Red Angus Cows + a few other pictures

[creekdrive]

Took a few pics of some of the Red Angus girls a couple days ago.

6 yr old

4 yr old

4 yr old

5 yr old - this girl & the two 4 yr olds above are all sired by the same Mulberry bred bull. He left some pretty nice looking daughters with perfect udders. The two 4 yr olds are actually the result of father/daughter breedings. They are a little fine boned for my taste, but they do a good job with their calves.

6 yr old

1st calver

another 1st calver (half sister to the one above)

7 yr old cow

her bull calf

heifer calf that is on the 'keeper' list

bull calf - doing his best to pull something off the grill of the truck. They are little devils!!

another heifer calf

yearling Red Angus bull. Turned a year June 13th. Was planning to save him and sell him as a 2 yr old since he was younger. Unfortunately one of our herd bulls quit working (cows returning to heat), so we are using him. He's done pretty good for being a younger bull.

Doing something a little different tomorrow. Taking some heifers into our local fair for a 'commercial' heifer show. They've been doing this for a few years now and we've always said we were going to take some. Have always had excuses in the past, but this year the people running it nagged us enough that we finally said we would enter. It's a Pen of 3 heifers, can be any breed/cross. The judging is Ranchers Choice (anyone can vote). I highly doubt we will win, but it should be fun nonetheless.

These are the 3 girls we are taking. Probably have nicer individual heifers, but these ones matched the best.

We'll see how it goes! Hope they don't freak out with the crowds. They are pretty calm, but you never know. They certainly aren't used to crowds.

 

[TN Cattle Man]

Very nice cattle!! Thanks for posting!

 

[cfpinz]

Those reds are some of the nicest cattle I've seen pictures of here, nice!

 

[inyati13]

You must be getting some of the same rain that Oldtimer is getting in Montana.

Nice pictures. You do a good job with photographs. You have done well collecting that bunch.

 

[lithuanian farmer]

Always like your photos. Nice looking cattle!
Good luck at the show.

 

[creekdrive]

Thanks TN Cattle, cfpinz, inyati & lithuanian. I think they are pretty nice, but I'll admit I'm biased

You must be getting some of the same rain that Oldtimer is getting in Montana.

Nice pictures. You do a good job with photographs. You have done well collecting that bunch.

We have definitely been spoiled with good moisture this year. This country is never this green this time of year.... AND we even got lucky with the haying and none of it got too wet! We had another inch of rain the other day and it was well needed for the pastures.
I like taking pictures - maybe a little too much. It's relaxing to me...both the photography & checking the cows while I'm at it.

 

[Williamsv]

Beautiful cattle! Enjoyed your pictures. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Lazy M]

Really like the second young bull calf. He could turn out to be a dandy (if he doesn't eat your truck)

 

[Commercialfarmer]

Great looking bunch.

If I ever delved into registered cattle, I think red angus are what I'd go with. On the whole, i just really like them.

 

[Clodhopper]

Really nice. The red angus are making a big comeback in this area, I believe the reds have been bred better through the "anything black" craze, and the quality is starting to show.

 

[Stocker Steve]

Really nice. The red angus are making a big comeback in this area, I believe the reds have been bred better through the "anything black" craze, and the quality is starting to show.

2X

The reds look long.

 

[FlyingLSimmentals]

Terrific Red Angus Cattle. Black ones look nice but those red ones are awesome. Great job creekdrive! Would like to own some Red Angus like that and breed them to certain red Simmental bulls like maybe "Houston" or "Herbie" for some calves one of these days of my life. Hopefully I got a lot of those days left to give it a try. Again Impressive stock thanks for posting.

 

[TCRanch]

Beautiful girls and very nice looking calves! Good luck with your heifers at the show.

 

[crossbredcalves]

How did the pen of heifers do? I like their looks.

 

[frieghttrain]

How did the pen of heifers do?

I was wondering the same thing.

 

[creekdrive]

Sorry - I intended to get back on here and update how it went. We didn't win anything, but it was still a good day. I thought they looked good there and they definitely didn't look out of place quality wise compared to the other pens (they had 13 pens which was a great turnout for them!). We had a few people comment on how much they liked them. They were a bit smaller than some of the other pens, but different breeds (lots of Sim crosses) and a lot of the groups were born Jan/Feb which makes them a bit harder to compare. In this area for most people bigger is better and that proved true with the voting for the winners. I was just glad our heifers behaved very nicely and weren't spooked by all the people or the strange surroundings. We will definitely try to take another pen to next years fair!

 

[frieghttrain]

Sorry - I intended to get back on here and update how it went. We didn't win anything, but it was still a good day. I thought they looked good there and they definitely didn't look out of place quality wise compared to the other pens (they had 13 pens which was a great turnout for them!). We had a few people comment on how much they liked them. They were a bit smaller than some of the other pens, but different breeds (lots of Sim crosses) and a lot of the groups were born Jan/Feb which makes them a bit harder to compare. In this area for most people bigger is better and that proved true with the voting for the winners. I was just glad our heifers behaved very nicely and weren't spooked by all the people or the strange surroundings. We will definitely try to take another pen to next years fair!

Thanks

 

[crossbredcalves]

Thanks!