O9 Calves

[OH Breeder]

1 Jake's proud jazz
3 final solution
3 diamond leggs 21
1 Amazon
1 Shockwave
2 ET Double Vision x QUantum Queen

 

[Jill]

Embryo's coming out of Milkman, Craftsman, Final Answer and Gigolo Joe.
Ai'd the bulk to Irish Whiskey and Gigolo Joe, have a couple out of Carnac, Star Power

 

[clubcalve]

We start in March
5 alias
1 jonnywalkerred!!!!!!!
And the rest are purbred angus
49 cows

 

[Cattledog]

6 BC Marathon 7022
4 SAV Bismarck

Just had our first one!  85 pounder out of Bismarck. Alive and well!

85lbs that is kinda big for how low his birth weight is.

I agree.  I was a little surprised myself!  To top it off his dam was out of Northern Improvement.  Not really sure where the birthweight came from. ??? ???

 

[ATOZ]

  Bloodstone- ET ( anyday)
  2- Pure Solution- ET
  2- Primo - ET
  Last year Gold Count show heifer A.I.d to Ar Lu Su Osage
  Rest are herd bull.

 

[rtmcc]

Cattledog, can't remember were you are at but sometimes the harder winters like we've had in the upper mid west this year will push up the birth weights.  When its cold the body naturally pushes more blood flow to the internal organs.  This includes the uterus.  hence the larger BW because the calf had more nutrients due to more blood flow.  Thats part of why fall calves usually come so much easier.
<cowboy>

 

[shortyjock89]

Cattledog, can't remember were you are at but sometimes the harder winters like we've had in the upper mid west this year will push up the birth weights.  When its cold the body naturally pushes more blood flow to the internal organs.  This includes the uterus.  hence the larger BW because the calf had more nutrients due to more blood flow.  Thats part of why fall calves usually come so much easier.
<cowboy>

Cattledog and I are both in IL, and it's been pretty nasty here the last month or so, I bet that might have something to do with it.  Our one and only fall calf (Late September) came super easy..first calf out of our herd bull...hope to clip the bugger and gets pics tomorrow!

 

[cowman]

What calves are u expecting this year? were only expecting 2 this year.

We expect a bit of variety this year....


White Warrior * Angus

Will do, I am excited for that one.

Cowman
                 

Let me know how your white warrior calf comes out Cowman. We're showing a WW steer this year. We really like him. He won the charolais division at the Kansas beef expo.

 

[red]

LOL- I'm thrilled w/ an 85 pound calf. Happy w/ anything under 90 actually.

Red

 

[Davis Shorthorns]

We are just getting started for 2009, with 20 calves on the ground out of about 100 head. In addition to our herd sires Canasta (Sonny son), Maverick (Mr. Gus 30B son),   and Grandmaster (Quartermaster son) - all Shorthorns, and our Headliner 10H son (Hereford), we used DR World Class (Hereford), Churchill (Shorthorn), Gold Count (Shorthorn) Dr Who, Manchild, and Gigolo Joe.

It has been pretty exciting so far and we've had some really nice babies. This morning, we got a blue Gigolo Joe bull calf that looks like he'll make a pretty decent steer. I can't wait for the rest!!

let me know how that gold count turns out.  Thanks

I had a disappointing year this year, two of our heifers slipped calves, just noticed the one today thought that she came into heat last month, then saw her for sure today.  We are expecting one ArSuLu Massive and 1 JPJ that we are REALLY exited about, it is going to be a bull(had her ultra sounded) to our Kilmilhill donor(full Sib to Sullivan's TM Dazzler 54P).  and one of our Recip. prospects is going to have 1 by our heard bull a Revamp son out of our Kilmilhill donor.

 

[shortyjock89]

I'd like to hear about the Gold Counts as well...ours in the past were average county fair type calves. 

We have the following on the way:

3 Magic Man
2 Perfect Timing
2 Kryptonite
1 Ace of Diamonds

Those are what I can remember right now...I think the rest are mostly Magic Man or Perfect Timing.....

