We Quiet Weaned all of our Red Poll calves today with the Heifers calves averaging just shy of 600 pounds and the Bull calves coming in at 670 pounds average. We weaned the steer calves a couple of weeks ago and they averaged 734 pounds.
Quiet Weaning entails putting a flap in the calves nose for five days while the calf stays with its mother. After five days the flap is removed and the calf is separated from its mother. At that point the calf is used to not drinking milk and he/she just goes about its day eating hay. When we quiet wean we also vaccinate the calves and weight them for our records. It is a very stress free period and the calves adjust well.
I should have the EPD numbers for this years calf crop within the next few days and then when time allows I will be putting together this years sale catalogue.
Weaned Calves
We Quiet Weaned all of our Red Poll calves today with the Heifers calves averaging just shy of 600 pounds and the Bull calves coming
Peace River Forage Assoc. Pasture Walk
On June 19th we hosted the Peace River Forage Association and gave a tour of the cattle operation. Topics of discussion were the Rotational Grazing
2025 Bull Sales
All our bulls for 2025 have been sold and at their new home, from Bonneyville area to the east and Caroline in middle Alberta, as
Calving 2025
By the middle of April we were all done calving for the year, a lot more bull than heifer calves. A good selecti0on of AI
28 young bulls on feed
We have a good selection of young bulls on feed this winter for sale in the spring after bull tests in April. Lots of light
New Bloodlines
I spent the last week traveling down to Oklahoma and Kansas to pick up some new bloodlines. It was a long haul to get to