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<blockquote data-quote="jilleroo" data-source="post: 840602" data-attributes="member: 8192"><p>I don't know how I got two threads on here, must try and nuke one of them if I can. </p><p>Ken, we are Longreach/Winton area. Suzi, we don't really get much frost here at all, maybe one or two a year. This is our dry season - we're green in the wet season and hayed-off from about May through to whenever it decides to drop a decent shower or two on us in spring (or sometimes not at all!) Unless its two or three inches, we don't want rain now. Our feed is actually pretty good for the time of year, especially as we didnt have the big rainfall that many places did.</p><p>We have to be flexible with our weaning - it all depends on the season. We did a branding late January and most of those calves need weaning pronto. Some cattle need to be shuffled around to make room before we can start, plus we're doing water infrastructure work at present. I'm all fidgety and impatient but we need to get a week clear so that we can keep going once we begin. Doing officework today, supposedly, which is why I'm on here!!</p><p> None of our cattle go live export but the recent ban has thrown a spanner in the works for all producers. Any agistment we had our eye on needs to be tied up before the wave of cattle hits from up north. Feedlotters are being barraged with phonecalls offering big mobs, no doubt at reduced prices. It's going to affect everyone in some way or another.</p><p>Jeanne, the red calf in the photo would've been born since Jan - that's why he's a cleanskin. We cut the bull calves at branding. </p><p>Because we don't control mate, the weaned calves would have a spread in ages from 7 to sometimes even 12 months (which means they can have a sibling.) Luckily though they seem to be born in batches and most get taken off around 8-9 months old.</p><p>If the cows are going off, we wean down to 5-6 months.</p><p>Texast, there are plenty of snakes around but they're not an issue. I guess we lose the odd beast to them. Calves will follow a big snake around. Last year, I shot a big fella some were following and they camped around him the rest of the day, sillibillies! Our cattle are our sole source of income and we think having charolais has helped make us viable - although when they're shedding their coats and covered in lice later in winter, we really might wonder why we have them!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jilleroo, post: 840602, member: 8192"] I don't know how I got two threads on here, must try and nuke one of them if I can. Ken, we are Longreach/Winton area. Suzi, we don't really get much frost here at all, maybe one or two a year. This is our dry season - we're green in the wet season and hayed-off from about May through to whenever it decides to drop a decent shower or two on us in spring (or sometimes not at all!) Unless its two or three inches, we don't want rain now. Our feed is actually pretty good for the time of year, especially as we didnt have the big rainfall that many places did. We have to be flexible with our weaning - it all depends on the season. We did a branding late January and most of those calves need weaning pronto. Some cattle need to be shuffled around to make room before we can start, plus we're doing water infrastructure work at present. I'm all fidgety and impatient but we need to get a week clear so that we can keep going once we begin. Doing officework today, supposedly, which is why I'm on here!! None of our cattle go live export but the recent ban has thrown a spanner in the works for all producers. Any agistment we had our eye on needs to be tied up before the wave of cattle hits from up north. Feedlotters are being barraged with phonecalls offering big mobs, no doubt at reduced prices. It's going to affect everyone in some way or another. Jeanne, the red calf in the photo would've been born since Jan - that's why he's a cleanskin. We cut the bull calves at branding. Because we don't control mate, the weaned calves would have a spread in ages from 7 to sometimes even 12 months (which means they can have a sibling.) Luckily though they seem to be born in batches and most get taken off around 8-9 months old. If the cows are going off, we wean down to 5-6 months. Texast, there are plenty of snakes around but they're not an issue. I guess we lose the odd beast to them. Calves will follow a big snake around. Last year, I shot a big fella some were following and they camped around him the rest of the day, sillibillies! Our cattle are our sole source of income and we think having charolais has helped make us viable - although when they're shedding their coats and covered in lice later in winter, we really might wonder why we have them! [/QUOTE]
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