Bessie and Bliss progression pics

[mary,tx]

just home from the auction, May 2011


two months later, July 2011


Bessie as a yearling, April 2012


Bliss as a yearling, April 2012
When those horn buds first appeared, they were loose, and I debated whether they'd actually become horns. They did.


Bessie as a two year old, May 2013
She has been running with the Wagyu bull and is hopefully bred. I'm not sure, though, because she appeared to come into heat several different times. So I don't know if he ever did the job. She's certainly wide enough to be bred.


Bliss as a two year old, May 2013
Again, she should be bred. I don't know whether she is or not.

[gone-a-milkin]

They 're looking plenty big and meaty.
If Bessie isn't bred then she might need to go on a diet.

How is the Wagyu herd coming along?
Has that bull put any calves on the ground yet?

[mary,tx]

Thanks. Bessie is on straight pasture, so there's not much cutting back I could do from there. Let's hope she's bred. Last time I saw her riding the bull was the end of December. I actually photographed it so I'd be able to recall the date. (I never saw him mount her.) I'm thinking the soonest she might be expecting would be the end of September.

It's been about a year since I brought home those Wagyu and I don't like them any more than I did then. Still no calves on the ground, but a couple of the three Wagyu heifers are looking wide.

Funny thing, a few weeks ago the steer and bull disappeared from the herd. One morning a week or two later I saw them out near the water trough. The steer turned back up with the heifers a week or so after that sighting, but the bull hasn't shown up again. He must be out there somewhere but I'm baffled why he isn't hanging out with the heifers any more.

We have ninety acres. Not so much that you'd think we'd see him occasionally. The heifers and steer present themselves twice a day to be counted.

[gone-a-milkin]

Might be time to go looking.
He could have gotten into any number of things out in the back lands.
Are there sources of water out there? That is where I would start looking.

I hope you get some nice calves out of him, at least.

[mary,tx]

Oh, we've looked. DH is exasperated with looking for him, and wouldn't believe me at all that I'd spotted him if I hadn't taken a picture. The property is bordered on one side by a creek that he may or may not have been able to get down to. The pond in the back pasture is probably dry by now. But he knows where the water trough is.

If we at least get a few calves, I suppose we'll have gotten our money back out of him. I haven't shed any tears over his possible loss.

[KSALguy]

maybe a good Angus replacement bull, something less trouble lol,