Fescue Hair Shedding Distribution

Objectives: (*Optional)

1. Identify a percentage distribution from herds in SE/NE Oklahoma to see how much influence fescue (K31) has on cow/calf operations. 2. Evaluate bull characteristics for month of hair shedding. 3. *Evaluate pregnancy rates by hair shedding score. 4. *Evaluate weaning weights by hair shedding score.

Educators will pick one/two herds (1 with Fescue and 1 without) in their county and take pictures of the cows sometime in the month of April and provide a hair shedding score. District Livestock specialists will also score the cows based off the picture and average the two scores.

Potential Information to collect: Date of Deworming & Product

Individual cow ID’s Breed Forage base Bull ID/breed

Soil Type Calving Season (Spring or Fall) Calving Dates

Weaning weight Pregnancy rate County Information Sheet County: Okfuskee

Date of Last Deworming_ Product _(Past History) Weaning Wt: 500 Preg % 95

Calving Season _Spring__Fall Primary Forage Bermuda/fescue Fescue Type X K31 Novel

Soil Type Grazing System Continuous Rotational

ID CrnkleHrn Score 3 Breed SH ID Score 3 Breed LM&SH Speck ID Roan Score 4 Breed SH IDWhtTail Score 4 Breed LM&SH

ID Lineback Score 2 Breed LH IDStarfaceScore 4 Breed LM&BM

ID 26B Score 2 Breed BM Score 4 Breed Donkey

ID_ Hank

ID 7 Score 3 Breed BM ID_ Score Breed

ID 26 Score 2 Breed RA ID_ Score Breed

ID 50B Score 2 Breed RA&BM ID_ Score Breed

ID 38 Brand Score 2 Breed RA ID_ Score Breed

ID Sngle Hrn Score 2 Breed LH&LM ID_ Score Breed

ID Old Speck Score 2 Breed SH ID_ Score Breed

ID Mot Face Score 1 Breed LH ID_ Score Breed

ID Old SH Score 3 Breed SH ID_ Score Breed

ID Blk Strfac Score 3 Breed SM&BM ID_ Score Breed

ID Litle Roan Score 3 Breed SH ID_ Score Breed

ID Old Roan Score 3 Breed SH ID_ Score Breed

ID Bull Score 2 Breed AN ID_ Score Breed

ID Dotte Score 3 Breed LH&BA ID_ Score Breed

ID Wht Cow Score 2 Breed LH&SH ID_ Score Breed

ID Wht Face Score 2 Breed LH&SH ID_ Score Breed

ID Tiger Score 2 Breed BR ID_ Score Breed

ID Paint SH Score 2 Breed LH&SH ID_ Score Breed

ID LH heifer Score 2 Breed LM&LH ID_ Score Breed

ID BM/Hwy Score 2 Breed BM ID_ Score Breed

ID BeterHorn Score 2 Breed LM&SH ID_ Score Breed

ID Rd SH Score 4 Breed LM&SH ID_ Score Breed

Notes Breed Abbreviations: SH-Shorthorn, LH-Longhorn, BM-BeefMaster, RA-Red Angus, LM-Limousin, SM- Simmental, AN-Angus, BA-Brangus, BR-Braunvieh

The first group of 8 cows were in a pasture with approximately 40% fescue, 60% bermudagrass. The second group of 15 cows were in a pasture with approximately 50% fescue, 50% bermudagrass, calves received creep feed. The first and second groups were rotational grazed with summer bermudagrass pastures, and spring calving. The third group of 5 cows were on a continuous pasture with fescue, bermudagrass, and clovers; fall calving, and calves received creep feed. All pastures had a 20% supplement tub in them.