It's been awhile since I've shared some pictures, hope to get some more pictures now that everything is out in the pasture and happy after the rough winter and cool spring we had.
This is one from early April of a week or so old calf. Showed this to a breeder we were visiting this weekend and he just loved it and says it belongs on the cover of something so had to share it.
One of our best cows that has a really nice late Feb. AI bull calf. We hope he turns out well so we could use him to replace our herd bull who we are using for the last time this summer since we'll have too many daughters of his
Bull calf above by himself
Young cow with a mid to late April bull calf. Finally got her to not calf in late May which drove us nuts because we like to be done calving around May 1. Her and another young cow were just about to calve the same time we turned the bull out the past 2 years, we pulled the bull earlier this year and said if they didn't get bred they were going to the sale barn. She was able to make the cut, the other one didn't.
Mid March heifer calf. We're 2:1 ratio bulls to heifers this year so probably going to have some disappointed heifer buyers this fall since we probably will have to keep what we had this year for ourselves.
Cow with the heifer calf in the very top picture. She's also the mother of the bull in the next picture
Two year old bull we sold to a large Hereford breeder here in the state (they breed just under 500 females) We kept semen interest on him and have 3 calves by him plus using him AI some this year too. Pretty proud of this guy, may be the best bull we've ever raised. He's out of MSU TCF Revolution 4R for those of you that may know who that Hereford bull is.
Our 3 sale bulls, picture is probably from March I think. The 2 on the right have been sold to commercial breeders to breed for black bladies. If the other guy is still here in a week or 2 we'll probably use him cleanup on some heifers. Unfortunately they will be 1/2 sibs to him but its better than breeding them back to their sire.
This is one from early April of a week or so old calf. Showed this to a breeder we were visiting this weekend and he just loved it and says it belongs on the cover of something so had to share it.
One of our best cows that has a really nice late Feb. AI bull calf. We hope he turns out well so we could use him to replace our herd bull who we are using for the last time this summer since we'll have too many daughters of his
Bull calf above by himself
Young cow with a mid to late April bull calf. Finally got her to not calf in late May which drove us nuts because we like to be done calving around May 1. Her and another young cow were just about to calve the same time we turned the bull out the past 2 years, we pulled the bull earlier this year and said if they didn't get bred they were going to the sale barn. She was able to make the cut, the other one didn't.
Mid March heifer calf. We're 2:1 ratio bulls to heifers this year so probably going to have some disappointed heifer buyers this fall since we probably will have to keep what we had this year for ourselves.
Cow with the heifer calf in the very top picture. She's also the mother of the bull in the next picture
Two year old bull we sold to a large Hereford breeder here in the state (they breed just under 500 females) We kept semen interest on him and have 3 calves by him plus using him AI some this year too. Pretty proud of this guy, may be the best bull we've ever raised. He's out of MSU TCF Revolution 4R for those of you that may know who that Hereford bull is.
Our 3 sale bulls, picture is probably from March I think. The 2 on the right have been sold to commercial breeders to breed for black bladies. If the other guy is still here in a week or 2 we'll probably use him cleanup on some heifers. Unfortunately they will be 1/2 sibs to him but its better than breeding them back to their sire.