wbvs58
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I thought I would put a few photos of my bulls, from the other side of the world not as a competition but for general interest. They are only snapshots similar to what Gizmon showed not to critique individual bulls but just to look at and enjoy the difference in the season and conditions as well.
The younger bulls are 7-8 months old and were early weaned last November because of the drought and have been getting fed though now that is minimal just a bit of comfort feed. Of these 10 calves 5 are by SAV Thunderbird, 3 are by Iconic(an Australian Predestined sire) and the other two by Australian sires Regent and Equator A241. I like them all but there are a couple of Thunderbirds that stand out a bit to me, sorry I couldn't get their photos they all ball up together. I tried to get them down to 10 to keep on( i have another still on his mother) and the first photo of K6 is probably the one I would have cut but couldn't make a decision so for now I have kept them all entire and may weed them a bit just before winter. The older group are 19-20 months of age and have just been on grass all summer, they were getting fed back in spring when things were pretty tough but as you can see things have turned around. I have used a couple of them. I will start feeding them at the end of April for our sale at the end of July, they are fed in the paddock and have heaps of stockpiled grazing as well. Our country is not any good to finish them on but they do OK over summer on the grass and I find they grow a lot of frame then and when I start feeding they put on massive amounts of weight in a big hurry and I usually am backing off the feed before the sale and they don't melt away afterwards.
First the calves, both of these are by Iconic.
Now the older bulls 19-20 months
The one in front is by a TC Franklin bull I sold in 2013
Another by a homebred bull, all Australian/NZ breeding.
And just a few butts
Ken
The younger bulls are 7-8 months old and were early weaned last November because of the drought and have been getting fed though now that is minimal just a bit of comfort feed. Of these 10 calves 5 are by SAV Thunderbird, 3 are by Iconic(an Australian Predestined sire) and the other two by Australian sires Regent and Equator A241. I like them all but there are a couple of Thunderbirds that stand out a bit to me, sorry I couldn't get their photos they all ball up together. I tried to get them down to 10 to keep on( i have another still on his mother) and the first photo of K6 is probably the one I would have cut but couldn't make a decision so for now I have kept them all entire and may weed them a bit just before winter. The older group are 19-20 months of age and have just been on grass all summer, they were getting fed back in spring when things were pretty tough but as you can see things have turned around. I have used a couple of them. I will start feeding them at the end of April for our sale at the end of July, they are fed in the paddock and have heaps of stockpiled grazing as well. Our country is not any good to finish them on but they do OK over summer on the grass and I find they grow a lot of frame then and when I start feeding they put on massive amounts of weight in a big hurry and I usually am backing off the feed before the sale and they don't melt away afterwards.
First the calves, both of these are by Iconic.
Now the older bulls 19-20 months
The one in front is by a TC Franklin bull I sold in 2013
Another by a homebred bull, all Australian/NZ breeding.
And just a few butts
Ken