He's not mine. Somebody is trying to sell him to me and i don't see much difference in him and the hereford. I'll never load 40 calves for a salebarn (i hope). Every cow i own is a cross breed except for 2 so i'm always going to have a box of crayons.
Yes, i'll probably never run more than 20-30 cows. Not trying to get rich just have something to semi-retire to in a couple of years. The next few years i want to build up my brood cows and will cull heavily. Not worried about color as much as feet, bags, temperment and calving ease. Then i can put black bulls over them assuming that's what the market dictates.
Every cow I own is an F-1 or 3/8 brimmer.
these two are out of the two worst looking cows i own. to be fair the cows weren't handled well before i got them and i was seriously considering culling the mother of that bull calf. he's 3 weeks in that picture and the little heifer is 6 weeks. they're out of that BWF bull i posted a picture of earlier. i bought that hereford when he was young and he definitely hasn't aged the way i hoped he would but he's what i have right now and i've got a buyer for him when i'm done with him in a couple of months. two of the cows he's bred too are going to be sold as bred cows or pairs and one other is on the bubble.
I like the last one a lot but we're in two different worlds. If you bought 17 bulls i'm guessing you're running at least 400 head. I doubt i'll ever run more than 30-40. With what calves bring around here spending 8k plus on a bull every couple of years wouldn't pay off. AI may make more sense in the end.
These bulls averaged under 4500. We had bought 13 earlier and thought we were ok for this year but we lost several bulls at semen test. We missed last year as we couldn't get the bulls home to a squeeze from their winter quarters due to road conditions. Regardless how much money you spend or don't spend, an inferior bull will cost you far more than he makes you.
seems like he outgrew that awkward phase over the last few months.
Yeah, i'm trying to build some brood cows up and i think my british white has the best udder of any cow i've owned and that bull is the most docile bovine i've ever owned period. I do expect to end up with heifers that probably look like shorthorn crosses.
He came from a local herd of herefords. I put him in the field when he was 11 months and he bred a heifer that wasn't supposed to be open that day. He's been breeding cows since march. He's probably a bit stunted. I sold him yesterday. I've got a calf due out of him next month. Then another in december out of a cow that is out of synch. Then a some between april and may of next year.
He should've lost those long ago.
