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Bull vs heifer weight

Last post by littletom « Mon Oct 15, 2018 6:00 pm
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by jwimberly » Fri Oct 12, 2018 6:14 am

I've got a few yearling heifers that I'll need to get bred in the next couple months. I know they're too small right now for my herd bull at 1750...
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Mon Oct 15, 2018 6:00 pm
Sav Raindance on a heifer

Last post by T & B farms « Mon Oct 15, 2018 3:45 pm
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by Air gator » Fri Oct 12, 2018 7:51 pm

If you used female sexed semen from Sav Raindance, would you consider using him on a heifer?

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Mon Oct 15, 2018 3:45 pm
2018 - Fifteenth Calf - Cowboy Cut

Last post by Bright Raven « Mon Oct 15, 2018 9:23 am
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by Bright Raven » Mon Oct 08, 2018 2:00 pm

Dam: Margo, Wager Cattle Co, SD.
Sire: Cowboy Cut
Due: 10/9/2018
DOB: 10/8/2018
Gestation: 284 days
Heifer
Weight: 67 pounds.

Gestation and BW...

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Mon Oct 15, 2018 9:23 am
Few questions about wagyu

Last post by frieghttrain « Fri Oct 12, 2018 11:05 pm
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by ybnlao » Mon Oct 08, 2018 3:15 am

Hello everyone,

I'm new to the scene and I wanted to ask you some questions about wagyu cattle.

1) what is the name of the specific type of wagyu...
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Fri Oct 12, 2018 11:05 pm
Calf with weak hind end

Last post by OwnedByTheCow « Fri Oct 12, 2018 5:48 am
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by OwnedByTheCow » Thu Oct 11, 2018 12:48 pm

I had a heifer calf born exactly last month 9/11 with some issues with her back leg. It took her a while to stand and she seemed to be just a lot...

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Fri Oct 12, 2018 5:48 am
Early Heifer Maturity ?

Last post by TCRanch « Thu Oct 11, 2018 2:28 pm
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by Stocker Steve » Wed Oct 10, 2018 4:22 pm

We are refining on an approach where we bred retained heifers a month before the cow herd. Thus these sim-angus heifers are 13 to 15 months old, 700...
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Thu Oct 11, 2018 2:28 pm
Music tames the savage calf?

Last post by slick4591 « Thu Oct 11, 2018 8:25 am
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by bball » Mon Oct 08, 2018 3:13 pm

Spent all day yesterday sorting, moving and weaning cows and heifers.
I have 25 heifers in the corral behind the barn; just pulled off the cows...

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Thu Oct 11, 2018 8:25 am
How reliable is Angus $EN

Last post by Stocker Steve « Tue Oct 09, 2018 9:35 pm
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by Air gator » Sun Oct 07, 2018 10:14 am

How reliable is the Angus $EN? What's the highest $EN number you will use?
Thanks in advance. Also, do you look at DMI at all?

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Tue Oct 09, 2018 9:35 pm
2018 Babies are arriving

Last post by gizmom « Tue Oct 09, 2018 1:34 pm
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by gizmom » Mon Oct 01, 2018 12:45 pm

So glad to be home and able to see the new calves. Here are a few photos from this morning:

This is my Granddaughters cow and her bull calf out of...
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Tue Oct 09, 2018 1:34 pm
Margo is Human

Last post by TCRanch « Tue Oct 09, 2018 7:12 am
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by Bright Raven » Mon Oct 08, 2018 11:47 am

I went to the back of the farm early this morning with the dogs. When I got back to the headquarters, Margo who is 284 days today, was by herself,...
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Tue Oct 09, 2018 7:12 am
2018 Thirteenth Calf - Cowboy Cut

Last post by Bright Raven « Mon Oct 08, 2018 10:47 am
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by Bright Raven » Thu Oct 04, 2018 7:08 pm

This calf is out of the same cow as the Bull Fire Sweep is selling for me, Black Bart:

Dam: Bartlet a HPF/Rocking P Cow
Sire: Cowboy Cut
Calf is a...

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Mon Oct 08, 2018 10:47 am
2018 Fourteenth Calf - Lock N Load 1143Y

Last post by Bright Raven « Mon Oct 08, 2018 6:53 am
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by Bright Raven » Sat Oct 06, 2018 6:09 am

Calf born yesterday evening. I saw her go into labor. From the beginning of the tail cranking to the picture took no more than 15 minutes.

Dam:...

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Mon Oct 08, 2018 6:53 am
Rejected Twin Bottle Calf

Last post by TCRanch « Sun Oct 07, 2018 7:21 pm
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by andernathan » Sat Oct 06, 2018 8:16 pm

Evening,
I had two twin heifers born about 3 weeks ago and the mother rejected one. She was able to sneak her colostrum the first couple days but mom...

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Sun Oct 07, 2018 7:21 pm
Pregnant beef heifer - milk leakage?

Last post by Nesikep « Wed Oct 03, 2018 1:09 am
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by lms0229 » Fri Aug 31, 2018 8:25 am

So my heifer is due to calve on September 3rd if going off 283 days... I think she will calve sooner... But I am really confused because I thought...
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Wed Oct 03, 2018 1:09 am
Birthweights

Last post by Coosh71 « Mon Oct 01, 2018 6:39 pm
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by Bright Raven » Wed Sep 26, 2018 7:32 am

My birthweights average about 15 to 20 pounds higher than Fire Sweep Simmental Ranch on similar matings. For example, Hook's Broadway will throw...
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Mon Oct 01, 2018 6:39 pm
Bull nursing cow

Last post by Lazy M « Fri Sep 28, 2018 7:53 am
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by littletom » Thu Sep 20, 2018 8:25 pm

Any ideas? Does the special nose ring work?

