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as ive said before.....i discovered in middle/high school helping family i had no interest in raising cattle or wheat.....more power to those that do but ill do something else....ill help brand on occasion but thats bout it

C, that is big calf for a heifer.

He might need a jug of colostrum to get going.


Good luck with both.



I have noticed bigger calves this year. Just over 20 heifers calved and only 4-5 smaller calves, the rest are all fairly big and healthy.

With the easy winter the heifers are in better shape though as well. That and the late summer rain and the grass regrowth must have helped with nutrition.

A good mineral program and a mild winter, keeps calories and a healthy herd.

1 or two inches of mud on top of frozen ground, definitely muck boot weather forsure.

Yeah, I don't either.

FWIW - I wouldn't have a Jersey bull on the place - too damm mean!
One of has to have an even temper - and it ain't me!
I've used black bulls and Hereford bulls on black cows - never seemed to take any kind of hit.
But, I LOVE black baldies!

Char/angus cross cows low birth weight angus bull. small newborns grow like weeds after that. works best for us, but we do have a mix of a lot of different breed cows.
still pretty wet around here for dirt farming . sleeting now

Sunshine and 70 here today.


Pulled one at 7PM, 9PM, one had a dink by herself sometime between 12-2AM, another one started at 2 and I had to pull that one at 4 this morning.

I don't know what the hell is going on, we've never had to pull 3 calves in less than 12 hours.

Weighed two of them, 85lb heifer and 90lb bull.


That's probably what a longhorn cross would weigh this fall....grin

Damn.

Just think about how good it will be when they are finally done, and you can get a good night's sleep and not worry.

On the humorous side, that is a responsibility you can pass to your kids when they get old enough... Just like your dad did.

The upside is the winter beer gut is shrinking at a brisk pace!



No kids so if I'm still dumb enough to be doing this in 20 years I'll pretty much be screwed!

Sam, not saying this is the problem, but look at the bull these cows/heifers were bred to.

I bought a new bull, turned him loose in the pasture, and the next spring, I had a lot of calving problems. Got to looking at what had changed and the bull was the only thing.

Sold that bull and got another, problem solved. Calving problems went waaaay down.

Just a suggestion

Yeah, pretty screwed.

My dad had that privilege. And on other things... I was 18 years old before I knew my name wasn't "Get Wood"... He had 3 fireplaces, and kept the stoked all the time in cooler months. Got below 70 degrees, he had fires built.

Double bitted axe too... He never bought a chainsaw until I left home, and he had to get firewood himself. I did stay in good shape though.