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<blockquote data-quote="BIZIN" data-source="post: 698567" data-attributes="member: 5783"><p>Australian... the brand is so big because he was fire branded at a young age and it stretched. All of our herd have ID tags in their ears, Metal crimp tags with their corresponding number and owner, we only RFID our cattle when they are sold because RFID tags are expensive. We are looking at getting implants for our cattle and would like to find one with GPS locators because we have an issue with cattle being stolen every year it seems. We are also starting to freeze brand our cows ID numbers on their hips so when we lose a tag and a metal tag we still know who they are. We collect performance data on our purebreds and commercial cows so when we lose an ID tag we lose that cows information and I dont want that to happen. Im trying to get our cows to the point of all of them having pigment around their eyes and red udders and testicles. We like our cows DARK red and most of our cows are pretty dark.</p><p></p><p>capt... ya that damn bull throws the occasional diluter but his offspring havent yet in the last 7 yrs. and yes it is the old bull that is out of 7777. Glad to see dad and grandpa arent the only ones who say that bull had simmental in him!!!</p><p></p><p>alexfarms... we wein our calves at the end of november and they go into the feedlot. the bull prospects and heifer prospects get put into different pens and get hay and a small amount of barley. the rest of the calves are put on feed and we feed them to 1400lbs and send them to slaughter. we collect carcass data on all our calves as well as weigh them at weining, as yearlings, and as fats both on the commercials and purebreds. we also weigh all our cows at weining and our bulls every spring when they go out and again in the fall when they come back in. we also do soundness evaluations on our bulls every spring and score their feet. we also semen test every bull every year. The cows go onto alfalfa regrowth after the calves are pulled off at the end of november and then onto stockpiled grass till January. Then we put them onto swath grazing for the rest of the winter and if they swaths run out we bale graze on our old alfalfa stands to put down nitrogen and phos, but last year we didnt have to feed bales. The bulls are pulled at the end of October and are put onto alfalfa regrowth till january as well and then are brought home and put into a well treed slough bottom where we take them hay and straw every 3 or 4 days.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BIZIN, post: 698567, member: 5783"] Australian... the brand is so big because he was fire branded at a young age and it stretched. All of our herd have ID tags in their ears, Metal crimp tags with their corresponding number and owner, we only RFID our cattle when they are sold because RFID tags are expensive. We are looking at getting implants for our cattle and would like to find one with GPS locators because we have an issue with cattle being stolen every year it seems. We are also starting to freeze brand our cows ID numbers on their hips so when we lose a tag and a metal tag we still know who they are. We collect performance data on our purebreds and commercial cows so when we lose an ID tag we lose that cows information and I dont want that to happen. Im trying to get our cows to the point of all of them having pigment around their eyes and red udders and testicles. We like our cows DARK red and most of our cows are pretty dark. capt... ya that damn bull throws the occasional diluter but his offspring havent yet in the last 7 yrs. and yes it is the old bull that is out of 7777. Glad to see dad and grandpa arent the only ones who say that bull had simmental in him!!! alexfarms... we wein our calves at the end of november and they go into the feedlot. the bull prospects and heifer prospects get put into different pens and get hay and a small amount of barley. the rest of the calves are put on feed and we feed them to 1400lbs and send them to slaughter. we collect carcass data on all our calves as well as weigh them at weining, as yearlings, and as fats both on the commercials and purebreds. we also weigh all our cows at weining and our bulls every spring when they go out and again in the fall when they come back in. we also do soundness evaluations on our bulls every spring and score their feet. we also semen test every bull every year. The cows go onto alfalfa regrowth after the calves are pulled off at the end of november and then onto stockpiled grass till January. Then we put them onto swath grazing for the rest of the winter and if they swaths run out we bale graze on our old alfalfa stands to put down nitrogen and phos, but last year we didnt have to feed bales. The bulls are pulled at the end of October and are put onto alfalfa regrowth till january as well and then are brought home and put into a well treed slough bottom where we take them hay and straw every 3 or 4 days. [/QUOTE]
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