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Post by creekdrive on Aug 16, 2019 11:52:18 GMT -6
I know I'm mostly a lurker but thought I would share some pictures from the last couple of weeks. It's been an odd year - started off looking like we would be in a very bad drought, then it started raining and has hardly stopped. Haying season has been interesting, but we sure aren't about to complain.  Grass is doing very well this year. Could've probably put a few more pairs on this pasture.  a pretty sharp looking BA bull calf that I have tried to get a decent picture of all summer.  Another pretty nice BA bull calf that I can't seem to get a great picture of. This one is thick & deep. Sired by a home raised bull.  RA heifer calf that will most likely make the keeper pen.  RA 2nd calf pair. This heifer didn't raise a very good first calf, but is redeeming herself a bit on her 2nd attempt.  First calf RA heifer with her heifer calf - born Jan 9, so quite a bit older than the rest of our calves (we start calving around the 20th of Mar)  Commercial calves - Charolais sired    more commercial calves. Either Char or RA sired.  some barley green feed baled up.  same field just after it was cut Thanks for letting me share! |
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Post by M-5 on Aug 16, 2019 12:06:16 GMT -6
I always enjoy your pictures, cattle re always fat and Happy and it's beautiful country.
Thanks for posting
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Post by randy on Aug 16, 2019 12:09:33 GMT -6
I want to know how you got them white calves out off that red bull?? We have had a heck of a year for grass here to. Cattle are looking good Creek.
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Post by creekdrive on Aug 16, 2019 12:21:28 GMT -6
I want to know how you got them white calves out off that red bull?? We have had a heck of a year for grass here to. Cattle are looking good Creek. haha - there is a couple char bulls out there too just not in that picture  Trying to run mostly Char bulls on the commercial cows but have that Red Angus out there too. Gives us some options for commercial replacement heifers. Don't really want to start keeping a bunch of char x replacement heifers. |
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Post by 3LT Farms on Aug 16, 2019 12:22:16 GMT -6
Nice country, not used to the lack of trees but it is beautiful. Cows look good as well.
Thank you for sharing. It's good for those of us in the swamp to see things outside of our own world.
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Post by randy on Aug 16, 2019 13:08:06 GMT -6
I want to know how you got them white calves out off that red bull?? We have had a heck of a year for grass here to. Cattle are looking good Creek. haha - there is a couple char bulls out there too just not in that picture Trying to run mostly Char bulls on the commercial cows but have that Red Angus out there too. Gives us some options for commercial replacement heifers. Don't really want to start keeping a bunch of char x replacement heifers. Some of them would be hard not to keep. |
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Post by okie on Aug 16, 2019 13:23:38 GMT -6
They look fantastic. Especially the two red pairs.
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Post by chuckie on Aug 16, 2019 13:27:37 GMT -6
Good looking group of cattle!
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Post by creekdrive on Aug 16, 2019 13:31:38 GMT -6
haha - there is a couple char bulls out there too just not in that picture Trying to run mostly Char bulls on the commercial cows but have that Red Angus out there too. Gives us some options for commercial replacement heifers. Don't really want to start keeping a bunch of char x replacement heifers. Some of them would be hard not to keep. It is tempting to keep a group of them. A few might stick around this winter...we shall see. Im sure they will mature too big for my liking but they sure do look nice right now. |
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Post by jehosofat on Aug 16, 2019 14:08:50 GMT -6
Love those reds.
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Post by franklinridgefarms on Aug 16, 2019 14:30:14 GMT -6
Thanks for posting. Those are some fine looking cattle.
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Post by randy on Aug 16, 2019 14:56:35 GMT -6
Some of them would be hard not to keep. It is tempting to keep a group of them. A few might stick around this winter...we shall see. Im sure they will mature too big for my liking but they sure do look nice right now. Just thinking bred to that red bull would make some dandy calves. They sure could get big, but may not be as big as you would think. |
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Post by creekdrive on Aug 16, 2019 15:12:36 GMT -6
Thanks all for the comments. Glad to have an outlet to share some pictures even if I don’t get around to it all that often. It is tempting to keep a group of them. A few might stick around this winter...we shall see. Im sure they will mature too big for my liking but they sure do look nice right now. Just thinking bred to that red bull would make some dandy calves. They sure could get big, but may not be as big as you would think. They probably would make good calves no doubt. We’ve kept a few daughters off our tan char bull. One is raising her first calf and then there is 2 or 3 more that were bred this year. They are already bigger than my ideal. We will see how they turn out though. If they raise good calves and don’t seem to eat more than the rest in the winter they can stick around. |
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Post by randy on Aug 16, 2019 16:52:53 GMT -6
Got to do what works i reckon, but those white heifers sure look good. I have noticed that Char cattle do have a healthy appetite.
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Trying to run mostly Char bulls on the commercial cows but have that Red Angus out there too. Gives us some options for commercial replacement heifers. Don't really want to start keeping a bunch of char x replacement heifers.
