Galloway calves (06-03-12)

[ALACOWMAN]

i thought they were slicker coated than that...

[Galloway2]

i thought they were slicker coated than that...

thats still their fuzzy baby hair, it will transition into a longer, wavy outercoat. These three are out of some pretty traditional looking Galloway cows. Some bloodlines are much slicker, once summer rolls around.

[KNERSIE]

What does the cows look like, the bull didn't exactly stamp a type on these three calves

[Galloway2]

What does the cows look like, the bull didn't exactly stamp a type on these three calves

I will post some pics of the cows. I don't have any on this PC to upload. The cows are all a little different in style.

The bull is more consistant as a female maker than a bull maker. His heifers are all pretty similar, regardless of cow style.

Galloways are a maternal breed, so I am OK with that.

[Galloway2]

What does the cows look like, the bull didn't exactly stamp a type on these three calves

Here are the pairs:


Dam of bull 2442

Dam of heifer 2042

Dam of bull 3342

[Galloway2]

Sire:

[KNERSIE]

Interesting, thanks

[Galloway2]

Interesting, thanks

Interesting good or bad?

[KNERSIE]

Interesting, thanks

Interesting good or bad?

Interesting not quite what I had expected.

[3waycross]

Interesting, thanks

Interesting good or bad?

Interesting not quite what I had expected.

Those cows got a lot of holes in them!

[Stocker Steve]

The Galloway around here are mostly belted and on hobby places. I have picked up a few for the stocker herd in the past. They were extra hardy - - I can not remember every treating one - - but pretty average on growth. Since we bale graze I have wondered about how they would over winter.

Do you consider them a maternal breed for the northern F1 replacement, and if so what type do they nick best with?

[Galloway2]

The Galloway around here are mostly belted and on hobby places. I have picked up a few for the stocker herd in the past. They were extra hardy - - I can not remember every treating one - - but pretty average on growth. Since we bale graze I have wondered about how they would over winter.

Do you consider them a maternal breed for the northern F1 replacement, and if so what type do they nick best with?

The belteds and some of the multipliers do have average or below average growth cattle, as you said "Hobby"

We have produced Galloway seedstock for over 30 years, selecting for maternal, easy keeping cattle with good carcasses. The Galloway breeeders did not breed out the characteristics that make the breed what it is. We did not open the herdbook and use other breeds to become something different. Thus the Galloway is a complete outcross to all other breeds.

The Galloways work great in bale grazing as well as standing forage during the winter. They will be out grazing when it is -20 and windy, while our Angus are huddled up behind the windbreaks looking for a free lunch.

ve not seen a Galloway cross that I havenI haven't liked. Hereford, Shorthorn, Simmy, Angus, Char, Limo, Gelb, Pieds, Brahma, Longhorn, Chi, Maine, Lowline I have seen good moderate framed long bodied, easy keeping females out of all of them.

I will have to admit, the Dexter and Highland crosses did not do much for me, though the calves were much better than the cows they came out of.

[ANAZAZI]

Good cattle, but bull pictures with lazy prepuces bother me.

[3waycross]

Good cattle, but bull pictures with lazy prepuces bother me.

If i am not mistaken,it didn't bother the judges at the NWSS. He's also no spring chicken!

[Taurus]

The Galloway around here are mostly belted and on hobby places. I have picked up a few for the stocker herd in the past. They were extra hardy - - I can not remember every treating one - - but pretty average on growth. Since we bale graze I have wondered about how they would over winter.

Do you consider them a maternal breed for the northern F1 replacement, and if so what type do they nick best with?

The belteds and some of the multipliers do have average or below average growth cattle, as you said "Hobby" We have produced Galloway seedstock for over 30 years, selecting for maternal, easy keeping cattle with good carcasses. The Galloway breeeders did not breed out the characteristics that make the breed what it is. We did not open the herdbook and use other breeds to become something different. Thus the Galloway is a complete outcross to all other breeds.

The Galloways work great in bale grazing as well as standing forage during the winter. They will be out grazing when it is -20 and windy, while our Angus are huddled up behind the windbreaks looking for a free lunch.

ve not seen a Galloway cross that I havenI haven't liked. Hereford, Shorthorn, Simmy, Angus, Char, Limo, Gelb, Pieds, Brahma, Longhorn, Chi, Maine, Lowline I have seen good moderate framed long bodied, easy keeping females out of all of them.

I will have to admit, the Dexter and Highland crosses did not do much for me, though the calves were much better than the cows they came out of.

Below the average for the growth? Well I must do something right as the calves out of our belted cattle were weaned at 600lbs in Oct.