2022 calves so far

[Silver]

Despite my best efforts I have not yet managed to kill them all. They were laid out nice after feeding this morning so I was able to film a good chunk of them while mommas were at the buffet.

 

[Ouachita]

Wow! You ain't no hobby rancher. Nice herd, and dog too.

 

[callmefence]

And now I'm envious

 

[J+ Cattle]

And now I'm envious

Yes, but I don't envy his winter feeding, I'm not that fond of the cold

 

[simme]

They can grow some big calves and have some big mama cows in that cold northern climate. Neither my cows or myself could stand it past November. I always comment on the color. Refreshing to see a location where cows are red and sky is blue.

 

[Silver]

And now I'm envious

I only showed the live ones.

 

[Silver]

Wow! You ain't no hobby rancher.

Compared to some of my neighbours I am.

 

[wbvs58]

Wow, they are so uniform. The bulls must have hit the ground running.

Ken

 

[cattleman99]

Looking good. Looks like lots of dry ground for them to run on. I managed to keep most alive this year. Lost a couple sets of twins and have one purebred bull calf that seems determined to die at some point. Still too much snow here.

 

[CowboyRam]

Nice bunch of calves. I checked my cows tonight, and found another dead calf, that makes three so far this spring.

 

[Silver]

Nice bunch of calves. I checked my cows tonight, and found another dead calf, that makes three so far this spring.

I absolutely hate finding a dead calf. It's usually one that was bucking and playing the night before. It's one thing to nurse one along and lose it and have a good idea as to the reason why. The mystery deaths are even harder to take for me.

 

[CowboyRam]

I absolutely hate finding a dead calf. It's usually one that was bucking and playing the night before. It's one thing to nurse one along and lose it and have a good idea as to the reason why. The mystery deaths are even harder to take for me.

Mine were all born dead, or maybe the cow laid on it; they were all found where the cows lay down for the night. It really sucks find a dead one. You might say that each lost calf is a weeks worth of wages lost.

 

[Dave]

When that ill mannered cow lost her calf I called B to get her out of the field and into the corral. I said I had a dead calf. He replied welcome to the club. I have 41 cows out here. He is calving out a thousand or more. I am sure he has more new calves on someday than I have cows. There are days when he tells me about cows and calves that he lost that day and some of the interesting ways they find to die. We branded a couple hundred of his last week. A horse kicked one of the biggest best looking calves in the head. Dropped it like a stone. He had a cow that was calving. The head was out. One more good push and the calf would be out. Cow took a nose dive into the creek and drowned. An old sick cow of his son's got into his field. Staggered across the field fell over landing on top of a perfectly healthy calf. The list goes on.

 

[gcreekrch]

2022 is a lot of calves Silver! They look pretty good too.

 

[sstterry]

Silver,
How many months on average per year do you have to feed hay or silage?

 

[Silver]

Silver,
How many months on average per year do you have to feed hay or silage?

I like to figure on 210-220 days feeding. That usually leaves me with some feed left over.

 

[Silver]

2022 is a lot of calves Silver! They look pretty good too.

I probably should have read the thread title out loud to myself before posting it.

 

[Rancher]

I like to figure on 210-220 days feeding. That usually leaves me with some feed left over.

Same up here, 7 months. Mid May til mid Sept. on grass

 

[gcreekrch]

Same up here, 7 months. Mid May til mid Sept. on grass

Late May to sometime in December here.

 

[tcolvin]

Despite my best efforts I have not yet managed to kill them all. They were laid out nice after feeding this morning so I was able to film a good chunk of them while mommas were at the buffet.

Now that a nice batch of calves. They looking good.