wbvs58
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Here are a couple of my bull calves. They were born early July, they are not due to be weaned until the end of March but I guess I will have to wait and see how they behave themselves if my heifer calves start coming in season shortly but I should be OK as Lucky reckons Angus heifers are flat out coming on heat by joining time as yearlings. I hope your right Lucky, that would be a great management tool.
I have done videos of them as I believe it gives you more of a walk around them to see from different angles.
This 1st one is by SAV Renown he went 295kg a week ago. This is his mother's 4th calf her 1st 3 were heifers that weaned near the top I have kept 2 of them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqVk_TMd7Pg
This next one is by GAR Prophet, he is my heaviest at 354kg. Some people don't like the rapidly growing ones, I do. I like the cows to have a bit of milk and the calves to have a good 200 day weight to take advantage of the grass over summer. Around here everyone sells their calves at the beginning of autumn at big local weaner sales at a premium to what the regular market would achieve. They are then put onto oat crops over winter to background them for entry into feedlots to be fed for the Asian market. Big growthy steers are very popular.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YO5oYKa ... e=youtu.be
I'd like to add, these bulls will be sold as bulls either as yearlings in August this year or kept as 2 yr olds for August next year. I am trying to train the bull buyers to take advantage of the yearling bulls but it is a slow process.
Ken
I have done videos of them as I believe it gives you more of a walk around them to see from different angles.
This 1st one is by SAV Renown he went 295kg a week ago. This is his mother's 4th calf her 1st 3 were heifers that weaned near the top I have kept 2 of them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqVk_TMd7Pg
This next one is by GAR Prophet, he is my heaviest at 354kg. Some people don't like the rapidly growing ones, I do. I like the cows to have a bit of milk and the calves to have a good 200 day weight to take advantage of the grass over summer. Around here everyone sells their calves at the beginning of autumn at big local weaner sales at a premium to what the regular market would achieve. They are then put onto oat crops over winter to background them for entry into feedlots to be fed for the Asian market. Big growthy steers are very popular.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YO5oYKa ... e=youtu.be
I'd like to add, these bulls will be sold as bulls either as yearlings in August this year or kept as 2 yr olds for August next year. I am trying to train the bull buyers to take advantage of the yearling bulls but it is a slow process.
Ken