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Steer-calves (lots of pics)

IluvAltaBeef

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Hi everyone. This is my first post, been reading on here for a while and finally built up the nerve to post. I'm more of a farm girl than a rancher, but I've been around cattle all my life, working with them and the whole bit, but I'm still learning about the industry.

We (me and my folks) buy and sell commercial-breed steers, backgrounding them for about a year before they're shipped off to the local feedlot only a couple miles away. They're fed on feed that are grown on our land, and pastured too for the summer months, before they're sold in the fall.

We don't do the cow-calf operation, but me, I've got an interest in the whole deal and am learning a lot just by reading, and also the schooling I'm getting in becoming an animal scientist at the U of Alberta.

Here's some pics of this year's herd: they're seven months old now, btw, and a lot calmer than last year's steers.

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Early this morning calves up and at 'em

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At an eatin' down bale

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Some more at the same spot

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Back bunch eating at some silage

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What you lookin' at??

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HerefordX steer: he's a bit wild, that's why I had to take the pic thru the bale feeder

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They're looking at something (hint: cats, lol)

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One of my pet farm cats nose-to-nose with a steer, lol

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One of those red angusxshorthorn steers

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Friends and the some of the front bunch

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More of the front bunch at the bale

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A glimpse of the farm and calves

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Head-butting competition (I think the black one won)

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Front and back bunch

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Red angus steer, in nice-lookin shape

There they are, they're still young and got a fair bit of growing to do yet. But I can't wait to see what they're like out on pasture this summer.

:) :D
 

Mrs.Greg

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Northern Rancher said:
Now there's a nice set of grass cattle ready to grow through their hides over summer.
Agree,and welcome,we can always use more Albertans...you know against the Sask.Rider fans :p
 

Jassy

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Welcome to Ranchers! Now that you've introduced your steers, you'll have to keep us posted on their progress. :)
 

IluvAltaBeef

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Jassy said:
Welcome to Ranchers! Now that you've introduced your steers, you'll have to keep us posted on their progress. :)

Thanks, I will. :)

BTW, before I posted on here, had already lost one to pneumonia. But luckly that's only one calf (he was just a little guy too), since being introduced to a new drug (to us, anyways)-Nuflor-haven't had any troubles since. Used Micotil before but learned the hard way that its "spectrum" was narrow. Too narrow for comfort.



Still cheering for the Esks and Oilers!!! :D :D
 

Mrs.Greg

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IluvAltaBeef said:
Mrs.Greg said:
IluvAltaBeef said:
Still cheering for the Esks and Oilers!!! :D :D
Poor misguided girl :p

It ain't the Oilers part of that that's botherin ya, is it? :p :wink:
LOL,born and raised Calgary gal...if it comes to the VERY last then have to cheer for Edmonton..cause my husband says so :p

So your a girl??? How old? We're always trying to help Angus with women.
 

IluvAltaBeef

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Mrs.Greg said:
IluvAltaBeef said:
Mrs.Greg said:
Poor misguided girl :p

It ain't the Oilers part of that that's botherin ya, is it? :p :wink:
LOL,born and raised Calgary gal...if it comes to the VERY last then have to cheer for Edmonton..cause my husband says so :p

:lol: :lol: So did you have to cheer for them when they were up against Carolina? :wink: :wink:
 

Mrs.Greg

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IluvAltaBeef said:
Mrs.Greg said:
IluvAltaBeef said:
It ain't the Oilers part of that that's botherin ya, is it? :p :wink:
LOL,born and raised Calgary gal...if it comes to the VERY last then have to cheer for Edmonton..cause my husband says so :p

:lol: :lol: So did you have to cheer for them when they were up against Carolina? :wink: :wink:
Yessss and it was HARD :cry:
 

IluvAltaBeef

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Mrs.Greg said:
IluvAltaBeef said:
Mrs.Greg said:
LOL,born and raised Calgary gal...if it comes to the VERY last then have to cheer for Edmonton..cause my husband says so :p

:lol: :lol: So did you have to cheer for them when they were up against Carolina? :wink: :wink:
Yessss and it was HARD :cry:

:twisted: :twisted: But I'll bet you were jumpin up and down like a maniac when they lost... :cry: :wink:
 

Mrs.Greg

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IluvAltaBeef said:
Mrs.Greg said:
IluvAltaBeef said:
:lol: :lol: So did you have to cheer for them when they were up against Carolina? :wink: :wink:
Yessss and it was HARD :cry:

:twisted: :twisted: But I'll bet you were jumpin up and down like a maniac when they lost... :cry: :wink:
No :? I was peed off that after beating Calgary and thinkin they were all that,the least they could have done was bring the darn cup home to Alta.....where it belongs.
 

IluvAltaBeef

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Mrs.Greg said:
IluvAltaBeef said:
Mrs.Greg said:
Yessss and it was HARD :cry:

:twisted: :twisted: But I'll bet you were jumpin up and down like a maniac when they lost... :cry: :wink:
No :? I was peed off that after beating Calgary and thinkin they were all that,the least they could have done was bring the darn cup home to Alta.....where it belongs.

Yeah I know, I hope that they can do that again this season...even with Chris Pronger and George Laroc out.

Oh, and to answer your other post a little while back...Yeah I'm a giiirrll, 20 yrs old. I got kinda confused about what you said about the Angus part...??
 
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