tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713159193159889633.post746206031455545528..comments2024-03-28T06:49:56.001-07:00Comments on LuAnn Kessi: Weaning Calves...2018LuAnn Kessihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05452504557094310816noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713159193159889633.post-12073341668616869442018-11-22T19:12:29.913-08:002018-11-22T19:12:29.913-08:00Shasta is Fernando's baby, so she can't be...Shasta is Fernando's baby, so she can't be bred to him. The heifers we do not choose to keep for replacement cows, will be shipped out with the steers when they are 18 months of age. We sell them to a cattle buyer. The biggest, heifers with the best confirmation we keep for replacement cows. Our cows will raise calves until 12 years of age and probably more like 15 years or better, then they are turned out to pasture to live out their lives.<br /><br />Thanks for your questions,<br />LuAnn<br />LuAnn Kessihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05452504557094310816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713159193159889633.post-48233747453053023182018-11-22T19:07:37.078-08:002018-11-22T19:07:37.078-08:00Our son climbed Mt. Shasta last year when it was c...Our son climbed Mt. Shasta last year when it was covered in snow....a few months later this beautiful white heifer was born and we named her Shasta.<br /><br />My Best To You,<br />LuAnn<br />LuAnn Kessihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05452504557094310816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713159193159889633.post-55840292813516126322018-11-22T17:38:46.502-08:002018-11-22T17:38:46.502-08:00Great video's...I think I recognize some of Fe...Great video's...I think I recognize some of Fernando's (??) baby/babies?? I had one horse that I couldn't keep in with electric fence...I'd hear a noise at night and low and behold...there Tang would be outside the barn door just waiting for me to get up (usually around midnight or two in the morning! HARobbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13506964994589004458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713159193159889633.post-13192319712888124512018-11-22T16:41:52.105-08:002018-11-22T16:41:52.105-08:00It must have been a noisy few days around the farm...It must have been a noisy few days around the farm when you separated the cows from their calves!! Shasta is a beauty...I hope you will breed her to Ferdinand and you will have even more pretty calves! The heifers you choose not to keep for replacement heifers...do you sell them to other farmers directly or do they go out with the steers to the auction? What makes you keep one heifer over another? How old are the cows that the replacement heifers replace and do they go to auction with the steers? So many questions from this city girl turner farm wife! Sorry to be so inquisitive!!! (ok, not really that sorry!)Farm Quilterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01670652033638218941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713159193159889633.post-39675865502779064122018-11-22T12:53:05.714-08:002018-11-22T12:53:05.714-08:00Oh how sweet, you named a cow after me! She is swe...Oh how sweet, you named a cow after me! She is sweet.Shelina (formerly known as Shasta)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03290945204269323129noreply@blogger.com