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Last post by Lazy M View the latest post
Fri Sep 28, 2018 7:53 am
2018 Eleventh Calf - Cowboy

Last post by T & B farms « Sun Sep 23, 2018 12:24 pm
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by Bright Raven » Sat Sep 22, 2018 8:14 am

Dam's grandsire is Grandmaster. She lost her calf last fall. She had it along the fence that follows a creek. There was a place where the fence...

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Sun Sep 23, 2018 12:24 pm
Truth or Judgement on Breeding

Last post by Lazy M « Sun Sep 23, 2018 9:43 am
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by Bright Raven » Mon Sep 17, 2018 12:41 pm

Is a stud bull offered by a Semen company inferior to a bull produced by a local breeder who has been breeding for generations?

The answer to that...
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Sun Sep 23, 2018 9:43 am
Batter Up

Last post by Fire Sweep Ranch « Wed Sep 19, 2018 6:07 pm
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by Bright Raven » Tue Aug 28, 2018 8:29 pm

This cow is a beast. She is due 9/2/2018 to W/C LOCK N LOAD 1143Y.

I bet Fire Sweep regrets selling her. In fact, she told me so. Lol.
Taken about 2...
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Last post by Fire Sweep Ranch View the latest post
Wed Sep 19, 2018 6:07 pm
How time flies..

Last post by Midtenn « Tue Sep 18, 2018 10:13 pm
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by Lazy M » Tue Sep 18, 2018 7:13 pm

Wore out my inventory of curse words on this pair in the spring. Her first calf.. She was obstinate; the calf was a moron..

After around a month...

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Tue Sep 18, 2018 10:13 pm
Some women have a shoe addiction...

Last post by hornedfrogbbq « Mon Sep 17, 2018 4:40 pm
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by NEFarmwife » Tue Aug 28, 2018 10:27 pm

I have a cow addiction. I went to a sale Saturday to buy ONE heifer. One! Because I have my eyes on a couple at another sale.

I came home with a...

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Last post by hornedfrogbbq View the latest post
Mon Sep 17, 2018 4:40 pm
2018 Tenth Calf - Upgrade

Last post by Franke « Mon Sep 17, 2018 12:43 pm
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by Bright Raven » Sun Sep 16, 2018 9:13 am

This is a second Calfer. I raised her here at Bright Raven. She is out of a Hudson Pine/Rocking P cow. She is halter broke.

A neighbor came by the...

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Mon Sep 17, 2018 12:43 pm
calf behavior

Last post by 1fairytale1debi « Sun Sep 16, 2018 5:56 pm
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by knowknews » Sat Aug 01, 2009 9:00 am

My char calf is about 5 weeks old now. After her bottle, she keeps trying to find more...she used to follow me around until she got tired, now she...
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Last post by 1fairytale1debi View the latest post
Sun Sep 16, 2018 5:56 pm
Murray Grey twins!

Last post by Backbone Ranch « Thu Sep 13, 2018 4:42 pm
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by waihou » Fri Aug 31, 2018 3:34 am

Haven't posted for awhile-winter and calving seems to have crept up. Our biggest cow-she must be all of 800kgs surpised us with twins a month ago....

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Last post by Backbone Ranch View the latest post
Thu Sep 13, 2018 4:42 pm
Not twins , just babysitting

Last post by snoopdog « Thu Sep 13, 2018 4:35 pm
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by snoopdog » Thu Aug 30, 2018 7:54 pm

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Thu Sep 13, 2018 4:35 pm
2018 Eighth Calf - Grandmaster

Last post by Jeanne - Simme Valley « Thu Sep 13, 2018 3:08 pm
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by Bright Raven » Thu Sep 06, 2018 9:53 am

Found this one about 3 hours ago. Pasture born.

Heifer Calf.

Dam: Mercedes. Roy Canada bred. Roy is, IMO, one of the best at what he does. ...

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Last post by Jeanne - Simme Valley View the latest post
Thu Sep 13, 2018 3:08 pm
2018 Sixth Calf - W/C Lock N Load

Last post by Jeanne - Simme Valley « Thu Sep 13, 2018 3:05 pm
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by Bright Raven » Wed Sep 05, 2018 6:15 am

Every calf has been early this fall. This one is a week early. Star delivered down in the holler. I prefer to get them up and in the holding pen...

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Last post by Jeanne - Simme Valley View the latest post
Thu Sep 13, 2018 3:05 pm
Heifer heat

Last post by Jeanne - Simme Valley « Thu Sep 13, 2018 2:57 pm
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by snoopdog » Wed Sep 05, 2018 7:09 pm

My retainers are going through their second heat right now, constant bawling is about to make me reconsider heifers all over again .

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Thu Sep 13, 2018 2:57 pm
2018 Ninth Calf - Cowboy Cut

Last post by Lucky_P « Thu Sep 13, 2018 11:01 am
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by Bright Raven » Sat Sep 08, 2018 8:31 am

Born yesterday in the late evening. I saw her lay down. Went out about 30 minutes later and she was licking her calf.

Dam: Blaze - Flying B Cut...
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Last post by Lucky_P View the latest post
Thu Sep 13, 2018 11:01 am
Fences redneck smoke.

Last post by Lucky « Thu Sep 06, 2018 12:59 pm
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by callmefence » Sun Sep 02, 2018 8:46 am

Sire... fences chalk....big char bull
Dam.... fences x01.....brangusx Hereford
Dob..... sometimes in the last couple weeks.

Bw... just right
Smoke...

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Thu Sep 06, 2018 12:59 pm

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