The Poultry Keeper The Independent Forum for Poultry Keepers    FAQ   Search     Register   Log in  Introducing my 3 beautiful girls Goto page 1, 2  Next          The Poultry Keeper Forum Index -> Smallholder animals Author Message bronskibeat Joined: 09 Sep 2007 Posts: 1768 Location: Clawddnewydd Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 1:59 am    Post subject: Introducing my 3 beautiful girls Well, here they are, my 3 very fat heifers............ Back to top milkmaid Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 7424 Location: isle of lewis Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 9:35 am    Post subject: they are gorgous did they behave Back to top CP Moderator Joined: 13 Apr 2005 Posts: 16285 Location: Hampshire Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 10:48 am    Post subject: Nice. Are they destined for the freezer or breeding stock? Back to top Spana Joined: 30 Apr 2005 Posts: 2299 Location: North Cornwall Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 11:15 am    Post subject: Re: Introducing my 3 beautiful girls bronskibeat wrote: Well, here they are, my 3 very fat heifers............ Cor, they are as well I've missed something, tell me the story. Did you fatten them or have you just bought them. Back to top EGirl Joined: 01 Nov 2007 Posts: 1322 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 12:26 pm    Post subject: Beautiful beasts!!! Hope they are breeding stock! Back to top CP Moderator Joined: 13 Apr 2005 Posts: 16285 Location: Hampshire Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 1:05 pm    Post subject: Re: Introducing my 3 beautiful girls Spana wrote: bronskibeat wrote: Well, here they are, my 3 very fat heifers............ Cor, they are as well I've missed something, tell me the story. Did you fatten them or have you just bought them. They're just 'well covered'! Back to top milkmaid Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 7424 Location: isle of lewis Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 1:10 pm    Post subject: the were they well covered was just about to be asked by nonie nonie says for you cattle people she has just had a couple of days milking sims Back to top Itsybitsy Joined: 11 Feb 2006 Posts: 1452 Location: Leicestershire Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 4:13 pm    Post subject: milkmaid wrote: nonie says for you cattle people she has just had a couple of days milking sims Ooooh. . . . . where? In this country? Itsybitsy Back to top Magpie Joined: 28 Aug 2007 Posts: 667 Location: Norfolk Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 6:36 pm    Post subject: Much nicer than the bigger, fatter Holsteins my landlord has. At this time of year his heifers are practically round I always think woolly cows look better. Tim Back to top Bradders Joined: 13 Aug 2007 Posts: 1011 Location: Cambridgeshire Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 6:40 pm    Post subject: Ahhhh There gorgeous Back to top milkmaid Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 7424 Location: isle of lewis Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 8:24 pm    Post subject: there stunning, yep a herd conversation in scotland, fanastic to milk nicer then the holsteins I normally milk, there still only got a samll percentage but .... good fun to protect stornoway black pudding http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/stornowayblackpuddings/?e Back to top bronskibeat Joined: 09 Sep 2007 Posts: 1768 Location: Clawddnewydd Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 12:35 am    Post subject: Glad you like them thanks for no fat jokes guys, they are just sturdy little ladies They are Ruby Red Devons, I acquired them last October but couldnt move them to here until February due to BTV restrictions, no they arent for the freezer, yes they are breeding stock, no they arent in calf (yet) and yes, they are very fat Oh, and yes they behaved impeccably MM They have not been fed at all since I got them, just were housed and fed rationed haylage until turnout at end April/ May then onto grass. Bright side, at least I dont have to feed them to get them finished (well, their offspring anyway) unlike Simms and Charollais (sp?) crosses which are popular around here Milking simms..............hmm, not something I'd like to do, Friesans by hand in NZ were bad enough Woolly is a good way to describe them Tim, I was thinking just that as the vet was clipping their necks for their TB test Back to top NannyP Joined: 13 Apr 2005 Posts: 11631 Location: 86310 Nr St Savin Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 6:45 am    Post subject: I am so pleased there are plenty of people on here who can appreciate what they are looking at Nice cows (I think) what will you be "doing" with the ones that you get from breeding them? Back to top Bradders Joined: 13 Aug 2007 Posts: 1011 Location: Cambridgeshire Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 6:50 pm    Post subject: I thought they might be Ruby Reds Back to top bronskibeat Joined: 09 Sep 2007 Posts: 1768 Location: Clawddnewydd Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 8:21 pm    Post subject: NannyP, if the calves are pure-bred then the females will either be kept in the herd or sold as breeding stock when they reach around 12 months old. The bull calves will be kept to be sold for breeding if good enough or castrated and go in the freezer when finished (that goes for the females too if they arent up to scratch) If I cant get hold of a Ruby bull, then the resulting cross-bred bull calves will be castrated and go in the freezer and the heifer calves may do so too unless someone wants them as breeding stock Hopefully, this will keep me in meat for a while though I'm going to have to wait nearly 4 years from now until the first ones hit the freezer Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First         The Poultry Keeper Forum Index -> Smallholder animals All times are GMT + 1 Hour Goto page 1, 2  Next Page 1 of 2 Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group