Old King Ranch Girl

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This old girl is "King Ranch 102." She was born in '86 on the famous King ranch of Texas.
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Wow, she really looks good for 19 going on 20. Do you think she still milks well enough to raise that calf at a decent rate??
 
I don't think she has quite enough. This was her last calf, she didn't take this last time. The calf did well, grew big and healthy, but it was always at the nipple trying to get more.
 
Milking ability usually declines on those old cows as she herself is losing teeth. IF you can easily seperate her from the herd, creep feeding might really help this calf. I don't usually like to creep; but this is one of those cases where it might really be of substantial benefit.
 
The Longhorn breeders on the board claim that 20 is a fairly young age for longhorns, unless I am misunderstanding. Maybe one of them will come in and set me straight.
 
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la4angus":1322uksr said:
The Longhorn breeders on the board claim that 20 is a fairly young age for longhorns, unless I am misunderstanding. Maybe one of them will come in and set me straight.
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I don't know about being young, but calving into the early twenties is not uncommon. Our oldest cow was 20 this year, i am not sure if she'll have another calf, but she will get to live out her retirement here at the ranch.

Ryan
 
I've never claimed that 20 is young for a Longhorn cow but it is quite common for them to continue to calve into their 20's-and I'm sure there are some other breeds that have been allowed to do the same. We have several old ones that are still doing a good job. We have an old girl that will be 18 on Feb. 13, she raised a pretty good bull this year and she is bred back. I would venture to say some other breeds might be able to continue to produce well into their golden years but it doesn't seem that alot of them get the chance. Around here most farmers ship them out when they're eight to ten years old.

Ranger's Princess has Phillips (Texas Ranger) breeding. (photo taken last fall)

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(picture taken september 2004, 2 days after calving)
This is MS BOW & ARROW 1127/5, a Texas Champ daughter born 4/1/1985. Stays in the best condition year round, and still has a gorgeous udder.
 
I believe that they still have a herd of the old original Peeler line. These are the big, beefy type Longhorns. They usually don't have horns as long as some of the other old families but they are great milkers and are great for commercial cattlemen to use on their beef herds.
 

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