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Thanks all! Calves are so bad, they see the truck and they come running (literally) to lick and chew on it. Block heater cords are their favorite. Nothing is safe from them! :lol: Took a few more pictures yesterday afternoon. RA bull calf RA pair same pair from the side The RA...

Since I have a few spare moments this morning thought I would share a few pictures from the last few weeks. Red Angus pairs (and 1 Black Red Carrier cow). This group is mostly first & second calvers with heifer or steer calves. Red Angus heifer calf Red Angus bull calf. I can't for the...

TC - we’ve never had any of our really tame guys cause us an issue by going down in the chute as 2 yr olds or older. Just when they are young yearlings. The older they get the easier the process seems to go.

I'm glad I could help. If they start going down on you in the chute again the next time you try I would definitely see how it goes without catching their head. Just letting them stand there naturally does seem to help quite often.

I have a few commercial Speckles. They are fun to look at and it's exciting at calving time not knowing what colour pattern you will end up. We only have 5 commercial Speckle Park cows. Not sure if they are 100% Speckle Park or not, but I suspect most are at least 1/2, and a couple I'm pretty...

Congratulations! That is a beautiful pair for sure!

We test 50+ yearling bulls that range from 10-12 months of age every year. We use 2 different vet clinics throughout the year, but the one vet is far better at semen testing than the other. They both use the exact same probe and they both use it on the automatic setting so neither is fiddling...

Fantastic looking set of heifers!

Thanks again all I would put most of them around 800-900 lbs. There is some in the group that would be smaller and a few that would be bigger. We don't push them really at all to grow after they are weaned and this year I would say they were definitely 'greener' than a lot of years. They...

Thanks all. Your gonna make me have a big head. Jeanne, I always feel like the animals should speak from themselves whether in a picture/video/advertisement. I totally suck at hyping up my own animals. I just feel that they are what they are, some are better than others and none of them are...

Thanks Jeanne - that means a lot coming from you!

While I'm on here thought I'd share some cow/calf pictures from recent pasture checks. The year started off looking like we were going to be in a major drought situation. When the rain finally came it has hardly stopped. Trying to get hay up is proving to be difficult. Most likely every bit...

Just some pictures of some of our replacement heifers this year. Most are purebred angus - but there is some commercials mixed in the group too as you can see. They have all been with the bull since the 15th of June so most should be bred at this point. this big girl looks a little out...

Thanks all! The boys are happy to be out and seem to be getting right down to business Exciting news about the Speckle Park embryos! We have a small group of Speckles. They are fun to have around and seem to be good cows too.

We are trying a mineral with garlic in it this year as well. We usually don't put any mineral out once the cows are on pasture (just trace mineral salt blocks) but we have one pasture that we always seem to get a run of pinkeye go through every summer and the flies have been terrible there the...

Thanks all! None of them are perfect but overall I think they are a pretty good group of bulls. Some of them are bulls that we raised that came in dam from purchasing breds at dispersal sales. We've had pretty good luck with that. The Black Angus bulls must not be as photogenic this...

I could be wrong (wouldn't be the first time) but I honestly think I'm pretty close at 1700 lbs. He was a bit under 1200 lbs when we purchased him february 2018 as a yearling and has grown considerably since then. Even at 1lb a day gain he'd be at minimum 1600 lbs by now. It doesn't take an...

Now that all the bulls have been turned out for the year thought I would share some quick snapshots of some of the bulls. Left is a 3 yr old Red Angus (goes back to TLA Northern Samurai), Right is a 2 yr old (Son of Six Mile High Caliber) 3 yr old Red Angus. We use this bull on most of our...

Thanks all! Thanks for the compliment. It's not just the birthweight that might get him steered though - he has a real sloppy loose navel/sheath that I hate the look of. And as much as I know he wouldn't cause any calving problems on cows we just don't have a good market for 'cow' bulls...

Just some pictures from the past few days. Nothing better than green grass & cows :) RA bull calf. 103lb BW. This one will likely end up a steer this fall but he sure is growing good. RA bull calf. 77lb BW a group of yearling heifers that will be sold as breds this fall...