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Outward appearance (phenotype) is an expression of genetic and environmental factors and should be taken seriously by everyone in the cattle business. The appearance of a cow can be a strong indicator of fertility. In general, an absence of masculinity in heifers and cows suggests fertility. No...

How do you normally feed them at this age? They seem to be developing nicely on forage.

Herefords will do fine on fescue pastures if they've been acclimated to it. We have some high percentage fescue pastures and from what I've seen the genetics are less an issue than the environment they were raised in. For example we have a number of Trust 100w cows, most were raised on fescue...

Since nobody has talked about her much, I think it's worth mentioning the Dam. The number one thing I look at when deciding to keep a bull is his Dam. Unless she consistently does everything I need her to do then I don't even think about keeping the calf as a bull. The dam has to be sound...

Very little to recommend some of these. Several appear to be post legged. Everything from the UK lacks capacity. It's difficult to correctly judge a topline from a picture, but I think it's fair to say that one or two have too much sway in their backs. I also like to see a nicely hooded eye...