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<blockquote data-quote="Warren Allison" data-source="post: 1791885" data-attributes="member: 40587"><p>When we had the 120-head Corriente herd, we had them all calving in February. We used enough bulls to have them all calve in 30 days + or-. So, when the last one was born, we;d schedule a work day that next weekend, usually 1st weekend in March. So, the oldest calf would be 4-5 weeks and the youngest a couple of days. We'd tag them all, cut the bull calves and spray the wound with blue spray or yellow spray, and turn them out. With this new herd I got in Mexico, some were bred and had due dates all over the place. One calved the day we unloaded and the last one a week ago. So, with these, we will just band any new ones born during that week. Less dangerous for us when we are heeling them in the pasture and stepping down right quick to ear tag and castrate, if we use bands.</p><p></p><p>The client I bought the 80 Brahmas for worked his yesterday. These were born January and Feb. He has a fantastic covered working facility and we ran the calves through the chute. He was ear tagging, vaccinating, and cutting the bull calves, and I think implanting Ralgro. Not for sure, I was on horseback and was getting the next one while they worked one. He was lucky in that there were about 50 heifers and 30 bull calves. He has already sold all the heifers. About 10 of these calves were by black Hereford bulls, and 2 of them were bull calves. He decided to leave them bulls, because the man that bought all of his heifers said he wanted a black Braford bull.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Warren Allison, post: 1791885, member: 40587"] When we had the 120-head Corriente herd, we had them all calving in February. We used enough bulls to have them all calve in 30 days + or-. So, when the last one was born, we;d schedule a work day that next weekend, usually 1st weekend in March. So, the oldest calf would be 4-5 weeks and the youngest a couple of days. We'd tag them all, cut the bull calves and spray the wound with blue spray or yellow spray, and turn them out. With this new herd I got in Mexico, some were bred and had due dates all over the place. One calved the day we unloaded and the last one a week ago. So, with these, we will just band any new ones born during that week. Less dangerous for us when we are heeling them in the pasture and stepping down right quick to ear tag and castrate, if we use bands. The client I bought the 80 Brahmas for worked his yesterday. These were born January and Feb. He has a fantastic covered working facility and we ran the calves through the chute. He was ear tagging, vaccinating, and cutting the bull calves, and I think implanting Ralgro. Not for sure, I was on horseback and was getting the next one while they worked one. He was lucky in that there were about 50 heifers and 30 bull calves. He has already sold all the heifers. About 10 of these calves were by black Hereford bulls, and 2 of them were bull calves. He decided to leave them bulls, because the man that bought all of his heifers said he wanted a black Braford bull. [/QUOTE]
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