Heifers

[lithuanian farmer]

Some young heifers for fall-winter breeding and some for slaughtering.

 

[lithuanian farmer]

 

[lithuanian farmer]

 

[ClinchValley]

I love your animals! They have butt for days…

I always enjoy your pictures.

 

[WalnutCrest]

Will you be keeping any to breed?

 

[Stocker Steve]

Limi, Char, Herf, Angus, SH ?

 

[farmerjan]

Your animals have some of the nicest rumps/butts on them.

How is the heifer that was yours that you were hoping to keep after she had the injury to her leg?

 

[Muddy]

Limi, Char, Herf, Angus, SH ?

Don't forget the Belgian Blue

 

[lithuanian farmer]

Will you be keeping any to breed?

Yes, most of them. Now have 17 heifers, four should be sold in a month and almost all will be kept for breeding.
For culling: bigger yellow polled, yellow with bigger horns, bigger red polled (Limo red), two red horned. Most other are certainly for breeding, 2-3 are still questionable.

 

[lithuanian farmer]

Limi, Char, Herf, Angus, SH ?

All heifers are sired by the same Limousine bull, except black polled heifer, which is sired by our Angusx bull.
Dams: BBxdairy, Herefordxdairy, Limox, Charx, LimoxCharx, some have Angus, abit Salers,BB.

 

[lithuanian farmer]

Your animals have some of the nicest rumps/butts on them.

How is the heifer that was yours that you were hoping to keep after she had the injury to her leg?

Thank you.
She's in the last photo. Doing really fine. Couldn't tell that she has something not normal with her rear leg. She walks fine, runs just like other heifers and she is very friendly.

 

[lithuanian farmer]

Recent photos. Finally heifers went on fresh second grass. Should boost their growth abit.

Daughter of the cow which has calved at 15months age. Should make a great cow. Her full sister has calved this spring and has a very nice udder.

Her dam raising another potential replacement.

This girl will be sold for slaughtering soon.

Heifer out of Herefordxdairy cow. The last her daughter, so probably will keep. Have only two daughters from that cow.

Two on the left are for culling.

 

[lithuanian farmer]

Younger-smaller heifers group: personally I think it looks better than elder heifers'.

White heifer is full sister to the heifer which has aborted recently. Will keep this one as replacement too.

12 mo out of 3/4Char cow. Her dam has another heifer this year, just from another bull.

7/8Limo heifer. And her full sister calving in winter-spring.

Some shoulders on this girl.She's the one which has injured one leg last year.

Showing off.

 

[lithuanian farmer]

Finally have weighed all heifers this weekend. One girl is already big enough for a bull so went to the cows herd.

1200lbs.

We already knew that our one bull's calves grow slower than we'd like. It's very obvious now, when we've one accidental heifer from half sister-brother breeding. Her dam was 75%Angus, 12.5%Salers, 12.5%dairy 1st calver. Sire was 1/2Angus, 25%Limousine, 12.5%Charolais, 12.5%dairy homebred young bull. Heifer herself looks just like Angus, very friendly personality and easily putting fat on. Weighed her at 15months and 1day age- 1050lbs. She has beaten all other heifers with growth.

Other girls:

14mo LimoxCharx heifer, 911lbs.

17mo, 7/8Limousine, 1090lbs.

17mo,950lbs. I really like this one, but will need to cull her. She has very nice body, but bad personality. When we closed her in the steel pen, she was very unhappy, walked around and tried to lift every part of the pen and it was quite a challenge to keep her still for a couple moments on the scales. No interest in people too.

 

[Stocker Steve]

I like to grill bitches with bad personality. :cowboy:

 

[lithuanian farmer]

I like to grill bitches with bad personality. :cowboy:

LOL
They all goes to the factory here. There was a time when we had a small selection of heifers and a small number of cows, so have left some with not the best character. They all became fine cows, but now better to leave others, than giving the bad ones the second chance.

 

[lithuanian farmer]

Finally we have some better weather this fall. All cattle are preparing for winter. Heifers are turning into chubby bears.
[youtube]https://youtu.be/d-gpFo5AD2g[/youtube]

This yellow heifer is for culling.

This heifer is for culling too.

 

[lithuanian farmer]

The yellow heifer which was for culling was slaughtered in October. 58% kill-out. Black however stayed.
The yellow heifer in 4th photo unfortunately got sick and not much of hope that she'll get better.
From other 7- 5 were already AI'd. Two yesterday, one today. All, except one, AI'd with Red Angus bull. Hopefully all will stick and we'll have some red calves next autumn. Two which left might get another bull.
http://www.db.cschms.cz/english/index.p ... 0717945031

 

[Stocker Steve]

What breeds are in the black with the white belly and tail switch?

 

[lithuanian farmer]

What breeds are in the black with the white belly and tail switch?

She's Limousine x out of BBxdairy cow.