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Post by megzly on Dec 5, 2007 15:48:15 GMT 7
Belle  Bob  Tiger - hes a new addition so hes a bit skinny:(  Theres also shiloh and pics will come of her soon!!!! |
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Post by silkiechick on Dec 6, 2007 3:20:28 GMT 7
i love calfes they are adorable!
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Post by Matt on Dec 7, 2007 6:41:25 GMT 7
Nice calves! We have three too, they are growing so fast, cant believe how much they eat though, munching the paddocks down like no tomorrow!
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Post by megzly on Dec 7, 2007 14:05:34 GMT 7
hehe theyre sure hungry little buggers!! these guys are still on milk and drinking fast! its so expensive considering the bags of milk cost $80 or more depending on the brand! the good thing with ours though is that once they have a calf of their own they well and truly pay themselves off!
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Post by Peter on Dec 8, 2007 10:35:05 GMT 7
ours cost $100!!!!!!!!!! they are guttses! They look great!
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Post by megzly on Dec 8, 2007 19:50:52 GMT 7
What milk brand do u buy?!! We get denkavite or venavite but we buy it in pallets so its cheaper
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Post by Matt on Dec 10, 2007 6:49:19 GMT 7
We buy Denkavit plus @ $100 a pop! But they are all off milk now, they had their colrrect period on it and are now onto calf gro pellets and some grain, hay and paddock feed. They grow so fast you can see the difference each morning I rekon, more that they are growing outwards....haha.
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Post by megzly on Dec 10, 2007 18:09:35 GMT 7
Hehe theyre little piggies hey! What do you plan of doing with the calves once they have grown up?
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Post by Matt on Dec 11, 2007 6:51:11 GMT 7
The steer is for meat for us and the two heifers will be on sold, actually we are thinking that we will have to sell them off in the next couple of months as things have gotten very dry around here now and we may not have alot of feed over summer.
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Post by megzly on Dec 11, 2007 10:40:55 GMT 7
U big meanie! raise him from a baby then put him on a plate!  hehe owel i guess thats the way things work! What breed are the hiefers? |
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Post by Matt on Dec 11, 2007 15:47:48 GMT 7
Yeah, meat has to come from somewhere! With the heifers I am sure one is a brahma cross, it has the droopy ears and shape, the other would be a shorthorn cross or similar. Nice animals, we hand feed them so they are relatively quiet so far.
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Post by megzly on Dec 11, 2007 17:37:36 GMT 7
I had a feeling you would say brahman! itd be better if they were droughtmaster  !!! then mabye id have to come and steal them! |
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Post by silkiechick on Dec 13, 2007 4:44:55 GMT 7
you know heifers usually have more tender meat!
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Post by Silvercloud on Dec 14, 2007 10:26:05 GMT 7
Mmmmm steak LOL
They're just so sweet. Love those big eyes and ears.
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Post by Matt on Dec 14, 2007 10:29:26 GMT 7
LOL @ Jules! We dont think about the meat until its in the freezer, until then just care for the animal and make sure its good quality meat for us. I hear so many bad stories about the meat you buy in the shops and we decided that it was time to be more self sufficient!
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