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[pleasantpasturesbeef]

I'm not sure when she started having calves. I think she had already had 1 or 2 calves before I bought her from my show friend. I've tried to keep her having a calf every 12 months, but I wasn't able to get her bred back until November last year instead of June, because I don't live where she lives, and I could never see her coming into heat. I tried heat synchronizing shots and everything. I finally gave up on AI and took her to a bull who take care of her right away.

It was almost like she was too big for the steers to mount or something, because my sister-in-law never saw them on her. She has little boys to raise, tho, and doesn't have time to sit around and stare at my cows lol. This cow is the boss of the herd, tho....no idea if that would play into it, either.

 

[Jeanne - Simme Valley]

And that's why she is fat. Give them a few months and they will put on weight.
On the other hand, she also could be a real easy keeper. I have lots of them in my herd. Good genetics is worth a lot.

 

[pleasantpasturesbeef]

And that's why she is fat. Give them a few months and they will put on weight.
On the other hand, she also could be a real easy keeper. I have lots of them in my herd. Good genetics is worth a lot.

Hm, really good to know! So I basically need to keep her working. Lord willing I'm supposed to get my fence put up at my place the last week of October, so that gives me one month to observer before it's time to breed her again!

 

[crossbreed]

Question for the group as this situation has me baffled. 3 years ago I started leasing registered char bulls. Same bull for 2 years in a row. Majority of my cows are brangus, few longhorns and still have a couple of longhorn cross. This years crop out of the 2 year bull and regardless of cow breed they all came up with similar markings of white tail and a white patch on top just in front of tail. Thought it might fade away on the brangus cross but no luck. Any thoughts? 22calves and 17 have these markings

 

[Warren Allison]

Question for the group as this situation has me baffled. 3 years ago I started leasing registered char bulls. Same bull for 2 years in a row. Majority of my cows are brangus, few longhorns and still have a couple of longhorn cross. This years crop out of the 2 year bull and regardless of cow breed they all came up with similar markings of white tail and a white patch on top just in front of tail. Thought it might fade away on the brangus cross but no luck. Any thoughts? 22calves and 17 have these markings

Are you sure the Brangus are purebred? Do you have pics of these cows?

 

[kenny thomas]

Some bloodlines of Charolais get the white tail when crossed. That number is sure more than I have seen. Try.to lease a bull that has different bloodline or closer to the other bull.
I really doubt it's from the cow side.

 

[crossbreed]

Are you sure the Brangus are purebred? Do you have pics of these cows?

They are not pure blood but very close, some going on 7-8 calves with past brangus, red angus and char calves with this being the first time for this and second year of same bull

 

[crossbreed]

Some bloodlines of Charolais get the white tail when crossed. That number is sure more than I have seen. Try.to lease a bull that has different bloodline or closer to the other bull.
I really doubt it's from the cow side.

Thanks I'll talk to the owner. What's weird is this is the second crop out of this bull. The owner has bulls leased all around the county and no one has this issue. I agree likely not the cows

 

[kenny thomas]

Thanks I'll talk to the owner. What's weird is this is the second crop out of this bull. The owner has bulls leased all around the county and no one has this issue. I agree likely not the cows

So no calves with white tail out of the first crop?

 

[Travlr]

And that's why she is fat. Give them a few months and they will put on weight.
On the other hand, she also could be a real easy keeper. I have lots of them in my herd. Good genetics is worth a lot.

I'd rather have an easy keeper that will throw calves that will finish on grass than something that will take time and money to finish in a feedlot. For my own freezer I always leave them on pasture and just do a little supplemental feed to finish them... and if they won't do that they get sold to someone else.

 

[crossbreed]

So no calves with white tail out of the first crop?

Correct,got some smoky as expected but no spots.

 

[crossbreed]

So no calves with white tail out of the first crop?

 

[Jeanne - Simme Valley]

I'd rather have an easy keeper that will throw calves that will finish on grass than something that will take time and money to finish in a feedlot. For my own freezer I always leave them on pasture and just do a little supplemental feed to finish them... and if they won't do that they get sold to someone else.

Yes, correct. All that is nice/true, but the main thing is having a cow that will calve every 12 months, raise a great calf on grass all summer and hay in the winter.
Personally, I don't feed out many calves - only my few male fall born in Sept/Oct and they get butchered in Oct following year - so 12-13 months of age with a 750# average hot carcass weight, grading choice. But, the feedlot that buys my spring born calves, rave to me everytime we drop off calves, saying my calves make him money. Bottom line, that's what it's all about.

 

[kenny thomas]

Correct,got some smoky as expected but no spots.

I don't have an answer to that one. With so many of them being white tail it's just odd. Best thing is that it is not discounted in Charolais cross as much as in black calves.

 

[Jeanne - Simme Valley]

Here's a heifer calf that will be getting weaned after Labor Day. ALL our calves get weaned then (except the calves we are already showing).

 

[Ky hills]

When I had Charolais, I saw some calves with white tails in commercial herds. Occasionally there would be a calf with other white markings kind of like a Holstein or Simmental cross would be marked like.

 

[TCRanch]

Begging, much? That pitiful look when Spunky just can't accept the buckets are EMPTY and calls Tallywacker for backup.

 

[TCRanch]

Love me some docile cattle! My herd isn't around kids very often, so the initial response is "stranger danger". But once they see cubes, they're all in - even the calves.

 

[Jeanne - Simme Valley]

I'm jealous. I know what you are referring to when you say cubes, but they are non existent out here. Definitely a way to get them friendly. Only thing I can offer is a good scratch.

 

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