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Congratulations on a successful year... That last one looks like a nice sized heifer. Your birth weights are great, especially if you didn't have to help too many of them.
You have some real nice cows, good size, and from last years pictures, they raise some dandy calves...

How has your weather been up there? Are the cows outside yet? We have been mostly warmer than normal here, and our immediate area is drier than it should be...25-50 miles north they have had 2 to 3 times the rain we have... Rain hopefully coming tomorrow night. Wish we could have relieved Texas of a little of their torrential rains... a couple inches here would be welcome but don't want their excessive amount...
 
farmerjan said:
Congratulations on a successful year... That last one looks like a nice sized heifer. Your birth weights are great, especially if you didn't have to help too many of them.
You have some real nice cows, good size, and from last years pictures, they raise some dandy calves...

How has your weather been up there? Are the cows outside yet? We have been mostly warmer than normal here, and our immediate area is drier than it should be...25-50 miles north they have had 2 to 3 times the rain we have... Rain hopefully coming tomorrow night. Wish we could have relieved Texas of a little of their torrential rains... a couple inches here would be welcome but don't want their excessive amount...
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Thanks, the heifer on the picture was 105lbs, the cow past her calving date (3 days). They eat second cut of hay and corn silage since a month.
The cows will go out around may 25 as every year. We have, with the last year calves, 330 heads inside barns.
Weather is cool and wet around here, we have a 100 acres to seed of corn and oat and only the manure is spread, we are waiting dryer conditions to seed. Some nights are still near frozen degrees.IMG_6693.png
 
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Lots of rain in the last days but so far it’s a good summer for growth.
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Things look great... calves are exceptional... we have some that "co-parent" like your cow with the 2 nursing.

We have been exceptionally dry, no winter snow, dry, windy spring... it went from extremely dry to moderate drought on the US Drought monitor that comes out every Thursday. FINALLY getting some rain this evening... winds and fast hard shower, now has settled down to a good steady type rain. We will take all we can get, should clear out by early morning, but this is great. Won't solve all the problems but sure will give the crunchy grass a boost, and the hay fields a chance to green up and hopefully start to come back with some second cutting growth.
You have some beautiful views and a very nice farm.
 
Ha, I forgot that you had several sets of twins... I was thinking the cow was letting hers and another one both nurse. We have several cows that will feed their own and whoever decides they need something to drink too !!!! They are BIG for twins... she is doing a tremendous job... Thanks @Jeanne - Simme Valley for the reminder of the twins that were born.
 
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Jeanne - Simme Valley said:
Cattle look impressive - as always! Love the pair of twins nursing!!!
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I will brake the charm but the calf behind is a stealer! When there’s enough milk for 1 there’s for 2! Those calves are among the biggest this year that cow is a good milker. My first intention when posting this picture was the cloud. That group of cows have bull calves, the heifer calves are in another pasture.
 
Looks to me she is doing a very good job under the circumstances. Calf may not top any scales, but for 3 months it is pretty darn nice. She is keeping pretty good condition too. The grass looks wonderful. Since you breed your cows to calve early in the year, will you give her another chance? If she was here, we would hold her back and put her with the bull in Nov to join the fall calving group since we calve in 2 groups. But since you only calve in the spring, that would not work.
How has your season been? The grass looks good. Have you had adequate rain and made enough hay? We have been terribly dry until about 2 weeks ago. Hayfields produced about 50-70% of normal and no rain to get them to come back. Temperatures were in the 80's and then the 90's for weeks on end with winds that dried the ground out. Making hay was good that we didn't have to deal with short windows of time to get the hay made, but it hurt the ground and yield. Finally started getting moisture that has gone directly into the ground and really greened things up. Hope it will get us a second cutting.
Cattle prices here have been very good and with the dry conditions we shipped all the weaned steers we had. Holding on to the heifers and looks like we will be okay for pasture with what we have.
If you have been reading much, you know the fires out west have been bad. @Dave and other members are having a terrible time of it.
Good to see you post.
 
farmerjan said:
Looks to me she is doing a very good job under the circumstances. Calf may not top any scales, but for 3 months it is pretty darn nice. She is keeping pretty good condition too. The grass looks wonderful. Since you breed your cows to calve early in the year, will you give her another chance? If she was here, we would hold her back and put her with the bull in Nov to join the fall calving group since we calve in 2 groups. But since you only calve in the spring, that would not work.
How has your season been? The grass looks good. Have you had adequate rain and made enough hay? We have been terribly dry until about 2 weeks ago. Hayfields produced about 50-70% of normal and no rain to get them to come back. Temperatures were in the 80's and then the 90's for weeks on end with winds that dried the ground out. Making hay was good that we didn't have to deal with short windows of time to get the hay made, but it hurt the ground and yield. Finally started getting moisture that has gone directly into the ground and really greened things up. Hope it will get us a second cutting.
Cattle prices here have been very good and with the dry conditions we shipped all the weaned steers we had. Holding on to the heifers and looks like we will be okay for pasture with what we have.
If you have been reading much, you know the fires out west have been bad. @Dave and other members are having a terrible time of it.
Good to see you post.
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She’s not been with a bull so I don’t think we will keep her, we weren’t supposed to keep her in the first place.
We received a lot of rain here and it was a headache making the first cut but the quantity and quality was there. Corn silage looks good too. Temperature is hot this summer but we know that it doesn’t last long! IMG_7469.jpegFires in the east are quiet for now but it’s another story in the west, a town name Jasper lost 1/3 of theirs houses.
 
I am wondering because you obviously breed your cows back before you turn them out in May, if you are calving in January. Are a majority of your calves from AI?
 
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I am wondering because you obviously breed your cows back before you turn them out in May, if you are calving in January. Are a majority of your calves from AI?
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Yes, more than 50% of our calves are from AI. We AI a lot in the first 20 days and after we bring a bull in the calving pen and put the cow in heat with the bull, after he gave her a shot or two we separate them. We AI a second shot some cows. I thing the bulls in pasture this year didn't have more than 10 cows to breed and some of them will be cull as it was plan. We pull the bull out from the cows the 15 of july and hope he didn't bred any heifer calves!
 

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