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tom4018

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Give me your honest opinion on this calf. He is 206 days old in this picture. Weaned about a week before at 625.
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Could just be the pics or my lack of experience but his belly looks a little to rounded. Did you creep fed him alot?
 
tncattle":2otbybhh said:
Could just be the pics or my lack of experience but his belly looks a little to rounded. Did you creep fed him alot?
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He had a little creep the last few weeks to get him use to eating feed, only put about 10 pounds in the feeder a day so more than him was eating on it. He has been in the corral for a week on hay and feed. So he was milk and hay mostly all winter as I only give my cows a little grain 2 times a weeks. My hay was pretty sorry last year according to the tests. I see what you mean in the pic but I don't think he looks that rounded in person, maybe the way he is standing.
 
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His is a chunky fellow, that is for sure. I agree with what the others have said, he is lacking muscle in the rear but if his terminal calves look like him at 206 that might not be a bad thing .
 
tom4018":1g6ws4kp said:
Give me your honest opinion on this calf. He is 206 days old in this picture. Weaned about a week before at 625.
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He looks like a deep bodied calf. Did you raise him or thinking of buying him? According to his pedigree, he is a potential carrier of the genetic defect Neuropathic Hydrocephalus (NH). If you own his mother, you should first get her tested. If she's a carrier, then test this bull calf. Or if you're thinking about buying him for a herd bull, insist that he be tested before you'll buy him.
 
Frankie":1lvk8qxn said:
tom4018":1lvk8qxn said:
Give me your honest opinion on this calf. He is 206 days old in this picture. Weaned about a week before at 625.
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He looks like a deep bodied calf. Did you raise him or thinking of buying him? According to his pedigree, he is a potential carrier of the genetic defect Neuropathic Hydrocephalus (NH). If you own his mother, you should first get her tested. If she's a carrier, then test this bull calf. Or if you're thinking about buying him for a herd bull, insist that he be tested before you'll buy him.
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He is one we raised, I always thought he looked pretty decent since a newborn. I thought he would grow into a decent looking bull and around here people are selling bulls with far less numbers than him for decent money. I had thought about letting him grow a while to see what he turns into and wondered if he might be something someone might buy. We got the bloodwork pulled for the testing on the dam but just got to get the paperwork in.
 

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