Gert Cross heifer

[BC]

This Charolais cow is doing a good job with this Santa Gertrudis sired heifer. The heifer was born 1/18/2013. I will wean her the first week in August when I get back from the TAMU Beef Short Course.

 

[inyati13]

She is. Almost as big as her!

 

[3waycross]

She needs weaned. She has just about sucked her momma dry!

 

[midtncattle]

You did that backwards.lol

 

[Kingfisher]

She needs weaned. She has just about sucked her momma dry!

You think?!? . What happens to a calf like that when u pull em off their momma and "turn em out?". How long do you leave your cows on their momma typically? Thanks in advance.

 

[BC]

That heifer is 189 days old today. I typically wean at 6 to 8 months depending on my forage resources. I usually feed a protein supplement to my replacement heifers as our grass is deficient in protein for a growing calf.

 

[chippie]

very nice! hope that you have a great time at the short course : )
Please let us know what you thought of it.

 

[Bigfoot]

I never thought about that cross till mdtn posted his. I like it. I wish I had a few heifers bred like that.

 

[Red Bull Breeder]

Dang ole sorry Char cow!

 

[jasonleonard]

BC ..I REALLY LIKE the pair you posted! How many calves has that cow had for you and about what would she weigh? She must be a milking machine!

 

[denvermartinfarms]

I wean at 6 to 7 months. Charolais gert cross is great IMO for making some good heifers if you want some to keep.

 

[midtncattle]

I hope to find someone who agrees on gert/char heifer. I will have a few to sale. We have keep some in the past and had excellent luck with them.

 

[BC]

BC ..I REALLY LIKE the pair you posted! How many calves has that cow had for you and about what would she weigh? She must be a milking machine!

This is her 4th calf. She is lucky to be a cow. I work part time as an order buyer one or two days a week and bought her to go on a load of feeder heifers. I miss guessed her weight (most of the sales in Texas weigh after they are sold) and got her cut her off the order because she weighed 610 and the order called for heifers weighing 500 to 575. As happens some times, you start a new deal and I bought some more heifers to graze myself. Six months later and it is time to ship, she is bagging up, so she gets cut off again and becomes a cow by default. She has done a good job of raising her calves. I run her and Sim-Angus cow my wife inherited with my Santa Gertrudis herd to show people what good crossbred calves can be raised.

 

[glacierridge]

Nice calf, the momma is working a little too hard for you.
Better keep her around as long as you can if she keeps making them like that for you!

 

[BC]

Weaned and weighed calves today. The Gert X Charolais heifer pictured earlier weighed 678 lbs @ 202 days old. I was pleased with my weights today.

 

[Jessica06]

Can't get much better than that.