Angus heifers

[Jeanne - Simme Valley]

Bill Conley still raises the right kind of Angus!!!

 

[Jeanne - Simme Valley]

Yeah, I say we calve on frozen ground - but - we have been full mud - errr. Went down to teens yesterday am and froze top layer, but warming back up to 40's. No white Christmas this year - rain probably. And that is extremely unusual.

 

[Mountaintown Creek Ranch]

Just about all we get is mud anymore. We flirt with that freezing mark all winter so it's as cold a mud as can be.

Used to you could count on a frozen February, lots of calves born then, but many have backed up to March-May to at least get some warmer temps.

You sound like my cousin, who's die hard Simmental. He doesn't like the Angus look either lol! BC Lookout being the exception.

I remember when s illinois had snow on the ground for a couple of months...until everyone started raising cattle and caused global warming

 

[BFE]

Bill Conley still raises the right kind of Angus!!!

Why don't I hear much about him anymore? I had a lookout son who was a tank. I'd be interested in using BC bulls again.

 

[Jeanne - Simme Valley]

He and his son are still in business. I believe his son is into SimAngus.

 

[BFE]

I may have to look into some of his cattle. Good and thick and can handle fescue.

 

[TexasRancher]

Why on earth are you calving in December !?

lol, understand for up north....but not the end of the world if you're in Texas...it'll be 81 degrees F. Friday the 24th. Even up north a good barn will make things easier on mom.

 

[BFE]

I remember when s illinois had snow on the ground for a couple of months...until everyone started raising cattle and caused global warming

I wonder how bad global warming was before the white man wiped out bison and herds stretched across the plains as far as the eye could see, and everyone had oxen in addition to cattle. Must have been terribly hot back then.

 

[alacowman1]

I wonder how bad global warming was before the white man wiped out bison and herds stretched across the plains as far as the eye could see, and everyone had oxen in addition to cattle. Must have been terribly hot back then.

They just didn't have idiots running the country then..

 

[CowboyRam]

They just didn't have idiots running the country then..

And they didn't the 24hr news cycle pumped into everyone's homes pushing a narrative.

 

[BFE]

Better late than never!

She slipped last year. Being young I gave her another chance. Approximately 80# bull calf.
The other two have bull calves as well. I'll post them sometime too.

 

[Jeanne - Simme Valley]

Did you ever check out Bill Conley's bulls?

 

[BFE]

Did you ever check out Bill Conley's bulls?

I have. They're still the kind I like. I'm good on bulls right now but I may drive up there in the future.

 

[CowsRcuddly]

He and his son are still in business. I believe his son is into SimAngus.

Are you talking about Bill Conley (BC Angus) from Clarksdale, MO? His son Kyle raises Angus in Oklahoma..Conley Cattle Company. He has been running the Angus Shows with bulls and now his son is showing in Junior Show. He does do a handful of Sim-Angus, I think to get some extra buyers.

 

[BFE]

Yes, that's him. He raises tanks, not cattle lol.

 

[Jeanne - Simme Valley]

Yup, that's them. Kyle used a heifer of mine for Grand Champion, then bought her & hauled her back to Mo. (PB Simmental). Bill has judged my cattle many different times. He likes my kind of cattle - they are the kind he raises.

 

[BFE]

Update on the march bull calf posted above. Seems to be doing well on short crabgrass.

 

[Jeanne - Simme Valley]

Really growing nice! Looks like he is sucking some weight off MOM.

 

[BFE]

Really growing nice! Looks like he is sucking some weight off MOM.

He has. I need to move them out of this little pasture to better grass but I'm short on fence. Been waiting on a survey to build something permanent. Hot wire will keep the cows in but these calves are a little athletic and I'm afraid they'd bail right over the top. I'll wean shortly anyway. Probably mid October.