First calf from herd bull

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nck21

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Our herd bull is a red Smilin Bob x Money Man. His first calf was born this afternoon out of a pb shorthorn cow. We're excited that the birth weight was between 65 and 70 on the heifer.
 

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Till-Hill

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Between 65 and 70 so was scale bouncing or was it a guess? I had 3 heifers side by side tonight and a guy who calves 200 a year couldn't guess within 15 pounds of anyone of them. If people don't weigh them I have hard time believing what weights are.
 

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Nice calf, pretty and red!


I weigh all my calves with a cotton scale.  Rarely is my guess more than a few lbs off.  Looking at them isn't gonna cut it. I need to pick them up and from there I have a very good idea. 
 

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Nice calf, pretty and red!


I weigh all my calves with a cotton scale.  Rarely is my guess more than a few lbs off.  Looking at them isn't gonna cut it. I need to pick them up and from there I have a very good idea. 
Exactly XBAR. Looking at them 3 heifers last night guy called me crazy but I weighed them hanging on a scale and they look 10-20 pounds difference!
 

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Yes it was just a guess, but she's pretty small. Here's a picture of the bull, still waiting for more calves out of him. He's 2 yrs old.
 

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nck21

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XBAR..that is a 4 year old Copyright x Maine. pic below.
 

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