Bred Heifers and a Couple Others

[randiliana]

We're getting pretty close to calving. Cows are due about Mar 1 with a few due a bit earlier cause a bull got out. Yesterday we finished penning up all of our bred heifers except one, I'll get her in the next few days. We have it set up so that we can just catch them at the watering bowl and then pen them where we want them. With 230+ head it works OK if you have time on your hands, and with cattle that aren't too spooky. As we get closer to and during calving we'll start bringing the whole herd in and sorting, that way we don't accidentally miss someone that is really close to calving, especially if it is going to be cold out.

So today I went out and got some pictures of our bred heifers. Quite a lot of them are showing quite a bit and I think we should have a lot of them calve out pretty early.

One of my favorite heifers. Home raised GV/ANx AN

Home raised AN heifer.

HHxAN

Home raised HH/GV x AN

Home raised, HP x SS

SSxAN

Not really sure, probably HH/AN and SS

AN

Home raised, RA, I believe her mama was a first calver.

Here's a couple of half sisters they're both out of Red Brf (HHxAN) and the same Hereford sire, I'm not really happy with how they've grown out so far... They have a few other 1/2 sisters that are better than them but most don't impress me much. Guess we'll see how they raise a calf. These are all home raised heifers.

HHxAN, 1/2 sister to the above 2

Another 1/2 sister, probably one of the better ones. RAxHH

And another one. AN x HH

The heifer pen, where they will stay until they calve.

Windbreak Shelter, hopefully this is all we will need this year.....

Couple of the calves we've had

The adopted calf.... Mama is a good cow that had a preemie the other day. Neighbours had a twin. Took about 24 hours for them to pair up!

And, lastly one of the cows that got bred a bit earlier than the rest...

 

[I luv herfrds]

Looking good Randi! Hope all goes well for you.

 

[Workinonit Farm]

Nice looking bunch. I've got a steer calf that's marked almost identical to #82.

I hope your calving goes well.

Katherine

 

[denvermartinfarms]

Very nice bunch of cattle!

 

[LazyARanch]

Love your pictures... many of your cows/heifers look a LOT like ours. We've got a lot of the same mix as you. One of these days I'll find some time to do the photobucket thing and put up a couple.

 

[JWBrahman]

Nice group of heifers, hope everything goes well during calving.

 

[Putangitangi]

Goodness, you do it cold!!! I feel sorry for mine when a spring storm goes through and the temps drop to a lot further above freezing than that!

 

[randiliana]

Thanks guys, we are pretty happy with the way most of them are looking.

Putangitangi, it was only slightly below freezing yesterday. It is unfortunately, supposed to get pretty cold for the next week or so, down to -28 C. I really hope the girls can hold off till it warms up a bit! They really aren't due til Mar 1. Hopefully it will be a nice March for us this year, I think we deserve it after last year!

 

[MO_cows]

They look functional, well adapted to their environment. Hope the rest of calving goes well!

 

[cow pollinater]

Good looking bunch.