Checking bulls today

[Oldtimer]

The heat has finally hit us- 90 yesterday- 90+ today and predictions of near 100 tomorrow...
Went north this morning to check on bulls- since the neighbor moved about 300 head into the pasture bordering on the south- and often the bulls like what is on the other side of the 3 wire fence better...


Found the first bunch of cows gathered around one of the the community swimming pools...



And where the girls are- happily I did find some of the boys... Bannon #2 taking a swim with some girlfriends....


While Juanada Rito 06X - 16741353 - cruised the poolside...


And sang songs to the girls...


While some sunbathed and enoyed the heat/sun after this long cool spring...


652 looks on and says he wants to grow up to be a herd sire like his daddy ....

 

[kenny thomas]

The cattle and the landscape look great. I have a hard time thinking about a place with no trees though. So much for cattle needing shade to survive.

 

[djinwa]

The cattle and the landscape look great. I have a hard time thinking about a place with no trees though. So much for cattle needing shade to survive.

If survival is your goal, the black cattle somebody decided we must raise should make it, especially in Montana. Once they hit the feedlot, could be a different matter. Those interested in profit might be interested in this:
http://www.cattletoday.com/archive/2007 ... 1033.shtml

http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/cgi/viewconte ... ports_1996

Thirty-five lots with shade (24
square feet per head) reported an average death
loss of .2% as compared to 46 lots without shade
with losses of 4.8%. Producers reported a
disproportionately higher death loss in dark-hided
cattle.
-----
Producers with the nonshaded
lots reported highest death loss in dark-hided
cattle. Thirty out of 36 producers indicated higher death
loss in black cattle and the other six producers
indicated higher death loss with red cattle and had no
black cattle on feed. One producer indicated only 20%
of the cattle in the pen were black, but 80% of the
death loss was black cattle.

 

[Post Oak]

Any fish in that waterhole Oldtimer?

 

[alexfarms]

"The Emperor's New Clothes" (Danish: Kejserens nye Klæder) is a short tale by Hans Christian Andersen about two weavers who promise an Emperor a new suit of clothes that is invisible to those unfit for their positions, stupid, or incompetent. When the Emperor parades before his subjects in his new clothes, a child cries out, "But he isn't wearing anything at all!"

 

[Oldtimer]

Any fish in that waterhole Oldtimer?

Nope- but a couple miles west in the west pasture- the creek has several pools that has about foot to foot and half northerns in it...They get trapped in the pools when the creek quits running... Grandkids have a ball catching them....

 

[Taurus]

Any fish in that waterhole Oldtimer?

Nope- but a couple miles west in the west pasture- the creek has several pools that has about foot to foot and half northerns in it...They get trapped in the pools when the creek quits running... Grandkids have a ball catching them....

Ah good times when the fish got trapped in the pools during summer at one of our summer pastures. Mostly northerns and some walleyes & bass.

 

[Taurus]

The cattle and the landscape look great. I have a hard time thinking about a place with no trees though. So much for cattle needing shade to survive.

If survival is your goal, the black cattle somebody decided we must raise should make it, especially in Montana. Once they hit the feedlot, could be a different matter. Those interested in profit might be interested in this:
http://www.cattletoday.com/archive/2007 ... 1033.shtml

http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/cgi/viewconte ... ports_1996

Thirty-five lots with shade (24
square feet per head) reported an average death
loss of .2% as compared to 46 lots without shade
with losses of 4.8%. Producers reported a
disproportionately higher death loss in dark-hided
cattle.
-----
Producers with the nonshaded
lots reported highest death loss in dark-hided
cattle. Thirty out of 36 producers indicated higher death
loss in black cattle and the other six producers
indicated higher death loss with red cattle and had no
black cattle on feed. One producer indicated only 20%
of the cattle in the pen were black, but 80% of the
death loss was black cattle.

:deadhorse:

 

[Rowdy]

For once Ill agree with you there, Taurus.

 

[Rowdy]

And thats a good herd bull you have there, Oldtimer.

 

[ALACOWMAN]

money makers

 

[alexfarms]

"The emperor cringes, suspecting the assertion by the child is true, but continues with the procession."

 

[ALACOWMAN]

"The emperor cringes, suspecting the assertion by the child is true, but continues with the procession."

what the he#$ are you talking about :shock:

 

[TexasBred]

The cattle and the landscape look great. I have a hard time thinking about a place with no trees though. So much for cattle needing shade to survive.

Especially when they have a swimming pool. ;-)

 

[Jake]

"The emperor cringes, suspecting the assertion by the child is true, but continues with the procession."

what the he#$ are you talking about :shock:

I think Macon needs to install one of those "like" buttons for these kind of things

 

[alexfarms]

"The emperor's ministers cannot see the clothes themselves but say nothing for fear of being called hopelessly stupid, the emperor does the same."

 

[Taurus]

"The emperor's ministers cannot see the clothes themselves but say nothing for fear of being called hopelessly stupid, the emperor does the same."

Um wtf?

 

[Oldtimer]

The cattle and the landscape look great. I have a hard time thinking about a place with no trees though. So much for cattle needing shade to survive.

If survival is your goal, the black cattle somebody decided we must raise should make it, especially in Montana. Once they hit the feedlot, could be a different matter. Those interested in profit might be interested in this:
http://www.cattletoday.com/archive/2007 ... 1033.shtml

http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/cgi/viewconte ... ports_1996

Thirty-five lots with shade (24
square feet per head) reported an average death
loss of .2% as compared to 46 lots without shade
with losses of 4.8%. Producers reported a
disproportionately higher death loss in dark-hided
cattle.
-----
Producers with the nonshaded
lots reported highest death loss in dark-hided
cattle. Thirty out of 36 producers indicated higher death
loss in black cattle and the other six producers
indicated higher death loss with red cattle and had no
black cattle on feed. One producer indicated only 20%
of the cattle in the pen were black, but 80% of the
death loss was black cattle.

Yep- but its still the color that brings the top price in this area.. Go to any livestock sale up here and the good black cattle will top comparable types of any other color... Listen to Ralph Wade brag up good northern black calves when he is auctioneering....Is there that much more quality in having the black angus influence? - I don't know, but the demand for them seems to remain high- both with feeders and ranchers- and to me they are the ones that count... ;-)