NEW OFF ROAD HEIFER CALF
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CWshorthorns
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PLEASE FORGIVE ME WITH PICTURE SIZE I AM TRING TO FIGURE IT OUT.
CWshorthorns
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peachy
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nice calf (clapping) What was the birth wt?
CWshorthorns
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UNASSISTED @116
peachy
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Did not look that big! I thought he might throw a big calf.
CWshorthorns
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She looks a lot better in person i am by far not a pro at picture taking. I will see if i can get my wife to take some better pictures this weekend. She has a pretty good bit of bone. We have some calfs out of a centurion son and the off road calf seems to have a wide build more bone. This all beeing said i am by far no pro at judging cattle as my wife only showed a few years back in high school. and we are mostly commecial cattle breeders but we think it is prolly the best made calf to anything she ever showed. I guess only time will tell. any ideas with how to go about feeding and such will be greatly appreciated.
kfacres
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CWshorthorns said:
Ya, kick the cow out to grass, and grass hay... and see if she can test the test of timed production... See if the calf can succeed at life on mama's milk
OKshorthorn
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CWshorthorns said:
In a couple weeks I would get a bag of starter feed from your local coop, would ask about protein percentages and fat content, and build a little creeper that only the calf can get into and out of easily ( so mama doesnt eat it all! ) and introduce her to feed. she may not eat any for a month, some start eating at 2 weeks just depends on the calf, so don't buy more than a 50 pound bag. As she grows and until you wean her just keep feed in front of her and she will eat what she wants.
CWshorthorns
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So far the old cow is getting hay and raising the calf. what should the protein and fat % be when i go to look get some feed?
CWshorthorns
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That is from a scale we use a hanging scale to weight all our calfs
IVORYACRES
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Nice, ill snap couple pics of the offroad i had and post them this weekend. Have one do the end of this month an one mid Feb.
CWshorthorns
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My wife is going to take a few pictures and they should be better than the ones I took.
savaged
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CWshorthorns said:
I like the heifer. We start ours out on Umbarger's Breeder-Grower. Check out the numbers on it and use something similar. From then on it will take more than a few post comments to know how to feed her. It will depend on a lot of variables not the least of which will be her body type and growth pattern and how you intend to show her (e.g., feeder, breeding, market).
