Browsing Archive: January, 2013
Posted by Tim Dixon on Tuesday, January 29, 2013,
With 32ncalves on the ground we are just over half done for the season. Last week was extremely cold here (-30 degrees celcius windchill) so the poor little guys had a rude awakening to the world. Lots of straw and momma's love keep the newborns warm but when the temperature dips this low a little extra protection is needed for the ears.
It looks like it is going to be a bull year, of the 32 calves so far, 22 are male! 14 of the calves are purebred angus and 10 of those are male!
Eye Candy x ...
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Dixon Farms Beef at Atlantic Beef Products
Posted by Tim Dixon on Thursday, January 17, 2013,
New Bull Weights Posted
Posted by Tim Dixon on Thursday, January 17, 2013,
Updated weights on the bulls we have for sale have been posted to the
"Bulls for Sale" page of this website.
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First Predator calf ever born on Prince Edward Island
Posted by Tim Dixon on Saturday, January 12, 2013,
This heifer was the first cal sired by
Holtkamp Cattle Company's bull Predator. Her dam is a purebred angus cow.
Predator
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First Purebred Calf from our new Herdsire
Posted by Tim Dixon on Wednesday, January 9, 2013,
With AI calving near complete, our natural bred matings are starting to arrive. This In Focus granddaughter had the first purebred calf from our new herdsire Chico Xplosive 8X. A very nice heifer calf came at 1:30 today.
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Website Stats
Posted by Tim Dixon on Thursday, January 3, 2013,
Jan 1/12 -Dec. 31/12
2,580 people visited this site
Avg. Visit Duration: 00:01:37
% New Visits: 49.08%
Canada | 4,395 | 88.01% |
2. | United States | 374 | 7.49% |
3. | United Kingdom | 38 | 0.76% |
4. | Brazil | 23 | 0.46% |
5. | Ireland | 21 | 0.42% |
6. | India | 16 | 0.32% |
7. | Australia | 14 | 0.28% |
8. | (not set) | 13 | 0.26% |
9. | Germany | 7 | 0.14% |
10. | Mexico | 6 | 0.12% |
60 countries in total!
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Calving Progress
Posted by Tim Dixon on Thursday, January 3, 2013,
10 calves on the ground so far, with 8 bulls and 2 heifers. There are Eye Candy, Mercedes Benz, and Stocker sired crossbred calves and a Soo Line Kodiak 9194 purebred bull calf and a Red Six Mile Sakic purebred red bull calf. We have also had the first calf out of our latest herdsire Chico Xplosive 8x.
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