Quizz

I thought it was time to take calf growth photos again. Here is Quizz on June 14 at 113 days of age--a week from 4 months. We are excited to get her in the show ring and see how she does. I am impressed with her overall size, thickness, and width across the top. She is going to be a real easy fleshing cow like her mama. This is the type of calves we set out to raise. If you're going to grow beef cattle, you want thick, meaty, sound cattle that put weight on easily instead of costing you for needing extra feed. She also has a good temperment, which is important for trouble-free and easy-growing cattle. If they are flighty, not only are they hard to handle at home and at shows, but they tend to not feed, grow and keep their condition as well when easily stressed.

The kids got the halter on Quizz last night and we walked/worked with her. We rigged an old, yellow rope calf halter to keep on her so it will be easy to work with her over the next week. It stays loose around her nose, but is knotted to not come off, and has a short, two-foot lead hanging down. To catch her, we just grab the halter when she comes in to feed, instead of having to rope her around the neck, wrestle with her to halter her, and get stepped on and splattered with manure at the same time. To work with her, we just clip on a neck rope around the knotted end of the short lead.