Travlr
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The cow is in perfect condition. That's the way a healthy cow looks.
Got a pretty
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greybeard
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Yep, the type that is just right. That cow is no where close to being 'lean' unless you mean lean, healthy and efficient.
50/50Farms
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Murray, she looks great, and she could look like hot dogsheet for all a sane man would care if this is her standard for mothering and milking.
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MurraysMutts
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Thanks guys!
Appreciate that.
Appreciate that.
50/50Farms
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She'd probably make a good mama-maker.
branxchar&charx
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I think you can see that heifer growing in the pics!
Calf will definitely be fun to guess next year. And really like that yellow color.
Calf will definitely be fun to guess next year. And really like that yellow color.
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MurraysMutts
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I'll put this in both threads. I've got tears from laughing so hard. Less than 3 months old. Calf is awesome. Beltie makes me laugh. Every. Dang. Day!
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MurraysMutts
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I really bought her to calve out a re-sell.
But her temperament and all just fits right in around here. Gonna be a different kind of calf with a hereford sire but I'm thinking she's earned her stay...
Shes young enough
But her temperament and all just fits right in around here. Gonna be a different kind of calf with a hereford sire but I'm thinking she's earned her stay...
Shes young enough
50/50Farms
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You look at that calf and you just tell us you don't want another'n.
Cows might be high right now, but now so high as that I'd pass on the money she can make, but only you can know what suits you best. How's the temperament on the calf? She looks like an easy sort.
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MurraysMutts
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Shes pretty fast/flighty.
Not as easy going as her mama. But not aggressive either. That may settle down come weaning time and me carrying feed for a week two. Who knows really.
She reminds me a little bit of the big yellow cow I have at my lease place. As far as size/growth etc. Shirley (the big yeller cow) is pretty dang chill tho. I think this calf has the frame and muscle to rival Shirley. Here she is next 1900lb Big Sexy!
And a couple close ups..
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Travlr
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That cow is too fat for her own good. Are you feeding her? I like easy keepers but if she's that fat on hay or grass she's a little easier than I like them. But she's damn pretty. Does she raise a heavy calf?Shes pretty fast/flighty.
Not as easy going as her mama. But not aggressive either. That may settle down come weaning time and me carrying feed for a week two. Who knows really.
She reminds me a little bit of the big yellow cow I have at my lease place. As far as size/growth etc. Shirley (the big yeller cow) is pretty dang chill tho. I think this calf has the frame and muscle to rival Shirley. Here she is next 1900lb Big Sexy!
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This looks like the ones you got from Dan this winter, Clay ( @Sthrncwboy ) I forgot,., were they Red Brangus x Char, or Red Angus x Charbray? You got any pics you could post? Then again, it also looks like that Charolais x Santa Gertrudis you had a couple years back. You got any pics of her left?
Back in the 70's, when Simmental were still yellow and white, a lot of people bred Char x Simm or Simm x Char crosses, and this is what they looked like.Shes pretty fast/flighty.
Not as easy going as her mama. But not aggressive either. That may settle down come weaning time and me carrying feed for a week two. Who knows really.
She reminds me a little bit of the big yellow cow I have at my lease place. As far as size/growth etc. Shirley (the big yeller cow) is pretty dang chill tho. I think this calf has the frame and muscle to rival Shirley. Here she is next 1900lb Big Sexy!
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And a couple close ups..
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I'll bet a shiny quarter Shirley ain't got no Corriente in her.Shes pretty fast/flighty.
Not as easy going as her mama. But not aggressive either. That may settle down come weaning time and me carrying feed for a week two. Who knows really.
She reminds me a little bit of the big yellow cow I have at my lease place. As far as size/growth etc. Shirley (the big yeller cow) is pretty dang chill tho. I think this calf has the frame and muscle to rival Shirley. Here she is next 1900lb Big Sexy!
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MurraysMutts
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Shirley just stays that way. Stays fat on air. She gets a bite or two thru winter with everyone else. But even with a calf on her she holds great condition. Raises a great calf. Her last one was an almost solid red steer by my hereford. Bred hereford she's had a yellow white face. A red. Her first calf was by my bwf bull. Silver white face. All good calves.
I got her pretty cheap from a fella off Craig's down by Ada ok.
I got her pretty cheap from a fella off Craig's down by Ada ok.
Jeanne - Simme Valley
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She is a great cow. My kind of cow. I do not think she is excessively fat. No HUGE pockets around her tail head, no bulging brisket. I'm not saying she isn't chunkie (LOL). She is a well muscled, adequate bone, big middled cow. That's the kind that should give you a calf every 12 months.
farmerjan
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I'd love to have a field full like that. We have a couple that stay fat on nothing, and breed right back and raise some of the bigger if not the biggest calves... I'll take some like that anyday. And this from a person with Dairy cows all through my cattle raising times, and many dairy x cattle in the herd.. although the dairy is getting diluted out as we keep breeding back beef...
farmerjan
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Cows look real good @MurraysMutts ... your pastures are such a turn around from the dry and poorer shape this winter...
