Some pictures of my farm and cattle

[wbvs58]

I thought I would post some pictures of my place, I am in Australia at 28 degrees south of the equator at an altitude of 960m (3000feet), we have severe frosts and a light dusting of snow about every 5 years, we are just coming out of winter, the photos were about 2 weeks ago.
Lots of shelter and shade for the cows

Young bulls drooling over the women

Heifer lost her calf, but I was able to graft a twin onto her

A candidate for a bull next year, by TC Franklin

A heifer, soon to be joined

A sister to last years best bull calf

I have a lot of rocky treed areas with fairways of pasture between them, cattle like it but makes it hard to muster, fortunately they come when called.

That will do for now, if this works ok, I might get keen and take some updated photos.
Ken

 

[Angus Cowman]

nice looking cows and country

 

[Isomade]

Nice cattle Ken. Thanks for sharing

 

[ALACOWMAN]

nice cattle and country...... like your directions,, here we just say i live about 50 mile yonder way :cowboy:

 

[melking]

Thanks for posting Ken. You have a nice looking spread.

 

[ANAZAZI]

All the cattle are nice except that simmi on the last picture. :lol2:

 

[Angus Cowman]

All the cattle are nice except that simmi on the last picture. :lol2:

He's starting a new line of Mini Simmis :lol: :lol:

 

[hillsdown]

Great pics !!!!!!!! Thanks for posting them

What is that contraption in the second last pic with the calf ?

 

[JSCATTLE]

Great pics !!!!!!!! Thanks for posting them

What is that contraption in the second last pic with the calf ?

Nice place you got there ... is it a bush hog?

 

[chrisy]

Great pics !!!!!!!! Thanks for posting them

What is that contraption in the second last pic with the calf ?

Nice place you got there ... is it a bush hog?

good looking animals...and a nice place you have there...thanks for sharing
HD not sure but it looks like one end of a rope twister to me.

 

[wbvs58]

Great pics !!!!!!!! Thanks for posting them

What is that contraption in the second last pic with the calf ?

Yeh it is an old slasher or bush hog as you call them, made for an old grey fergie. I bought it for the gearbox, I am planning on building a manure spreader, using the gearbox to drive the spinner, still planning.
Ken

 

[hillsdown]

That is a great idea, good luck with building the spreader.

Sure like your trees, how old do you think they are ?

 

[slick4591]

Looks good! Thanks for showing us.

 

[ANAZAZI]

All the cattle are nice except that simmi on the last picture. :lol2:

He's starting a new line of Mini Simmis :lol: :lol:

Give me the old times back; when in fact the aberdeen angus breed were smaller than the simmis. :hide:

 

[cross_7]

All the cattle are nice except that simmi on the last picture. :lol2:

He's starting a new line of Mini Simmis :lol: :lol:

Give me the old times back; when in fact the aberdeen angus breed were smaller than the simmis. :hide:

my grandad had some "old school angus" before he retired and other family member began crossing different bulls.
i wish i had been able to keep some of them old cows.

 

[Suzie Q]

Nice to see a tinge of green Ken.

We are starting to look quite green now.

 

[wbvs58]

That is a great idea, good luck with building the spreader.

Sure like your trees, how old do you think they are ?

I would only be guessing HD, some very big red gum could be 100yr old as with the stringy bark, the trees about 18 inches diam probably 40 yrs, also yellow box there and apple, all Australian eucalypt. They do not grow very tall here, the soil is very light sandy granite and wont hold them up, hence a high turnover. The land was cleared, I think in the early 1970's, fortunately they left these nice tree belts, just thinned them out by ringbarking and Tordan, so get good grass growing under.
Ken

 

[Jogeephus]

Nice place and cattle. What type of trees are those? Some look very similar to what we have.

 

[alisonb]

Enjoyed your pics Ken keep them rolling.

 

[andybob]

Nice country, have you recovered from the drought or were you not affected? the gras certainly looks good and the cattle in condition.
Cross_77 I will get some cattle pictures up from here again, we have the largest herd of the remaining heritage Aberdeen Angus and Hereford.