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Update on the Kudzu- Corriente herd since we sold it.
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<blockquote data-quote="RDFF" data-source="post: 1795121" data-attributes="member: 39018"><p>So, nobody eventually catches on to the critters coming from your place, that they're not "angus-beef cross calves"... cause they don't do so well once they get older? Around here, the buyers would pick up on that real quick... guy that brings in "less desirable critters"... the word spreads pretty quickly. The auctioneer will announce whose herd they came out of... buyers pretty much know who to steer away from pretty quickly. </p><p></p><p>Maybe because you don't have to deal with the harsh winters, it's not as big a deal? We need critters here that can maintain some flesh through the cold... and that takes some fat on their backs to burn at that time. By spring, even the full angus cows can be getting "thinnish" on just hay/stockpile.... but once the weather warms up and the grass comes in, they swell right up again. Trick is to NOT calve until after that new grass comes in. I don't start until mid-May through June.</p><p></p><p>That doesn't fit with the "commercial beef scenario" that most seem to want to follow though... they will start calving in January, keeping the cows on a smaller outlot (instead of just on the pasture) starting sometimes as early as mid-September (cause their pasture is all done... I usually can get into December before feeding anything), dropping calves in a deep bedded barn, then putting them out into the feedlot once the calf gets going... and then watch 'em and doctor all winter and through the mud, maybe lose a few, feed 'em all with a grind it up TMR all winter, usually silage bales along with some grain, etc., and then have to clean out the yard onto row crop ground before crop planting. But they do end up with some really big calves come fall, having gotten a 6 month jump on what mine would have.... at least, for those calves that survived!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RDFF, post: 1795121, member: 39018"] So, nobody eventually catches on to the critters coming from your place, that they're not "angus-beef cross calves"... cause they don't do so well once they get older? Around here, the buyers would pick up on that real quick... guy that brings in "less desirable critters"... the word spreads pretty quickly. The auctioneer will announce whose herd they came out of... buyers pretty much know who to steer away from pretty quickly. Maybe because you don't have to deal with the harsh winters, it's not as big a deal? We need critters here that can maintain some flesh through the cold... and that takes some fat on their backs to burn at that time. By spring, even the full angus cows can be getting "thinnish" on just hay/stockpile.... but once the weather warms up and the grass comes in, they swell right up again. Trick is to NOT calve until after that new grass comes in. I don't start until mid-May through June. That doesn't fit with the "commercial beef scenario" that most seem to want to follow though... they will start calving in January, keeping the cows on a smaller outlot (instead of just on the pasture) starting sometimes as early as mid-September (cause their pasture is all done... I usually can get into December before feeding anything), dropping calves in a deep bedded barn, then putting them out into the feedlot once the calf gets going... and then watch 'em and doctor all winter and through the mud, maybe lose a few, feed 'em all with a grind it up TMR all winter, usually silage bales along with some grain, etc., and then have to clean out the yard onto row crop ground before crop planting. But they do end up with some really big calves come fall, having gotten a 6 month jump on what mine would have.... at least, for those calves that survived! [/QUOTE]
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