Fire Sweep Ranch
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All this bull talk made me drag out my camera and take a few photos tonight.
First, for our fall bulls. They decided the girls across the wire looked great, so they posed for a few shots for me. These bulls range from early October to late November. The biggest black one was weighed on August 30th, and was 1200 pounds even, and is the oldest in the group. I would bet the other three are at least 1000 pounds. The other black bull is the youngest, so a little smaller.
And I liked this one because they were black=red=black=red!
The biggest black one is the oldest, and he is the bull that won the Open and Junior show at state fair this year. We are going to collect him before selling him, and have used him on two cows that are due to pass over this week. Not sure if he is old enough to know how to breed yet, but his testicular size says he is!
This next set is our two Feb bulls we just weaned. The black one was born feb 1st, is an embryo (sired by Steel Force), and weaned off on August 30th at 724 pounds, no creep. Just grass and milk. The red one was born Feb 7th, if I remember correctly, and weaned off the same day at 736 pounds. His mom is pictured later standing behind a June bull calf. The white faced steer is a DECEMBER!!! So not all of our genetics are great, and thus is why he is a steer. he was 660 pounds, just for reference on the size comparison. Not sure why he did not grow as well, but he is sired by a herd bull, not an AI sire.
And this is the only Feb heifer we had, and she weaned off at 514 pounds. Her mom is the first calf heifer I pictured in the udder thread that had a VERY TINY udder, but as you can see she had enough milk to wean this calf. This heifer will not make a great show heifer, so we will keep her and sell her as a bred 2 year old.
These last two are our only June calves. We try not to calve so late, and both cows will be rolled to fall this year. They are going to be flushed. These bull calves are both sired by a bull we sold to KY last year, who also did a lot of winning. I think they have potential, but their testes are still not safe yet! The cow pictured with the second calf is the dam of the red bull calf above. She is a Shear Force and always weans one of our bigger calves, but only weighs 1100 pounds herself. She might be a 5 frame!
So now you have seen EVERY bull we own! ;-)
First, for our fall bulls. They decided the girls across the wire looked great, so they posed for a few shots for me. These bulls range from early October to late November. The biggest black one was weighed on August 30th, and was 1200 pounds even, and is the oldest in the group. I would bet the other three are at least 1000 pounds. The other black bull is the youngest, so a little smaller.
And I liked this one because they were black=red=black=red!
The biggest black one is the oldest, and he is the bull that won the Open and Junior show at state fair this year. We are going to collect him before selling him, and have used him on two cows that are due to pass over this week. Not sure if he is old enough to know how to breed yet, but his testicular size says he is!
This next set is our two Feb bulls we just weaned. The black one was born feb 1st, is an embryo (sired by Steel Force), and weaned off on August 30th at 724 pounds, no creep. Just grass and milk. The red one was born Feb 7th, if I remember correctly, and weaned off the same day at 736 pounds. His mom is pictured later standing behind a June bull calf. The white faced steer is a DECEMBER!!! So not all of our genetics are great, and thus is why he is a steer. he was 660 pounds, just for reference on the size comparison. Not sure why he did not grow as well, but he is sired by a herd bull, not an AI sire.
And this is the only Feb heifer we had, and she weaned off at 514 pounds. Her mom is the first calf heifer I pictured in the udder thread that had a VERY TINY udder, but as you can see she had enough milk to wean this calf. This heifer will not make a great show heifer, so we will keep her and sell her as a bred 2 year old.
These last two are our only June calves. We try not to calve so late, and both cows will be rolled to fall this year. They are going to be flushed. These bull calves are both sired by a bull we sold to KY last year, who also did a lot of winning. I think they have potential, but their testes are still not safe yet! The cow pictured with the second calf is the dam of the red bull calf above. She is a Shear Force and always weans one of our bigger calves, but only weighs 1100 pounds herself. She might be a 5 frame!
So now you have seen EVERY bull we own! ;-)