Early September Pictures

[creekdrive]

Some pictures from the past week or so.

This isn't the greatest quality picture, but it pretty much sums up this province - Cattle, Pumpjacks & a Combine in the background.

Home-raised 2 1/2 year old bull. sired by a Camaro son. He's really grown, and filled out nicely this summer I think. This year he has it is easy and is only with 23 head (that's all the pasture will hold). He was used last year, along with a brother on a group of 60 heifers (not ours, but a friend who always rents a couple bulls from us). He looked so nice when he came back that we decided to keep him for ourselves, which was lucky as he we lost his sire from a stifle injury this past winter. No feed (other than bales in the winter) since before he was used as a yearling.

another 2 1/2 year old bull. This one is sired by a Chisum son that we purchased as a yearling. So far we are very pleased with how his first group of calves is coming along.

one of my favorite BA cows.

happy red cows on some fresh grass.

a group of RA heifer calves.

commercial pair - that little bit of shorthorn WAAAY back there can always find a way to show up. Both the cow & the calf have just a touch of roan. Will probably keep this heifer calf.

little red cow that always raises a big one. Calf is Gelbvieh sired.

big red steer calf. Angus sired out of a Sim x Angus cow.

RA calf with a pretty backdrop.

Gelbvieh sired steer calf with his 10 yr old Sim X Angus dam.

pretty brockle face cow

some bred heifers

Thanks for letting me share!

 

[jcarkie]

I always enjoy pics good cattle

 

[ez14]

what do the letters on that pair with some shorthorn tell you?

 

[creekdrive]

The small letters are the year letters (the one on top being the year she was born - the ones to the left being the dams/granddams etc year letters. I screwed up on the calf tag tho - that w shouldn't be there). The AC is just her name instead of a number. In this case it stands for Andy Cameron who is the guy the original 'AC' came from 20 years ago... A lot of people find all the multiple year letters on the tag confusing, but I like it (especially with the purebreds) as I can basically see the pedigree just from the tag. My husbands grandma started tagging them that way and we have just continued it.

Most of the cows just have a number but there's a few that just have a name or letters that stand for something. There's a B.P. (Black Panther), Green Tag (written on a yellow tag), Bulldog, EL (Earless), Toad, PITA (Pain In The A$$), WFBET (Granny can't quite remember what initials she was going for when she made that one) and a few others. I was helping Granny make tags one time and she had a cow with no tag that she called 'pencil t*ts' - she just drew a picture of an udder with pointy tits on the calfs tag. :lol: :lol: It works. I like to think a few funny/weird tags makes the guys at the auction market have a little chuckle.

 

[ez14]

The small letters are the year letters (the one on top being the year she was born - the ones to the left being the dams/granddams etc year letters. I screwed up on the calf tag tho - that w shouldn't be there). The AC is just her name instead of a number. In this case it stands for Andy Cameron who is the guy the original 'AC' came from 20 years ago... A lot of people find all the multiple year letters on the tag confusing, but I like it (especially with the purebreds) as I can basically see the pedigree just from the tag. My husbands grandma started tagging them that way and we have just continued it.

Most of the cows just have a number but there's a few that just have a name or letters that stand for something. There's a B.P. (Black Panther), Green Tag (written on a yellow tag), Bulldog, EL (Earless), Toad, PITA (Pain In The A$$), WFBET (Granny can't quite remember what initials she was going for when she made that one) and a few others. I was helping Granny make tags one time and she had a cow with no tag that she called 'pencil t*ts' - she just drew a picture of an udder with pointy tits on the calfs tag. :lol: :lol: It works. I like to think a few funny/weird tags makes the guys at the auction market have a little chuckle.

thanks for the info :tiphat: im sure that pencil tits calves made the guys at the auction laugh

 

[creekdrive]

thanks for the info im sure that pencil tits calves made the guys at the auction laugh

I would think so . The same day she told me to draw a set of goggle eyes on a tag and I had no idea what she wanted, so she takes the tag draws 2 circles & puts a dot in the center of each one. I'm not creative enough to come up with things like she does.

 

[Nesikep]

Chances are pencil t!t's daughters weren't high on the buyers who wanted replacements

 

[ez14]

thanks for the info im sure that pencil tits calves made the guys at the auction laugh

I would think so . The same day she told me to draw a set of goggle eyes on a tag and I had no idea what she wanted, so she takes the tag draws 2 circles & puts a dot in the center of each one. I'm not creative enough to come up with things like she does.

we got some heifers that lost their tags so in the records my boss drew their face and ears showing what the hole where they lost their tag looks like (a round hole or a slit where it riped out or a long hole etc)

 

[creekdrive]

thanks for the info im sure that pencil tits calves made the guys at the auction laugh

I would think so . The same day she told me to draw a set of goggle eyes on a tag and I had no idea what she wanted, so she takes the tag draws 2 circles & puts a dot in the center of each one. I'm not creative enough to come up with things like she does.

we got some heifers that lost their tags so in the records my boss drew their face and ears showing what the hole where they lost their tag looks like (a round hole or a slit where it riped out or a long hole etc)

We have a line of red angus cows that have a split ear drawn on their tag instead of a number. Bull buyers always wonder what it is supposed to be - some think its a really wonky 3, one guy thought it was a lightning bolt. I can't draw a good split ear.

 

[creekdrive]

Chances are pencil t!t's daughters weren't high on the buyers who wanted replacements

I doubt it We have another cow tagged FT stands for flipper toes. I never saw her but sounds like the mother had pretty awful feet. Our flipper toes has good feet though (coming 6 yr old - I suppose they could go to crap any day but so far so good).

