cattlejunky5
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Does anyone have any reports on Monopoly Money calves?
pweaver said:Have two Monopoly Money bull calves in the last few days. IMO they're bigger than Monopoly's. We don't weigh our calves but both of these are the biggest we've had in the last few years out of a 12 cow herd. We've had Monopoly, Heat wave 1, Boardwalk, Immortal, Heat wave, Headliner, and these are the biggest. They're nice calves, good bone, thick front to rear, taller than most clubby calves, a little brown tinge in their color. The mothers are a Kadabra/Foreplay and a Hannibal/HerefordCross. The Hannibal just calved and had to be pulled. Not a hard pull but she never would have done it on her own. The Kadabra 3 days ago had one leg back, and side-ways. Had to pull the head around to get it through and then he came out, but had to jack him the whole way, even the hind quarters. I'll probably use him again based on what I see now, but the cow has to be able to handle it.
Limiman12 said:pweaver said:Have two Monopoly Money bull calves in the last few days. IMO they're bigger than Monopoly's. We don't weigh our calves but both of these are the biggest we've had in the last few years out of a 12 cow herd. We've had Monopoly, Heat wave 1, Boardwalk, Immortal, Heat wave, Headliner, and these are the biggest. They're nice calves, good bone, thick front to rear, taller than most clubby calves, a little brown tinge in their color. The mothers are a Kadabra/Foreplay and a Hannibal/HerefordCross. The Hannibal just calved and had to be pulled. Not a hard pull but she never would have done it on her own. The Kadabra 3 days ago had one leg back, and side-ways. Had to pull the head around to get it through and then he came out, but had to jack him the whole way, even the hind quarters. I'll probably use him again based on what I see now, but the cow has to be able to handle it.
And see that story would make me not want to use him again!
pweaver said:When your breeding clubby, you're going to have birthing difficulties. Don't like it, but it comes with the territory. An abnormal presentation hapens. It's not the bull or the cows fault. It can happen with a 50 lb. calf. i'll try not to let the pull today happen again with this cow because now I know what she can handle. I did say try. You never know and that's why we observe all of our cows every 3 - 4 hours, night and day.
Wow, amazing calf!AL Show Cattle said:MM calf at a month old photo taken this past weekend.. I like this calf more and more everyday!