and raining with a stiff wend. And we have plenty of that type of weather. It freezes at night and mist rain sleet all day. When the weather is like that, my cows eat twice as much hay as they do on those 50 deg days in the sun. We don’t have near the hard winter y’all do but we don’t have the quality forage that y’all can grow either. Yes, energy is the hardest to keep on southern cows but mine seem to be getting enough from “good” hay and what little grubbing of clover and ryegrass they can find.
A poor quality hay will require supplementing all year. Poor hay cost more than good hay even if you pay a little less for it. I try to grow and cut the best hay I can even if I lose some production volume in doing it. I think it pays when feeding your own hay. I better not get started on hay quality, some folks just don't understand that hay is feed.
 

katrina

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Katrina: The white thingy on the toolbox is a backpack sprayer. It holds about 3 gallons. In that picture, I had just used it spray the watermelon patch with round up after the last of the watermelons had been picked. As for cattle bloodlines. Wow, that is tough. I got all kinds. Some EXT, West Wend Rito, Royce 131, Neutron 377, Future Direction, Newsline, New Day, Krugerrand 410H, CH Stacker, SAF Focus of ER and several others. And many of my female lines trace back many generations to local seed stock producers from years ago. This year I am breeding to Objective 3J15, Upward, Net Worth, and heifers to Final Answer.

We will have some of the 3J15 on the ground this spring and the Matrix. We do have some of the matrix from last year.. I kinda like them.. :wink:
 

alabama

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katrina said:
Katrina: The white thingy on the toolbox is a backpack sprayer. It holds about 3 gallons. In that picture, I had just used it spray the watermelon patch with round up after the last of the watermelons had been picked. As for cattle bloodlines. Wow, that is tough. I got all kinds. Some EXT, West Wend Rito, Royce 131, Neutron 377, Future Direction, Newsline, New Day, Krugerrand 410H, CH Stacker, SAF Focus of ER and several others. And many of my female lines trace back many generations to local seed stock producers from years ago. This year I am breeding to Objective 3J15, Upward, Net Worth, and heifers to Final Answer.

We will have some of the 3J15 on the ground this spring and the Matrix. We do have some of the matrix from last year.. I kinda like them.. :wink:

I have a 3J15 bull calf this year that is not doing as well as I expected but then I only have to one. I like my war alliance calves better. I have seen many of those Matrix calves and I like them a lot.
 

katrina

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alabama said:
katrina said:
Katrina: The white thingy on the toolbox is a backpack sprayer. It holds about 3 gallons. In that picture, I had just used it spray the watermelon patch with round up after the last of the watermelons had been picked. As for cattle bloodlines. Wow, that is tough. I got all kinds. Some EXT, West Wend Rito, Royce 131, Neutron 377, Future Direction, Newsline, New Day, Krugerrand 410H, CH Stacker, SAF Focus of ER and several others. And many of my female lines trace back many generations to local seed stock producers from years ago. This year I am breeding to Objective 3J15, Upward, Net Worth, and heifers to Final Answer.

We will have some of the 3J15 on the ground this spring and the Matrix. We do have some of the matrix from last year.. I kinda like them.. :wink:

I have a 3J15 bull calf this year that is not doing as well as I expected but then I only have to one. I like my war alliance calves better. I have seen many of those Matrix calves and I like them a lot.

What don't you like about your 3J15 calf?
I had trouble this year with our cows coming into heat or me seeing it. :oops: So maybe I will be okay afterall..... :roll: :wink: :D
 

alabama

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O nothing wrong with him. He just ain't got the power build like some of my other bull calves. There may be a picture of him in those i posted. Let me see if I pick him out and I will try to tell you whitch one he is.


OK the 3J15 is the bull calf in the 5th picture. The center calf in the second picture is by my herd bull out of and ext cow.
 
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alabama said:
O nothing wrong with him. He just ain't got the power build like some of my other bull calves. There may be a picture of him in those i posted. Let me see if I pick him out and I will try to tell you whitch one he is.


OK the 3J15 is the bull calf in the 5th picture. The center calf in the second picture is by my herd bull out of and ext cow.

Don't look too bad in the picture-- fair length- seems to be deep in the chest...Give him a few months- might grow into a good one.....I have a couple of heifers bred to 3J15's daddy T510 that are due this spring...Curious to see what they are like....
 

alabama

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Oldtimer said:
alabama said:
O nothing wrong with him. He just ain't got the power build like some of my other bull calves. There may be a picture of him in those i posted. Let me see if I pick him out and I will try to tell you whitch one he is.


OK the 3J15 is the bull calf in the 5th picture. The center calf in the second picture is by my herd bull out of and ext cow.

Don't look too bad in the picture-- fair length- seems to be deep in the chest...Give him a few months- might grow into a good one.....I have a couple of heifers bred to 3J15's daddy T510 that are due this spring...Curious to see what they are like....


I am sure he will be ok. Lets see what his 205 day and yearling weight look like. If he works out he gets a pasture full of cows and if he don't it's off to the stock yard.
 

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