All these cows are halfsibs that have proven themselves and survived my culling when I changed from two calving seasons to one last year. They run on very acidic veld with absolutely no supplement, not even salt at the moment. This is as good as my natural grazing gets, unfortunately it won't stay as good for long.
0310, has produced 2 showbulls for me one of which I used as a clean up sire and probably never should have sold. If only she'll give me a heifer...
0303, produced two heifers that I thought good enough to be used in the linebreeding program.
0306, about half a frame size taller than the other two, has one daughter in the herd and her '06 bullcalf was on the shortlist for own use before being sold to a new customer in an area where I haven't sold other bulls yet.
0411, one of my best cows, her '07 heifer has been retained for linebreeding and her '06 bull was used as clean up sire this year.
This is her '06 bullcalf
My environment is very hard on extremes and has shown very early in my breeding venture what works here and what don't, the result is a herd very uniform in size as can be seen here in a portion of the registered dry cow herd.
They are certainly not in show condition and might not be the best looking group, but they work for me and are hassle free and profitable.
0310, has produced 2 showbulls for me one of which I used as a clean up sire and probably never should have sold. If only she'll give me a heifer...
0303, produced two heifers that I thought good enough to be used in the linebreeding program.
0306, about half a frame size taller than the other two, has one daughter in the herd and her '06 bullcalf was on the shortlist for own use before being sold to a new customer in an area where I haven't sold other bulls yet.
0411, one of my best cows, her '07 heifer has been retained for linebreeding and her '06 bull was used as clean up sire this year.
This is her '06 bullcalf
My environment is very hard on extremes and has shown very early in my breeding venture what works here and what don't, the result is a herd very uniform in size as can be seen here in a portion of the registered dry cow herd.
They are certainly not in show condition and might not be the best looking group, but they work for me and are hassle free and profitable.