Early morning herd check - grass management.

[@tebogobareng3200]

Shane brilliant video the animals are looking brilliant your are truly doing well, the way I love this channel even when the ads are playing I don’t sleep them so you get a bit more on the returns $. Well done overall you got wealth of knowledge and wisdom. There is a saying that goes by ‘’KNOWLEDGE IS POWER’’ however I always say The use of knowledge acquired that is powerful, am saying this because I always see you using the knowledge you have gained over the years you are powerful Shane

[@musajayden]

The Man must always be busy there's no time to rest 😊

[@lungalindokuhle2713]

Buhle-beauty,Gugu-treasure & Mbali-flower..

[@shanecotty3275]

Buhle & Mbali it is! 🍻

[@CashisKingtrucking]

Nice to see it heard update

[@shanecotty3275]

Thanks!

[@kennedykidd5402]

Learnt a new practice - Grass mowing as a grass management strategy. I've only been exposed to burning. What's your take on this practice and how often should you do it on a given camp if that's the only method you have due to resource constraints. Keep them coming! Great content.

[@willievermaak1406]

They look good Shane! 👌

[@Blitzkrieg2002]

Glad to see you're getting some rain, and your grass is sprouting up quite nicely. And I to like to keep my pastures mowed, here in West Virginia we can have all types of undesirable weeds & such that like to take over a pasture.. So a good mowing & keeping your soil happy keeps them from taking over, and what I can't get to the Goats take care of. Your Cattle are all looking very good, I like how you look over your Cattle making sure each one is exactly how you want them. I'm all for quality over quantity, I don't have near as many Cattle as I did when I was younger but the ones I do pick now are exactly what I like to see in a Cow or a Bull. And on the sloped back end, here we run the majority of English Breeds the Angus & Hereford. And as you said they have flat backs all the way to the tail, and that's been a thing I've heard breeders compliment, "look at the good straight back on that heifer, cow or a bull". I wanted to tell you that I was watching some videos on Nguni Cattle, and a video came up in my recommended titled "Nguni Cattle and largemouth Bass Fishing". The Bass fishing part got my attention more than the Nguni because Bass fishing sounded like a US thing. So I watched it & looked at other videos on the channel, and it's a younger guy from Mississippi. I asked him about the Nguni, and he knows the Man who owns them. So I asked him if he could find out if he has any for sale, so I hope maybe I can be put in touch with the fellow & maybe buy a few. So it seems there are some Nguni here in the US.

[@shanecotty3275]

Hi Blitzkrieg, Thanks! I think it's easier to start small with more suitable animals than larger and you end up culling a lot. Having said that - there are still one or two that I'm not perfectly happy with. They might be removed before the bulling season starts. I'm excited to hear that you might be able to get some Ngunis! Please keep me updated! Even if you breed a composite with only 25% nguni you should still get some good results! Keep me posted!

[@Blitzkrieg2002]

I'm glad to find out that there might possibly be some Nguni here in the US, and Mississippi isn't really that far. I didn't find anything on them being here in the US from the little Googling I did. So if there's a few in Mississippi there's surely more, I'd be interested in when & how they got here. If you type in the video title, "Nguni Cattle and Largemouth Bass Fishing", you can see the video. I'd be curious of your opinion on them, and there's a few older calves that kind of look like they have some Brahman in them but I'm not sure. I forgot to comment on the little red heifer earlier, and looking at her again after you mentioned the double muscling it stands out more on her rear. I could see from the start she had a lot of muscle definition for such a young calf. But I thought it was just her breed characteristic. I was wondering, why is the double muscle gene a bad thing? Is there health reasons, or is it just an appearance thing? I'd think in a cow that had a lot of extra muscling, it might make having a calf harder. And you don't want that extra worry even if there's just a small chance of calving problems.

[@brightwinelands9863]

How are you Shane and thank you for the wonderful content

[@shanecotty3275]

Hi, I'm well thanks and thanks for the kind comments.

[@musajayden]

The Red heifer ( Shongi means Beauty/Pretty)😊

[@thatokamolane9928]

Hi Shane... I have been following for few weeks now and i cant help but notice that the landscape resembles Bloemfontein farming area or close ....It would be a blessing to meet you...

