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Due to construction reasons I can't shed until mid dec so I will continue the ad lib until then they seem to be really laying it down now lately. Also due to order reasons I Was unable to start creeping the calves until sept so that's why I didn't get them sold before now, will be better prepared from next year.

I'll keep them as bulls and hope the exporters will be still buying weanlings. I have some hay to feed them and some arable silage ( peas and barley) once they get settled in and weaned.

Weanlings are back a bit alright, last year I held some back and moved them from February on. They got a good do over the winter on whole crop and meal. (Suckler bred) I sold them from 10-13 months old between 1500- 1960 euro, so I was happy enough. I’ve a batch of April calves just gone into the shed and I’ll be selling them in mid February unless I get a good offer in the shed.

I had them from 440-590 kg. If they are half decent suckler bred stock it pays to feed. This years bunch will get 2.5kg meal and ad-lib whole crop peas, oats and barley silage for the next while and I’ll reassess at Christmas. These are averaging 330kg now.

What you not finish them when you are at it?

I wasn’t quality assured I would have been messing around bringing ones and twos and just hadn’t the time due to other commitments .

These are the best if the bulls I'm feeding and will keep them over the winter. They are only getting creep since early sept.

This lad of off CH4320 and SIxFR dam. was 260kg at the end of August.

This lad was 235kg at the end of August. He's off the bull Omega and a Fifty cent dam. Looks abit bellish in that photo but must be my poor camera skills.

What do you think I should do with them squeeze them or keep as bulls. Keeping them as bulls would be my preference and sell in Mar/April

They will be out until mid December and then they will be shed (kinda) have a new tank but no roof so they will be out wintered. They are on ad-lib meal at the moment won't take them off that until they are in as they should be in only for winter accommodation now being ready on time.

Fifty cent tended to bring them a rib short with gut.

Have one cow and one calf and they are nice stock but would say he breeds bait plain if anything but still nice female stock.

Can't get this photo the right way round. but this is a fifty cent heifer born mid April and weighted almost 200kg in august

True, he works best on smaller well muscled cows i find. Earp is a super bull but would be a bit harder calved.

I have used him have a few of them as cows. I used lynx this year so hopefully he turns out ok seems to be doing his stuff anyway.

I put in my cows and bull calves two weeks ago and have the calves going back onto a creep with access to ad lib meal and hay, Will be moving them in the middle of December for the export market, born end of march/ April weighed last week heaviest was 356kgs back to 3 heifers claves around 260kgs, Hope to get them to average 350kgs before the go. If i was keeping them any longer I wouldn't have them ad lib.

I couldn't really tell you how much they are eating, Just throw in another bucket whenever it seems to be getting low, they are all bulls just 3 of them are out of first calved heifers. they wont make 350kgs but its the average i'm working off over the lot, so that should be achievable.