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Candy Gumdrops is putting calves on the ground!
Posted on 1/12/16 at 12:47 pm
Posted on 1/12/16 at 12:47 pm
Some of y'all may remember last March I purchased a new bull for our families herd of cattle. Ol' TCC Candy Gumdrops... I didn't get to name him by the way.
Anyway, 9 months has come and passed and now the fruits of his labor are beginning to hit the ground.
This one surprised me. I thought this flashy spotted cow and him would have a beautiful spotted/speckled calf. Nope. Solid red heifer.
No reason to be bummed. 3 days later this solid red cow dropped a dynamite colored heifer of her own! You know what they say. Life is like a pasture of longhorns... You never know what you are going to get.
That's exactly what I wanted color wise out of Candy Gumdrops. Check out that exaggerated rear end too. That's usually indicative of a fat arse later down the line.
We still have another 12 to 15 calves to be born this year. So far so good. We're very pleased.
Anyway, 9 months has come and passed and now the fruits of his labor are beginning to hit the ground.
This one surprised me. I thought this flashy spotted cow and him would have a beautiful spotted/speckled calf. Nope. Solid red heifer.
No reason to be bummed. 3 days later this solid red cow dropped a dynamite colored heifer of her own! You know what they say. Life is like a pasture of longhorns... You never know what you are going to get.
That's exactly what I wanted color wise out of Candy Gumdrops. Check out that exaggerated rear end too. That's usually indicative of a fat arse later down the line.
We still have another 12 to 15 calves to be born this year. So far so good. We're very pleased.
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Posted on 1/12/16 at 12:50 pm to Clyde Tipton
When do we get to grind em up and see how they taste?
Posted on 1/12/16 at 12:50 pm to Clyde Tipton
Maybe those calves got switched up at the cow hospital? 
Posted on 1/12/16 at 12:51 pm to tigerfoot
Posted on 1/12/16 at 12:56 pm to mylsuhat
quote:I believe cow 1 is a skank. Candy Gumdrops got too busy looking in the mirror and another from the other side of the pasture slipped in on his lady. Probably an old sneaky grandpa, the daddy of Cow 2
Maybe those calves got switched up at the cow hospital?
Posted on 1/12/16 at 12:57 pm to Clyde Tipton
Nice! Are you selling any? And if so what does a calf go for? I don't know jack shite about cattle much less Longhorns.
Posted on 1/12/16 at 12:58 pm to tigerfoot
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When do we get to grind em up and see how they taste?
We've got 2, 2015 born steers I castrated last fall in the program right now. They weigh between 300-400 lbs and should be ready for slaughter this spring once they get to a 500 weight or better.
Posted on 1/12/16 at 1:05 pm to Athletix
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Are you selling any?
Most steers are butchered or sold to a few cowboys I know who team rope and jerk the shite out of them. You don't want to be born a male at our farm... all males get castrated by yours truly.
We sell a few heifers each year that don't make the cut color or body confirmation wise, and at least 1 cow or so on the bottom of the totem pole to make room for up and coming younger heifers we've retained.
The market is down, but ropers 6 months to a year old bring $400 to $600 a head, and a calving age cow will bring $750 to $1200 depending on how much she weighs.
At the height of the last market bubble, young roper calves right off the tit (6 months old) were bringing $750 to $900 a head.
Posted on 1/12/16 at 1:12 pm to Clyde Tipton
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