[@shanecotty3275]

Hi Thato, You are not far off. We could make a plan to meet when I'm in bloem again...

[@Bouzer.]

love your videos

[@KgotsoNchabeleng]

Beautiful heifers 👌

[@jancovanderwesthuizen8070]

Daai kudde het regtig mooi geraak. Kannie wag om te sien hoe dit oor n paar maande gaan lyk nie

[@shanecotty3275]

Dankie Janco! Ek dink hulle gaan teen maart heel anders lyk! Kan nie wag vir die teel seisoen nie!

[@arreysimakando6281]

Name suggestions : "Sope" meaning, prime minister,the king's mouth piece

[@shanecotty3275]

Thanks - I'll put it on the list!

[@siyandantenge2598]

They Beautiful Sir🤝

[@shanecotty3275]

Thanks!

[@sportyknow1931]

Hey, Shane great video as always. For us, the novices. Why is the myostatin (deficiency) gene bad? Are we not farming to produce as much meat as possible with as little resources as possible? If a calve can get muscled on the same ration of grass as its peers, then why is that a bad thing? Wouldn't feedlots love a calve with myostatin deficiency since it can build muscles faster and more efficiently (I am assuming). I can see why excessive muscling is bad for breeding cows (i am assuming it would affect fertility, mobility and strain the cardiovascular system), but how can it be bad for weaners that are going to be sold to the feedlots to be fattened and slaughtered?

[@shanecotty3275]

Hi, The problem is that it creates "double muscling". This can lead to calving problems and is undesirable in your cows/heifers. They have a higher maintenance requirement, tend to be a lot leaner, struggle to put on enough fat to cycle and generally have poor production figures. In extreme cases the animals can struggle to walk properly and might not put on enough fat in the feedlot. Most breeders cull on this and some breeds are actively trying to get it out of their gene pool.

[@abielbhekizulundlovu2429]

One of them must be Nomagugu I guess and Thandi

[@caseymbedzi923]

Nandi ( Tshaka’s mother) 😊

[@shanecotty3275]

Thanks Casey!

[@mahlohonoloferguson2884]

Red one let’s call her Nkosazana or Nandipha

[@shanecotty3275]

Two beautifull names!

[@ntebogangmathaka7254]

this is my favourite channel😍😍😍 want to ask, isnt march a bit late for bulling? normally we in Botswana put bulls in around late December/ beginning of January to llate march-mid april

[@shanecotty3275]

Hi Ntebogang, We usually get our first proper rains in november. So it takes about 4 weeks for the grass to really start greening up. So if my cows calve from beginning december they get a nice mixture of green & dry grass. It also allows the cows to get good quality grazing over the last 4 weeks of pregnancy which is very good for the quality of the colostrum. Also, if you listen to Ian Mitchel- Innes - he'll tell you the closer we calf (in our region) to the 25th december - the better your cows will perform. So we'll see. Things don't always work out in reality as they do on paper!!!

[@MatiiKahee]

In one of your videos, you spoke of a calf with baboon tail and being not a good thing. What is wrong with cattle having a baboon tail?

[@shanecotty3275]

Hi, Generally speaking - a baboon's tail is correlated to calving problems. A cow with a good slope to her rump will have a tail set that slopes accordingly. I'll see if I can find a picture that illustrates this properly.

[@lelethuflap2672]

Hey Shane what’s your take on using ‘Cactus’ as feed.???

[@shanecotty3275]

I don't know much about it - but I know there are those who have done it successfully. Especially in times of drought.

[@glenvilakazi3263]

Great video Shane.Why you make your veldmaster with angus's influence

[@shanecotty3275]

Hi Glen, I'm actually considering either Afrigus (afrikaner/angus) or brangus. Both have good characteristics to consider. I still have some time to decide so I'll make my decision when I get there.

[@briantaylor467]

Red rum and red Adele mate

[@shanecotty3275]

🤣🤣🤣🍻

[@brightwinelands9863]

You can name your red heifer Lindiwe

[@shanecotty3275]

Thanks!

[@janvanaardt3773]

Lerato Dudu Duduzile Umkoti

[@katlegomoitse4434]

Rooibaatjie😅 a name

[@shanecotty3275]

🤣🤣🤣