Surviving Minnesota!

[MNChickMom]

Just saw this picture of a 215 pound calf... Holy smokes... They had to do a C Section on the 1st calf heifer...

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Time for a new bull!

 

[duluthralphie]

Do you think he will be able to breed Buckeye Hens?

I think so. he looks mature enough..for his age.

 

[Bogtown Chick]

Hello there!


Do you remember me? Haha.

Burning gas chasing DD and her HS BB. Knitting.

Here is a picture from last Friday north of the airport. DH friend took.

They seemed to be tame as they would approach the snowmobile when it stopped. This is 4 of the 6.

We have had no further losses from the lesser wild puppies around here . Hardware cloth does it’s job.

Junior still has his wattle black eschar on one wattle. I’ll be getting eggs today as he was after fluffy butts this morning. No AI I’m suspecting as he was full tilt this morning. Wings down and speedy.

He also has a few looking gnarly toe tips from jumping off the roost in a hurry. Ugh. This is his rough winter for sure.

Ed and Ralphie I’m glad you have us women figured out.









- cough cough

 

[duluthralphie]

Hey BC..
Nice flock of dogs!


The Toad rooster is alive and well. All the other roosters seem to allowing him a wide berth. He comes down one alley and they scatter to the other. I am guessing he won, by whatever measure they use to decide the winner.

I am going to have to weigh him. He could be the largest toad to date.




Holm Your Rooster was hatched Oct 10th.....I found that "record"...So count the weeks. He has eaten as much as he wants, I have not held feed back from him.

 

[holm25]

He’s 18 weeks old then. I’m going to weigh him and figure rate of gain... He is a little bigger than most birds when butchered. But I bet he would still make a good baker But he doesn’t gave to worry about being eaten... I remember your last Bert and the Old Rooster you have now is bigger!

 

[Bogtown Chick]

Time for a new bull!

Amen to that. Production can’t be all that profitable if you’re paying for c-sections

 

[BantyChooks]

Amen to that. Production can’t be all that profitable if you’re paying for c-sections

x2. Incredible!

 

[Bogtown Chick]

And look at that heifer layed open for that monstrosity. I’m sure it was some genetic test . It sort of p’s me off.

 

[BantyChooks]

And look at that heifer layed open for that monstrosity. I’m sure it was some genetic test . It sort of p’s me off.

Why on earth would someone want to produce that thing?

 

[holm25]

Actually that calf surprised everyone. Limousin and Simmental still have monster calves. I visited with a person who had a 160lbs calf. A calf from a big calf cow and bull family could easily produce this. It also depends on nutrition. We don’t feed much other than high quality alfalfa and grass hay during pregnancy as calves grow BIG when the cows are eating corn.

ETA REAL Simmentals and Limos have big calves. Too many of these new day bulls are calving wade which eventually takes it toll on the cow family and weaning weights... We like our calves to be around 90-100lbs but a lot of our cows will spit out a 120lb calf with no assistance.