 

[Cattledog]

Cattledog, can't remember were you are at but sometimes the harder winters like we've had in the upper mid west this year will push up the birth weights.  When its cold the body naturally pushes more blood flow to the internal organs.  This includes the uterus.  hence the larger BW because the calf had more nutrients due to more blood flow.  Thats part of why fall calves usually come so much easier.
<cowboy>

Cattledog and I are both in IL, and it's been pretty nasty here the last month or so, I bet that might have something to do with it.  Our one and only fall calf (Late September) came super easy..first calf out of our herd bull...hope to clip the bugger and gets pics tomorrow!

It has been nasty lately.  It's supposed to be in the negatives next. 

 

[cattlejunky]

Expecting 14

2 Money Man
2 Alias
2 Q-Dog
1 Slim Jackson
1 Broadband
2 Irish Whiskey
1 Hannibal
1 Pale Face
1 About Time

Anxious to see them all.  First one due 2/2  then 3 more in late Feb.  The rest in March.  My favorite time of year.  Its like Christmas.

 

[yousesteers]

should be 9 calves if they all got bred due in early march NO AI this year my daughter was born 3-31 and stayed in the hospital 97 days more important things at that time than trying to get cows bred was basically doing the hog work and back to the hospital 80p mile each direction all cows are bred to a meyer 734 son that belongs to a friend of mine I really like this bulls calves last year right now if they come alive I will be happy worry about quality after that he should throw some nice repalcements and decent steers out of some of the simmi and sim/angus cows afraid the smaller framed cows the calves wont get big enough to compete

 

[Spring Creek Farms]

LOL- I'm thrilled w/ an 85 pound calf. Happy w/ anything under 90 actually.

Red

i am happy with 100 pounds... we have had 2 steers with birth weights around 150!!! somehow the were both natural with no pull!!

 

[Cattledog]

LOL- I'm thrilled w/ an 85 pound calf. Happy w/ anything under 90 actually.

Red

i am happy with 100 pounds... we have had 2 steers with birth weights around 150!!! somehow the were both natural with no pull!!

I don't have a problem with 85# calves but with an extreme calving ease on both sides of the pedigree I guess I just expected a lighter calf.  The bull calf is out of a big heifer so the weight isn't that big of a deal.  I'm generally happy with calves below 90 as well. 

 

[ROAD WARRIOR]

LOL- I'm thrilled w/ an 85 pound calf. Happy w/ anything under 90 actually.

Red

i am happy with 100 pounds... we have had 2 steers with birth weights around 150!!! somehow the were both natural with no pull!!

If I have one close to 100 pounds I get out the knife - if I had one hit 150 pounds I would probably fall on the knife! RW

 

[Cattledog]

LOL- I'm thrilled w/ an 85 pound calf. Happy w/ anything under 90 actually.

Red

i am happy with 100 pounds... we have had 2 steers with birth weights around 150!!! somehow the were both natural with no pull!!

If I have one close to 100 pounds I get out the knife - if I had one hit 150 pounds I would probably fall on the knife! RW

I guess it really depends on your cows.  I have some real big cows.  One of them had a 105 pound calf last year like it was nothing.  I totally agree about the 150 pounder!  I hope I never see one that big come out of my cows! 

 

[red]

I have cows that can have a 115 pound calf w/ no assistance. Those I have no problem w/. It's the ones that can't have an 85 pound without needing to be pulled.
We bought a bull from Harding's Cattle in Holly, MI. Not knowing much, this was 1st bull, we found out later he had a BW EPD of 7.5! we had some whoppers from him. Sold him when it just got too much. Had to get a laugh the other day because someone is still registering heifers out of him!

Red

 

[midway6376]

LOL- I'm thrilled w/ an 85 pound calf. Happy w/ anything under 90 actually.

Red

i am happy with 100 pounds... we have had 2 steers with birth weights around 150!!! somehow the were both natural with no pull!!

I've had to pull 75lbs calves out of heifers! I think the biggest calf on our farm has been 82lbs