Photos from yesterday

[jilleroo]

We've started putting some of the breeders through to brand and wean. The temperature was up to 44 degs C a few days ago
but has fallen enough to allow us to make a start. The cows are not control mated by their main calving is around Oct/Nov.
When we "digest" the weaners we've got in the yards now, we'll go get another lot.

bringing some along the fence - it was very very hot, we had to go slow!

coming onto a watering point to pick up a few more - there was a breeze off a shower to cool us off a little

heading home up the new laneway, about 220 cows plus progeny

Will see if these worked and then do another post of the calf- branding this morning!

 

[jilleroo]

some photos of branding the calves

a young friend turned up yesterday to give a hand, very welcome. Our son came over also to do the muscle work for dad.

 

[jilleroo]

had a few more of the branding cradle but it's not letting me upload any more today....will try tomorrow if I remember

 

[wbvs58]

Beaut photos Jilleroo, the country looks good. I don't like the look of the number you have to put through though.
Ken

 

[Isomade]

Beautiful country, calves look great, and nice facilities. :clap:

 

[jilleroo]

Thanks Isomade. Ken, we need all those calves and a lot more besides to keep the wheels turning! That mob came up well number-wise with calves, we weaned some beauties too. There werent really any suspect dry cows - a small number lost their calves to mishaps - I found a dead one while mustering,no idea why it died as it was in shade.
A few more mobs to do yet, was able to get pics today because we had some help - normally I'm too busy backlegging the micks and bringing the calves up while hubby does the cradle. So nice to have the young folk!

 

[Old_man_emu]

love the pics jilleroo, where are you located? you look to have some fantastic calves! What's the breed make up and how many cows are you running?

 

[jilleroo]

OME we're in Central West Queensland - have 1000 + females here and have another slightly bigger place where we run breeders but also grow steers to feeder weight (when the season permits.) A son and his family run that one. Also have some females on agistment most of the time. Have been breeding charolais and char cross cattle for 33 years and still havent got it right! (yikes, that makes me feel so old....!)

 

[hillsdown]

Great pics Jill, the calves look fab as well.

Thanks for sharing. :tiphat:

 

[slick4591]

Nice cattle and pics!

 

[Loch Valley Fold]

nice cattle & pics do you dehorn at the same time you brand or do you leave that until later in the year once it cools off a bit?

 

[tsmaxx47]

nice pics jill!

 

[jilleroo]

LVF we use scoop dehorners when we brand to get as much horn as possible off them. We've tried a dehorning knife but didnt like it. Almost half would be natural polls.
We tidy them up again at weaning of course. There's some spikey horns on the batch of weaners we've got in the yards off those cows - they'll be losing them tomorrow!

 

[Loch Valley Fold]

We use electric debudders on our dairy heifers, am thinking that after this last batch of highland calves they will be debudded from now on

 

[Massey135]

Looks like a lot of fun. You've got some good lookin cows. Id sure like to see a British bull over those charbray cows!