Nice calves everyone, especially the shorthorns.
Here are some of mine.
The 3 calves above are from crossbred firstcalvers and an sim bull. about 3 weeks old in the pics
These 3 calves are from a limo bull. about 1 week old in the pics
Hope you enjoy to see them and feel free to...
Hi,
The wire is hot and the eyebolts are insulated.
Cows and bulls have alot of respect for the wire the wire.
Have some pigs that dont have respect for the hot wire, use non barbed wire and some kind of woven plastic with metal wire.
Jeroen.
Hi,
I live in Drenthe, thats in the northern part of the netherlands.
Think its about 130 km from Arnhem, easy to do for you, on a racingbike in the 80's !
Jeroen.
It rained the whole night before I found him in the morning. More than 60mm of rain in one night, a lot of thunder and lightning. I'm sure he wasn't hit by the lighting
Found my saler bullcalf dead in the pasture. The day before he was running and playing with the other calves. 3 weeks old had a bad start it was raining for days when he was born. Put him and his mom in a barn for a few days and turn them out in some nice weather. Had a litle scours, but not...
blonde bull out an sim x maine anjou cow.
This is the way he was born, 430 € bill. About 65 kg.
blonde heiffer from a pure sim cow.
blonde bull from a 4way cow.
Have 4 purebred saler cows at the moment and 2 yearling heiffers. 15 cows and heiffers that are salers cross. They are not very common in my country. They are easy to keep and are moneymakers because they are cheap in maintenance. Do not understand why there are not more farmers who have them.
Hi,
It has been a while since I posted here, but I read almost every other day on this board.
Love the stories and the pics people share here.
Wanted to share some pics of my calves, enjoy !
9/16 sim heiffer.
blonde x heiffer and her 4way mom.
blonde x saler heiffer.
Will upload some more...
Also a lurker most of the time, love the pics of cattle and the in environment.
Have posted some pics in the past, love the comments on them, even the ugly comments.
Dont give comments or answers a lot, mostly try to learn something.
Their dad was a pure Salers, mom of the bull in the top picture is a mix of sim x bb and sal x herf ,its her first calf , the mom of the other one is sim x maine.
Jeroen.
Sold these two guys today, the cows' bankaccount was almost empty and there are some bills to be payed. Got 800€ a piece.
Born in march, they will be picked up over a week.
Don't have to wean them.
Jeroen.
Sim-ang
Its mostly common velvetgrass and meadow foxtail, with alot buttercup.
Not the best hay but they will eat it.
I lease this pasture from a conservation organization for 80 Euro /hectare
Have to mow it after 15 june and can graze it till 1 october.
Its been like this for almost 30 year...
Hi, thanks for the replys,
When you come to see my corner of the world and you visit my small country, you are never far away from my small farm. :cowboy:
You're always welcome ,
Jeroen.