Recent content by heifer_fitter

My dad has pictures from the National Western back in the late 60's of a beefalo, it looks just like a buffalo but has red roan shorthorn coloring! He looks like a strawberry icecream cone crossed with a goat, hehehe

You all laugh but one of the best team sorting horses I've ever been around was a mini named Flash, he'd trot right up into the herd of cattle and cut them out w/o any fuss, they thought he was one of them!

This is my little guy, first pic he's about 7 months and the second pic was taken a week ago on our run, hes a year old in that picture. I love the little dude!

Omg shes adorable! I think I figured out your problem, either her mother is a smoker or you have a very curious deer population, she looks like a half blood!... hehehe Our smallest baby was a full term, totally developed heifer out of a 6 year old 1600lbs chimaine/angus cow that weighed 34lbs...

awwww cute babies!

Well I know for dang sure he's not a maine, just cause he has a red tint and spots means nothing. He could be anything. Im agreeing on a milking x brahman cross. Maines are much prettier fronted, have more muscle and bone and usually have much more hair!

Hey, if they lived up here they'd loose those funny ears! They'd freeze plumb off!

a red bull should take most of the white off but you're likely to still have some spots and very likely to have white feet. When comparing most black show maines to black show simmentals our maines usually are slightly smaller framed but not a whole lot. Usually maines have a longer muscle...

Its simple guys, marbling has little to do with tenderness... it has to do with flavor and how moist the meat is. Fat adds flavor and juice. Tenderness on the other hand is genetic, google GeneStar testing and read. They have identified the gene markers for tenderness and marbling as two...

We do have a few low percentage cows still running around but most all of them are purebreds. I'm not sure if you're involved in the maine breed but, they must be 3/4 or higher to be a purebred. All of our cattle have angus influence, many have a very small amount of foundation chi way back in...

I used to have a few full bloods but they just aren't practical here. Hybrid vigor and show ring appeal usually beats them out. Most of my maines are black but some are red. That one picture that was posted of a maine heifer is not so hot, she is not of the quality that most maine producers are...

Well I was going to take a picture of his dear old momma, shes a national champion, I guess her back legs were good enough, so I decided against it. He's not fit in that older picture, just good haired. I appreciate all of the comments, its interesting to hear the different oppinions. He does...

Now thats a new one... either you show angus or you show belgian blues... I personally invite you to our ranch to come see 100 maine cows that have anything but flat butts. Not sure what shows you're going to but if its winning it has muscle and a caboose to back it up.

Thanks so much! I hope more people tell me what they think of him.

and of course its the dam, she has to release two eggs rather than one... the semen sure isnt doing that.