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Post by hughespieds on Sept 19, 2019 7:49:17 GMT -6
a couple days ago and decided to video my little group when I threw down some cubes. My little bull that I thought so much of is showing way too much leather for me. The lighter colored heifer I liked the least has now became my favorite. The cross heifer is due with an Angus calf in December. |
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Post by chuckie on Sept 19, 2019 7:57:45 GMT -6
Great looking cattle in excellent shape. The Pieds are such a pretty cattle. They look like statues and I would want to keep them all.
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Post by hughespieds on Sept 19, 2019 8:07:24 GMT -6
Thank you.
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Post by franklinridgefarms on Sept 19, 2019 9:03:05 GMT -6
Nice looking cattle. I reckon the leather is somewhat undesirable to some folks. I have never minded whether or not they had much leather, I don't think that affects their performance or quality other than maybe at a show it's something to penalize.
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Post by tcranch on Sept 19, 2019 9:05:52 GMT -6
They are beautiful! One of my friends has a few White Park (British, not horned) that look very similar.
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Post by hughespieds on Sept 19, 2019 9:57:34 GMT -6
Nice looking cattle. I reckon the leather is somewhat undesirable to some folks. I have never minded whether or not they had much leather, I don't think that affects their performance or quality other than maybe at a show it's something to penalize. Thanks. I much prefer a cleaner look up front as that excess just has a sloppy appearance to me. I also think potential customers prefer not seeing it either. |
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Post by hughespieds on Sept 19, 2019 9:59:54 GMT -6
They are beautiful! One of my friends has a few White Park (British, not horned) that look very similar. Thank you. There's only one small herd of White Park in my area that I've seen. Yes, they are also very pretty. |
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Post by franklinridgefarms on Sept 19, 2019 10:26:48 GMT -6
Nice looking cattle. I reckon the leather is somewhat undesirable to some folks. I have never minded whether or not they had much leather, I don't think that affects their performance or quality other than maybe at a show it's something to penalize. Thanks. I much prefer a cleaner look up front as that excess just has a sloppy appearance to me. I also think potential customers prefer not seeing it either. I think you're right, folks will often reference it as critique. I am a rebel I reckon as if I liked a calf all except for some leather I would not let that be a deciding factor for a bull. I am in a different situation, pretty much commercial cattle so it's not a real factor for me. Just more or less saying you have a pretty nice bull calf there and not to sell him too short. We don't see many of those kind of cattle around here. Few years back saw a couple crosses sell at a bred heifer sale. How are they on average for milk? Looks like yours are doing real good with their calves. |
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Post by hughespieds on Sept 19, 2019 10:39:38 GMT -6
Thanks. I much prefer a cleaner look up front as that excess just has a sloppy appearance to me. I also think potential customers prefer not seeing it either. I think you're right, folks will often reference it as critique. I am a rebel I reckon as if I liked a calf all except for some leather I would not let that be a deciding factor for a bull. I am in a different situation, pretty much commercial cattle so it's not a real factor for me. Just more or less saying you have a pretty nice bull calf there and not to sell him too short. We don't see many of those kind of cattle around here. Few years back saw a couple crosses sell at a bred heifer sale. How are they on average for milk? Looks like yours are doing real good with their calves. All the Pieds I've had have done well on milk. Bags don't look like it sometimes tho. I haven't had a group of calves yet that didn't trade out cows and I haven't had a cow that seemed to have minded. They seem to make growing calves a community affair.  |
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