Travlr
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Good place to stay warm and not get stepped on.
Love baldie babies
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coachg
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That’s what I said !
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coachg
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Her everyday name is high pockets cause she’s so tall and lanky but let her calve and she becomes Hot Pockets!
kenny thomas
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20 years ago i would have looked at her as a fun challenge. Especially when the calf was in the hay ring. But not anymore.
Named'em Tamed'em
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we had a high school /youth basketball referee that was nicknamed Mr High Pockets! LOLHer everyday name is high pockets cause she's so tall and lanky but let her calve and she becomes Hot Pockets!
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coachg
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Promised a picture of the brangus cow . Don’t know how old she is . We’ve had her about 5 years along with the Hereford’s and black Brahma cow
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coachg
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Discovered this new one this morning. First calf heifer bred to our brangus momma son . We bred 4 to him and this is the second. Thinking he has earned to heifer bull job .
My first ever baldy baby was born today.
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coachg
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Love baldies !
tex452
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tex452
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My five year old granddaughter loves white face cattle, we sold our only Hereford bull last year, she is demanding we buy another one. Lol
When people come to pick out a bull calf or a heifer - they immediately migrate to the white face calves.
Hamiam
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This is the first baldy replacement heifer that I kept & her first calf born 3 weeks ago. The other calf was born 1 week ago. All other cows are commercial black angus. I lease a bull every year & used a new registered Hereford for 2023. I’m in the DFW area & prefer calves be born in November but I was late getting the bull & will have Dec/Jan calves. I’m not sure if I’m sold on the baldy cattle or should just stick with black angus.
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MurraysMutts
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They look good to me!!
Who wants a plain ol black calf anyway?
Hamiam
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The baldy calves I sold in 2022 didn’t bring as much as black angus calves have in the past. I did keep this one replacement heifer that I think looks pretty good. My 2023 calves were black angus but I decided to try a different hereford bull in 2023. Those calves are dropping now. Let’s see how they grow.
It is hard for an owner/breeder to be able to criticize their own animals. "Maybe" the baldies weren't the quality of the solid black calves?
mwj
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''Barn blind'' is the term used in my area. If you see them every day they are always normal.
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coachg
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My baldie calves bring as much or even more than the solid black calves .
Hamiam
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I honestly can look at one of my yearlings & think..”she looks good” but then see her in a different light & think..”she kind of looks like a pot belly pig”. Here are 2 different 12 month old heifers.