 

[gizmom]

Love the pictures and the tagging stories! I think I am a fan of your grandmother!

Gizmom

 

[Oldtimer]

Some pictures from the past week or so.

This isn't the greatest quality picture, but it pretty much sums up this province - Cattle, Pumpjacks & a Combine in the background.

This was always my dream of an ideal ranch- black angus cows, grazing thru horsehead pumpjacks, next to waving golden wheatfields...
And we were close- have the black angus cattle (altho the price has dropped some)- have the golden wheatfields with beautiful yields this year ( but because of worldwide production isn't worth much) and had oil companies fighting over lease for the place (until they hit oil 150 miles away in the Bakken where its much easier to get to)..

But this is next year country...

Cattle look great creekdrive- I like the camaro bull..

 

[creekdrive]

Some pictures from the past week or so.

This isn't the greatest quality picture, but it pretty much sums up this province - Cattle, Pumpjacks & a Combine in the background.

This was always my dream of an ideal ranch- black angus cows, grazing thru horsehead pumpjacks, next to waving golden wheatfields...
And we were close- have the black angus cattle (altho the price has dropped some)- have the golden wheatfields with beautiful yields this year ( but because of worldwide production isn't worth much) and had oil companies fighting over lease for the place (until they hit oil 150 miles away in the Bakken where its much easier to get to)..

But this is next year country...

Cattle look great creekdrive- I like the camaro bull..

I like that bull too Oldtimer. He's sure an easy keeper. His dam is a good one, she's got a pretty spiffy bull calf this year again (my favorite of the blacks so far), sired by the 2nd bull pictured above.

We've only got 2 out of the 3 from that pic as well. The cattle & the crops. We didn't grow any wheat this year and I'm glad as it's not worth much here either. Would be nice to farm some oil wells too but can't really say we do. That pasture those black cows are in is rented. There's well over a dozen wells on that quarter, but they are low production wells and with the downturn the last few years most are just sitting idle or even being dismantled. You still get paid for the lease though - they say it's cheaper to just pay the lease forever than it is do the necessary reclamation to completely remove them.

Harvest is just getting started up here. Lots of guys complaining that it's getting late and they are just getting going. Still some guys with peas out in the field. We don't have enough land to worry too much, and can't control the weather anyway so what's the sense in worrying about it. Did a small piece of oats a few days ago and now we are going to go try & combine some barley right away.

 

[Oldtimer]

Some pictures from the past week or so.

This isn't the greatest quality picture, but it pretty much sums up this province - Cattle, Pumpjacks & a Combine in the background.

This was always my dream of an ideal ranch- black angus cows, grazing thru horsehead pumpjacks, next to waving golden wheatfields...
And we were close- have the black angus cattle (altho the price has dropped some)- have the golden wheatfields with beautiful yields this year ( but because of worldwide production isn't worth much) and had oil companies fighting over lease for the place (until they hit oil 150 miles away in the Bakken where its much easier to get to)..

But this is next year country...

Cattle look great creekdrive- I like the camaro bull..

I like that bull too Oldtimer. He's sure an easy keeper. His dam is a good one, she's got a pretty spiffy bull calf this year again (my favorite of the blacks so far), sired by the 2nd bull pictured above.

We've only got 2 out of the 3 from that pic as well. The cattle & the crops. We didn't grow any wheat this year and I'm glad as it's not worth much here either. Would be nice to farm some oil wells too but can't really say we do. That pasture those black cows are in is rented. There's well over a dozen wells on that quarter, but they are low production wells and with the downturn the last few years most are just sitting idle or even being dismantled. You still get paid for the lease though - they say it's cheaper to just pay the lease forever than it is do the necessary reclamation to completely remove them.

Harvest is just getting started up here. Lots of guys complaining that it's getting late and they are just getting going. Still some guys with peas out in the field. We don't have enough land to worry too much, and can't control the weather anyway so what's the sense in worrying about it. Did a small piece of oats a few days ago and now we are going to go try & combine some barley right away.

Peas and lentils all harvested- and all the wheat on riverbottom is in the bins.. Have about 100 acres of wheat near the north pasture that needs cutting- but been raining all day with temps in the 50's so probably be a couple of days before that will be ready to cut..

 

[creekdrive]

Peas and lentils all harvested- and all the wheat on riverbottom is in the bins.. Have about 100 acres of wheat near the north pasture that needs cutting- but been raining all day with temps in the 50's so probably be a couple of days before that will be ready to cut..

I thought that you would be a little ahead of us. We got a good start on the barley yesterday afternoon before it got tough. Rained last night, so don't know if we'll get back in the field today or not. Have more oats & quite a bit of canola to do yet, probably 600 acres total left.

 

[uplandnut]

Your cows look great and the scenery looks hard to beat.

 

[3waycross]

I really like that Gelbvieh sired calf on the Sim-Angus cow. I am strongly considering making some 1/4 GV 1/4 Sim 1/2 Angus commercial bulls.....

 

[Backbone Ranch]

Great looking cattle! There is some really pretty country up there.

 

[creekdrive]

I really like that Gelbvieh sired calf on the Sim-Angus cow. I am strongly considering making some 1/4 GV 1/4 Sim 1/2 Angus commercial bulls.....

I think it would be worth a try. We considered keeping that particular calf a bull to keep as a replacement for his sire. She's a really good cow but she just throws too much birth weight. She's good for a 120lb'er or bigger every year no matter the bull she's been bred to. She has them no problem but not about to keep a bull around with that big of bw.

 

[KNERSIE]

That first bull is a dandy