Menu
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
New profile posts
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Forums
Cattle Boards
Beginners Board
Bottle fed calf timeline and targets and growing them
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Help Support CattleToday:
Message
<blockquote data-quote="greggy" data-source="post: 1616608" data-attributes="member: 38479"><p>Yeah, your right.</p><p></p><p>But I can see what animals would have come from same place, or are the same breeding.</p><p></p><p>The one I refer to out of group of nine, has a heifer in with her that is the same breeding, colour, shape and structure, same coat etc etc, they were same size when brought here, one is 20kg above other at a guess.</p><p></p><p>They also do seem to go through growth stages, or spurts.</p><p></p><p>The calf that was the largest the day she landed, is still, by far, the largest, she is a vacuum for any feed though, she could now be a full 50kg more than the smallest one, who may not be all that small.</p><p></p><p>I estimate the largest heifer in this group at 150kg, the smallest, I was originally thinking about 70, but she is prob more 80-90, most are prob in the 110 range now. So say 20 behind, which is significant in my mind.</p><p></p><p>The Hereford group is heavier for age, and all but one that got sick are filling out nicely, so I have a reason for that heifers size, and expectations have been adjusted lower, who knows, maybe she will catch up.</p><p></p><p>But not only the exact breeding, but I also do not know exact age, that larger calf could have a month or more on the others, so she is always going to be far ahead until later down the track...</p><p></p><p>They have kept me busy, so I may get myself confused sometimes <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>That bull looks a fair size and decent TBH, not that I am any expert.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greggy, post: 1616608, member: 38479"] Yeah, your right. But I can see what animals would have come from same place, or are the same breeding. The one I refer to out of group of nine, has a heifer in with her that is the same breeding, colour, shape and structure, same coat etc etc, they were same size when brought here, one is 20kg above other at a guess. They also do seem to go through growth stages, or spurts. The calf that was the largest the day she landed, is still, by far, the largest, she is a vacuum for any feed though, she could now be a full 50kg more than the smallest one, who may not be all that small. I estimate the largest heifer in this group at 150kg, the smallest, I was originally thinking about 70, but she is prob more 80-90, most are prob in the 110 range now. So say 20 behind, which is significant in my mind. The Hereford group is heavier for age, and all but one that got sick are filling out nicely, so I have a reason for that heifers size, and expectations have been adjusted lower, who knows, maybe she will catch up. But not only the exact breeding, but I also do not know exact age, that larger calf could have a month or more on the others, so she is always going to be far ahead until later down the track... They have kept me busy, so I may get myself confused sometimes :) That bull looks a fair size and decent TBH, not that I am any expert. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Cattle Boards
Beginners Board
Bottle fed calf timeline and targets and growing them
Top