Livestock pictures

[bean]

It's a bit too early to tell as we've only just started retaining homebred heifers but I think it's inevitable we'll lose some milk but as long as its not a huge amount and detrimental to calf weights I can live with it. If anything the blue x dairy can have too much milk early on and I just want to tidy up bags and have a slightly more functional cow. I love the blue x dairy but they don't last that long and the calves are quite inconsistent, either top notch or slightly disappointing. Hopefully a beef bred cow will start to give a more regular uniform crop of calves. Time will tell.

Yeah agree, find limx dairy last better

 

[Treecreeper]

Eleven years old, semi retired only running with a small group of cows this year.

 

[Hilly]

Ant & Dec the line one twins !! Little comedians. Mixed emotions as were triplets ! We tried our best but just couldn’t save number three, that would have been very special three bull calves but never mind cracking pair .

 

[Hilly]

I could sit among these lot all day but must tear my self away and do some work

 

[ImLost]

Ant & Dec the line one twins !! Little comedians. Mixed emotions as were triplets ! We tried our best but just couldn’t save number three, that would have been very special three bull calves but never mind cracking pair . View attachment 967619View attachment 967619

Are you keeping them entire?

 

[Hilly]

Are you keeping them entire?

Yes everything is entire !

 

[Vader]

Are Blondes quieter than Limousins ?

YES!
never had a crazy blonde bull.

 

[Vader]

It's a bit too early to tell as we've only just started retaining homebred heifers but I think it's inevitable we'll lose some milk but as long as its not a huge amount and detrimental to calf weights I can live with it. If anything the blue x dairy can have too much milk early on and I just want to tidy up bags and have a slightly more functional cow. I love the blue x dairy but they don't last that long and the calves are quite inconsistent, either top notch or slightly disappointing. Hopefully a beef bred cow will start to give a more regular uniform crop of calves. Time will tell.

If cow is 1/2 dairy, then calfs will be 1/4, so you got 25% chance its dairy genes so poor.

Think you worrying to much about milk.
How do you think pedigree beef calfs grow?
Milk from mothers and no dairy in the blood at all.

As you breed beef, then you notice odd cows not having enough milk so you cull them.
Keep heifers off cows with lot of milk and you be fine.

 

[Vader]

Blonde cows tend to have high bags, so dont always look much.
Her heifer calfs bum to left.
Grown ok on mum's milk

 

[jendan]

YES!
never had a crazy blonde bull.

I will rephrase that ; Are Blonde x calves quieter than Lim x calves ? ................. All beef bulls in use should be dead quiet,thats a given,or at least it should be. But it doesnt mean that their progeny will be quiet as well.

 

[Cornish bob]

About 10% to 20%will be nice tempered, you are right about their udders very neat and don't look like much milk but the calves do well

 

[Aspiring Peasants]

Not the best of pictures, just got this boy as a stop gap to chase up after AI while we decide what we're going to do with cow numbers. £1500 out of the store ring, 18 months old. Pure Limi by Ampertain Gigolo

 

[jendan]

Not the best of pictures, just got this boy as a stop gap to chase up after AI while we decide what we're going to do with cow numbers. £1500 out of the store ring, 18 months old. Pure Limi by Ampertain Gigolo View attachment 968043

Where did you buy him from?

 

[Aspiring Peasants]

I didn't phrase it very well. He was entered for a sale at Barnard Castle. Had a word with the vendor and bought him before he got there

 

[Vader]

I will rephrase that ; Are Blonde x calves quieter than Lim x calves ? ................. All beef bulls in use should be dead quiet,thats a given,or at least it should be. But it doesnt mean that their progeny will be quiet as well.

Never relaly had any x calfs off anything crazy.
Just know odd pure limo cow we had in past were always part fruit loop.
Blondes just seem chilled out.

 

[Cowmansam]

Never relaly had any x calfs off anything crazy.
Just know odd pure limo cow we had in past were always part fruit loop.
Blondes just seem chilled out.

I got attacked by a group of blonde cows and calves walking a footpath one day L shaped field hadn’t seen them till I was half way across they came from 200 yard off an knocked me down just blind luck I got out of it after a good rolling round and I’m working with cattle every day so there’s definitely some nutters about

 

[jellybean]

The deer are doing well this year, calving was finished by June 1st and stags are looking good.

 

[Optimus]

Never relaly had any x calfs off anything crazy.
Just know odd pure limo cow we had in past were always part fruit loop.
Blondes just seem chilled out.

Some of the blonde x calf's we used to have were a bit mental.the couple pure cows we had were very quiet.

 

[Hilly]

 

[Vader]

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Twins?