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Took a few minutes from a very busy ranch schedule to snap a few shots of some of my F1's from my Charolais/Mestizo crosses. No, they're not Black Angus, but for Venezuela, I think they look pretty decent. I've been pleased so far with the results of these crosses.

Also want to say that if sure felt good to get in these last few days of work. We sprayed all our recently planted bermuda for broad-leaf, moved dirt to repair the roads damaged by recent rainfalls, irrigated a number of acres of bermuda, fertilized, and today baled and stored 550 bales of bermuda before the bottom fell out just at dark! Oh, and I sold two young Charolais bulls as well. :D

Here's a few of the shots I promised:

This gal was born in Sept 2006 and was the first cross I produced....and it was by accident as her mother was bred by the neighbor's bull. I liked the results so much I decided to do some more cross. She's produced two calfs and has another in the oven. Sorry I didn't get a shot of her with her head up. :eek:


Here's a pic of her second calf which is, of course, an F2. This 'novilla' is 3/4 Charolais.


A young steer....and I've made steers out of most of my F1's, but not all.


Here's a mestiza heifer that I bought a month or two ago. I'd say she's typical of the local cattle but actually think she looks much better than the average. Anyway, she's carrying a calf for a bull from another herd.


A young heifer next to her mother.....yes, the mother's the black one. I'm amazed at how many black cows throw white or light colored offspring when crossed with the Charolais.


Another young novilla. I actually like this coloration.


This one looks a bit on the thin side, but it may just be the angle of the photo as well.


Is this the second shot of this young lady? I don't recall.


Mother and daughter.


This young guy was born on 2 May this year and I liked him from the start. Just something about him....even when only a few days old he was impressive to me. I think he'll make a fine bull and I've left him intact.


Twins! Both males and the first delivery for their mom.


Happy cows grazing in bracaria and watering bermuda in the distance.


Mother and son.


This is the first time I've planted this piece. We cleared it at the end of last summer and have just seeded it with sorghum. I was going to plant the entire area in bermuda but decided to do a test piece first since I wasn't sure of that bermuda would do well here. Boy, was I mistaken as you'll see in the next photo. Tonight's rainfall is just what the doctor ordered for this recently seeded piece.


Here's my test piece for bermuda for this recently cleared piece. We planted this on 2 July and it's been remarkable how well it's done. There's still a bit of broad leaf evident though I think our last spraying will clean that up. I'll plant the entire 20 acres next year using this couple of acres as my nursery.


Bermuda baby!!!! :D
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