Bullock

L1985

Hi guys some advice please. We aren't the best for separating lots so there could be groups with 8/9 months between them together. I just realised that one bullock I thought was 6months is actually nearly 15 months as I never copped it. He must have kept being thought of as a younger animal and the fact he never grew o didn't realise.....
So he's weighing 180kg max I'd say and is an AA and possibly one of the sorriest animals your likely to see. What do I do with him?? He's worth nothing really....would a factory even kill him and if I went to the Mart would he be bought? Either way is a cost as I'll have to hire someone to transport. I honestly don't know how we overlooked him-it was just when I was going through tags that I realised!!! I've no interest in keeping him on but I don't know what Is best to do with him either??

tanko

Are you sure hes only 180 kgs, a 3/4 month old calf would be that weight.
The factory wouldnt want him anyway, the mart might be an option. If you can i'd keep him and let him out to grass if that ever happens. He might improve then.

L1985

tanko wrote: »

Are you sure hes only 180 kgs, a 3/4 month old calf would be that weight.
The factory wouldnt want him anyway, the mart might be an option. If you can i'd keep him and let him out to grass if that ever happens. He might improve then.

Unfortunately I have 4month olds bigger then him so I think my estimations about right....I don't see much of an improvement happening at this poibt

Cavanjack

L1985 wrote: »

Unfortunately I have 4month olds bigger then him so I think my estimations about right....I don't see much of an improvement happening at this poibt

I'd let him off to grass anyway before I'd sell him. You've nothing to lose.

whelan2

Where would you be selling him to?

L1985

whelan2 wrote: »

Where would you be selling him to?

That's my issue....would someone in a Mart possibly buy him?? Don't know what I'd be doing with him otherwise....
He's awful-honestly mortified by him-I can say with confidence that he's the worst animal we have ever had

whelan2

L1985 wrote: »

That's my issue....would someone in a Mart possibly buy him?? Don't know what I'd be doing with him otherwise....
He's awful-honestly mortified by him-I can say with confidence that he's the worst animal we have ever had

I'd chance him to the factory. The worst they will,do is skip him.

kk.man

It be far better and cheaper put weight on him and finish him off the summer's grass with meal.

L1985

kk.man wrote: »

It be far better and cheaper put weight on him and finish him off the summer's grass with meal.

See my thinking is I don't want to spend any more on him seeing how bad he is and also there is obviously some genetic defect so could he possibly just drop dead....
I'd prefer to cut my loses...just don't known which is the best way to do so!!!

The man in red and black

L1985 wrote: »

See my thinking is I don't want to spend any more on him seeing how bad he is and also there is obviously some genetic defect so could he possibly just drop dead....
I'd prefer to cut my loses...just don't known which is the best way to do so!!!

Won't cost you a desperate amount to fire him out on grass for 2-3 months and see if he makes any progress. You've the most expensive part of the year paid for now in wintering him. Dose him for stomach + liver fluke + worms and see what 2-3 months of grass does for him. Won't fetch much in the mart surely and hard to see a factory taking a 180kg animal?

The Rabbi

Could you find a pair that would match him?Put the three of them in a dark house so that the 12mth diff might not be spotted and sell them to a dealer you don't like.

L1985

The Rabbi wrote: »

Could you find a pair that would match him?Put the three of them in a dark house so that the 12mth diff might not be spotted and sell them to a dealer you don't like.

Love that idea...doubt it would work but nice thought!!! And that's a good point about the grass-might pull him out give him grass and see how he goes....nothing too much to lose!!!