Have you grained them (before or after weaning)? Your cattle are always so impressive with their muscling. If you are not graining them, will you grain them to finish them out? About how old do you finish?
Calving 2024
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branxchar&charx
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Since your continent does not castrate, do you have to have good fencing to keep the bulls separated?
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Calves start getting meal after weaning. Bulls until we sell them. The amount of meal is increased several times. Selling age depends from their size mainly and their birth date, as always sell all before winter comes. Currently oldest are 18 months old and will be sold soon. The youngest one just turned one year old, so he will be sold around October-November.
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Good powerful electric fence charger and respect for the fence is basically all it needs. Also they usually don't see any other cattle around for the whole grazing season, so it keeps them more calm. Many people aren't grazing bulls anymore here. We do not have facilities to keep them inside all year round and we usually do not have any issues with them, so it's not hard to keep them outside.
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Today sold the last four bulls from this group of calves.
The black horned was only 14months old, other black and cream coloured were 16months.
Breeds of the sires: bazadaise, belgian blue, culard charolais and maine anjou.
The black horned was only 14months old, other black and cream coloured were 16months.
Breeds of the sires: bazadaise, belgian blue, culard charolais and maine anjou.
MurraysMutts
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They sure look good!
coachg
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One word : stout !
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Today got photos of one of our last year calves from the client, who bought our weanling bulls in winter. Was the second calf for the cow.
Photo of the dam. Simx and this year she is raising simx heifer, which will be a keeper.
Photo of the dam. Simx and this year she is raising simx heifer, which will be a keeper.
Wow. I do like the look of your cattle.
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lithuanian farmer
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This one
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Thank you! Trying to improve every year
