Pairs and some calves

[randiliana]

#40, Shorthorn x Angus cow with Hereford sired calf.
Born Mar 14, BW 113, WW 721

#143, 2 year old Shorthorn x Gelbveih cow with Angus sired calf.
Born Feb 27, BW 86, WW 614

#7, 10 year old Angus x cow with Angus sired calf.
born Mar 16, BW 93, WW 650

#122, 2 year old Angus x ?? cow with Angus sired calf.
Born Mar 10, BW 55, WW 483

Angus sired calves,
#5a, twin out of 10 year old RA cow. Born Mar 31. BW 69 WW 504
#156 out of 2 year old ANx cow. Born Feb 20, BW 71, WW 554
#56 out of 11 year old AN cow. Born Apr 3, BW 95, WW 514

Calf out of the Father in laws herd. We plan to buy her from the estate. Probably weighs 600+ lbs

#94 out of 7 year old HH x AN cow, AN sired.
Born Mar 10, BW 84, WW 571

 

[bigbull338]

you have some fine looking pairs.an your cows are calf raisers.

 

[farmwriter]

Thanks for sharing your pics, Randi. Just out of curiosity, how cold was it when you took these pics?

 

[randiliana]

Well, I gotta think about that. They were taken yesterday, probably in the +5 to +10 Celcius range. And it was a rainy misty day. Not very nice.

 

[farmwriter]

I wondered if they had started to put on heavy coat or were just naturally 'fuzzy' as I know some of the shorthorns I've seen are kinda hairy. And for some reason, it looked cold to me. And yeah, 40 degrees F is getting close to cold for me! Nice cattle, and they all look fat and happy!

 

[randiliana]

I wondered if they had started to put on heavy coat or were just naturally 'fuzzy' as I know some of the shorthorns I've seen are kinda hairy. And for some reason, it looked cold to me. And yeah, 40 degrees F is getting close to cold for me! Nice cattle, and they all look fat and happy!

Well, a lot of them are naturally fuzzy, but, yes, they are putting their winter coats on now. We can still have some pretty nice weather yet, but it can turn into winter any time now too.

 

[BamaCowboy]

Good looking pairs.

 

[crimsoncrazy]

nice lookin cattle...how cold does it get there? are some of those stubby ears from frostbite?

 

[Jogeephus]

Good looking calves.

 

[randiliana]

nice lookin cattle...how cold does it get there? are some of those stubby ears from frostbite?

Oh, yes, those stubby ears are from frost bite. We had some really, really nasty weather for calving this year. Usually March is fairly nice, but not this year, we had temps down to -40 C earlier in March, it is pretty hard to keep those ears whole in that kind of weather.

As for how cold it gets, -40 C is usually about the limit, but it has been known to drop below that on occaision. Last winter and this spring were about the nastiest we've had in a loooong time.