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Trailing Cows Today

PureCountry

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Started off at our dugout, gathering the mature cow herd. I took the chance to snap some pics of my favorites.

This is Jessie. She's 3/4 Angus, 1/4 Tarentaise. Stays fat year round and brings in a fat healthy calf. I love her.
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This is Jessie and her Galloway sired heifer calf, born in the first week of July.
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One more. I could look at this cow all day. As you can see, the calf has milk on her face, hence the sucked out front quarters, giving the bag a tipped look. When full, it's level.
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This is a purebred Galloway cow, 6yrs old, and her July 15th heifer.
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The sire of these babies, Navigator 28N. Ran with 48 head for the first 45 days, then had another 40 head of commercial cows dumped with him for the last 20 days. His off-season starts next week. He doesn't have much weight to put back on though.
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Maple Leaf Angus

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Cattle look really good, PureCountry. Any idea of the bull's weight?

And I am puzzled by the row width on the stubble under the bull. The rows look to be spaced further apart than we are accustomed to. What was used to plant the grain?
 

Ranchy

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Great pics, Pure!!!!!!!! Love those easy keepin cattle...... :wink:

Thanks for sharing your part of the world with us!
 

rkaiser

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Lookin good purecountry. Old Navigator is likely just under a ton at this time of year and would max out at 2200 if he were fed up with some grain ---- "but we ain't using any grain on these beasts." I'm heading up to the college where we have 49 coming two year old bulls including some of old Navigators sons. we're going to reveiw the feed tests on their silage and haylage and see if we can keep these boys forage raised this year right through to sale time. I know I won't get any arguement from my purecountry partner on the "no grain" issue.

Funny thing that size and diet thing is still allowing us to finish our feeder cattle on a 50% barley ration in less than 20 months without implants or rumensin. I hope old Purecountry takes a few shots of his fat steers before they end up on the hook. The uniformity in his pen is amazing and those 18 month old 1100 pound beasts make me drool every time I see them. Has a lot to do with this young man's choice of brood cows prior to becoming the man to watch out for in the Galloway purebred world. 8)
 

PureCountry

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Thanks for the compliments folks. I'll post some pics of the fats when I get the camera recharged. Forgot to plug it in today.

Maple Leaf, I'm not sure but I believe the row spacing looks that way because Navigator's standing in a part of the field where the neighbor had some plugged lines on his air-seeder. You see the cropland still belongs to my folks, and they rent it to my best friend from down the road. He ran out of seed doing that particular field and bought some from my Grandad to finish off. Turns out Grandad's seed was full of chaff and junk, which in turn plugged some lines. Those strips sure make for nice fall-grazing though. :wink: Not sure if I owe the folks some pasture rent on that one, or the neighbor for standing greenfeed, or Grandad for a favor!!?? :lol: :lol:
 
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