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<blockquote data-quote="KNERSIE" data-source="post: 675698" data-attributes="member: 4353"><p>Ok here goes...</p><p></p><p>All of these calves are calves from my summer calving season, so they are all born from mid October to mid November. No creep feed, raised on mostly native veld, weaned on irrigated kikuyu pasture at around 7-8 months old. I'll state where I have fed grain and how much or for how long if applicable.</p><p></p><p>Firstly your calf, you said you have fed him some grain after weaning, but haven't pushed him, right?</p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/El_Putzo/11U.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>After you've upped his ration to 15lbs a day if I remember correctly?</p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/El_Putzo/11ULeftSide.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>This calf hasn't received anything but pasture in his life, he was later pulled into the showstring and was shown two months after this pic was taken. He was sold to a commercial breeder as a yearling. He was just about 8 months old in this photo.</p><p><img src="http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t303/KNERSIE/100_3463.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>This calf also hasn't been fed any grain, he has his good points, but I never saw him as anything more than a commercial bull prospect.</p><p><img src="http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t303/KNERSIE/100_3730.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>This was a calf that I thought highly of, he had just gotten a nosering here and I was slowly starting him on feed, similar to what you have given your bullcalf in the first pic.</p><p><img src="http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t303/KNERSIE/100_3600.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>This is the same calf 10 days later, still just on pasture with a little feed. Do you see how much difference 10 days can make when a little feed is offered?</p><p><img src="http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t303/KNERSIE/100_3741-1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>This bullcalf was also started on feed when the photo was taken, very early days in the feeding process as you can see he is still in the halterbreaking process. BTW of all these calves posted, this was the only one I deemed to be worthy of use in my herd. He sports a very heavy winter coat here as we had a very cold early winter in 2007. He is the older bull in the background of the second photo. The bullcalf infront in the second photo has been in a growth test and isn't a year old yet in the photo.</p><p><img src="http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t303/KNERSIE/100_1260.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t303/KNERSIE/100_5693.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KNERSIE, post: 675698, member: 4353"] Ok here goes... All of these calves are calves from my summer calving season, so they are all born from mid October to mid November. No creep feed, raised on mostly native veld, weaned on irrigated kikuyu pasture at around 7-8 months old. I'll state where I have fed grain and how much or for how long if applicable. Firstly your calf, you said you have fed him some grain after weaning, but haven't pushed him, right? [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/El_Putzo/11U.jpg[/img] After you've upped his ration to 15lbs a day if I remember correctly? [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/El_Putzo/11ULeftSide.jpg[/img] This calf hasn't received anything but pasture in his life, he was later pulled into the showstring and was shown two months after this pic was taken. He was sold to a commercial breeder as a yearling. He was just about 8 months old in this photo. [img]http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t303/KNERSIE/100_3463.jpg[/img] This calf also hasn't been fed any grain, he has his good points, but I never saw him as anything more than a commercial bull prospect. [img]http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t303/KNERSIE/100_3730.jpg[/img] This was a calf that I thought highly of, he had just gotten a nosering here and I was slowly starting him on feed, similar to what you have given your bullcalf in the first pic. [img]http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t303/KNERSIE/100_3600.jpg[/img] This is the same calf 10 days later, still just on pasture with a little feed. Do you see how much difference 10 days can make when a little feed is offered? [img]http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t303/KNERSIE/100_3741-1.jpg[/img] This bullcalf was also started on feed when the photo was taken, very early days in the feeding process as you can see he is still in the halterbreaking process. BTW of all these calves posted, this was the only one I deemed to be worthy of use in my herd. He sports a very heavy winter coat here as we had a very cold early winter in 2007. He is the older bull in the background of the second photo. The bullcalf infront in the second photo has been in a growth test and isn't a year old yet in the photo. [img]http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t303/KNERSIE/100_1260.jpg[/img] [img]http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t303/KNERSIE/100_5693.jpg[/img] [/QUOTE]
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