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<blockquote data-quote="waihou" data-source="post: 899409" data-attributes="member: 6511"><p>Yes the scales are Tru Test. They normally sit in the race at the yards but at calving time it's easier to take the scales to the calving paddock! We weigh by tipping the calf on its back and while its lying there, get the ear tags in and spray the navel with iodine all in one operation. They are easy enough to catch and flip over when under 24 hours old, after that they are too hard to catch!</p><p>The scales consist of load bars, an aluminium platform and the reader which is battery powered and we unplug when not in use and keep indoors, or in the farm Ute. This is the simple version where it reads the weight and you have to write it down before the animal gets off the scale! Weighs up to 2tonnes.</p><p></p><p></p><p>The sire of the calves is an NZ bred bull Torrisdale Cheyenne, by an Aussie bull Gnoleda Zac.</p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v439/SUEC/IMG_6759.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>This is a full sister to the bull calf, she was born 26 August 2010, pictured here at weaning April 2011</p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v439/SUEC/IMG_5880.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>and at a Show in January 2012 aged 16 months weighing 418kgs, (846kgs) and hopefully at least 2 months in calf.</p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v439/SUEC/IMG_6914-1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>and another of this sires 2011 crop, at 3 months pictured in November</p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v439/SUEC/IMG_6729.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v439/SUEC/IMG_6723-Copy.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="waihou, post: 899409, member: 6511"] Yes the scales are Tru Test. They normally sit in the race at the yards but at calving time it's easier to take the scales to the calving paddock! We weigh by tipping the calf on its back and while its lying there, get the ear tags in and spray the navel with iodine all in one operation. They are easy enough to catch and flip over when under 24 hours old, after that they are too hard to catch! The scales consist of load bars, an aluminium platform and the reader which is battery powered and we unplug when not in use and keep indoors, or in the farm Ute. This is the simple version where it reads the weight and you have to write it down before the animal gets off the scale! Weighs up to 2tonnes. The sire of the calves is an NZ bred bull Torrisdale Cheyenne, by an Aussie bull Gnoleda Zac. [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v439/SUEC/IMG_6759.jpg[/img] This is a full sister to the bull calf, she was born 26 August 2010, pictured here at weaning April 2011 [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v439/SUEC/IMG_5880.jpg[/img] and at a Show in January 2012 aged 16 months weighing 418kgs, (846kgs) and hopefully at least 2 months in calf. [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v439/SUEC/IMG_6914-1.jpg[/img] and another of this sires 2011 crop, at 3 months pictured in November [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v439/SUEC/IMG_6729.jpg[/img] [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v439/SUEC/IMG_6723-Copy.jpg[/img] [/QUOTE]
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