Chi Heifer Rip Her Up

[*Cowgirl*]

Nov 2006
Tear her up

 

[blk mule]

I wonder what % Chi she is but, i will have to say i feel she is right nice heifer, should make a nice cow.

blk mule

 

[*Cowgirl*]

I wonder what % Chi she is but, i will have to say i feel she is right nice heifer, should make a nice cow.

blk mule

12.4% Chianina
Registered Chiangus

 

[purecountry]

She's obviously a quality animal, so I'll have to get technical to find a fault. She looks fine-boned, and her front feet appear to both turn out. Other than that, she looks good.

 

[*Cowgirl*]

Here are some more pictures. Sorry they aren't very good, she has standing still issues at the moment. She chipped the front of one of her hoof claws so she's kind of standing unevenly. I want to know what I would here if I walked her in the show ring today.

 

[DOC HARRIS]

*Cowgirl* - This is "Better than your average heifer", with the exception of what I can see right now which is splay-footedness at her front feet. HOWEVER, that could be possibly due to the fact that she is standing with her head down hill! Always try to get them standing with their front feet SLIGHTLY up-hill. Standing level or with the front feet lower than the hind feet, particular with yearlings, causes the hindquarters to be ligher than the front end, which does not show well! Also with the front feet splaying out like hers is causes the mid back to sag. . . . .and when taking pictures, have the LENS of the camera aimed level with the ground and pointed at spot just behind the animal's shoulder and in the 'heart-girth' area. If it is a rear shot, have the camera at the same height from the ground as the side view picture and pointed DIRECTLY at the hindquarters. Concerning the side view, try to have the near hind leg slightly behind the opposite leg so that the udder or the scrotum is in view. Have the head elevated slightly above the shoulders, and looking straight ahead. Sometimes that is hard to do, as you mentioned, but that results in more acceptable pictures. The angle of a camera does strange things to the resulting image as a result of what is called "Fore Shortening" causing the head to look twice as big as it normally would be - or - if a rear view, the hindquarters look like the rear end of a dump truck and the head looks like an avocado! Or a pear! Or a grape! Or a Yo-Yo!

The heifer appears to be a phenotypically fine yearling. If you are going to show her, don't "TRY" too hard to 'fix' her faults. Learning how to 'touch' her with the show stick at critical places will do more to have her stand correctly than to "cut, trim, and paste" her so much that she LOOKS as if she has genetic problems, even if she doesn't! Keep her back LEVEL! Keep her feet under the corners. ....and SLIGHTLY apart.

What are your future plans for her?

DOC HARRIS

 

[*Cowgirl*]

*Cowgirl* - This is "Better than your average heifer", with the exception of what I can see right now which is splay-footedness at her front feet. HOWEVER, that could be possibly due to the fact that she is standing with her head down hill! Always try to get them standing with their front feet SLIGHTLY up-hill. Standing level or with the front feet lower than the hind feet, particular with yearlings, causes the hindquarters to be ligher than the front end, which does not show well! Also with the front feet splaying out like hers is causes the mid back to sag. . . . .and when taking pictures, have the LENS of the camera aimed level with the ground and pointed at spot just behind the animal's shoulder and in the 'heart-girth' area. If it is a rear shot, have the camera at the same height from the ground as the side view picture and pointed DIRECTLY at the hindquarters. Concerning the side view, try to have the near hind leg slightly behind the opposite leg so that the udder or the scrotum is in view. Have the head elevated slightly above the shoulders, and looking straight ahead. Sometimes that is hard to do, as you mentioned, but that results in more acceptable pictures. The angle of a camera does strange things to the resulting image as a result of what is called "Fore Shortening" causing the head to look twice as big as it normally would be - or - if a rear view, the hindquarters look like the rear end of a dump truck and the head looks like an avocado! Or a pear! Or a grape! Or a Yo-Yo!

The heifer appears to be a phenotypically fine yearling. If you are going to show her, don't "TRY" too hard to 'fix' her faults. Learning how to 'touch' her with the show stick at critical places will do more to have her stand correctly than to "cut, trim, and paste" her so much that she LOOKS as if she has genetic problems, even if she doesn't! Keep her back LEVEL! Keep her feet under the corners. ....and SLIGHTLY apart.

What are your future plans for her?

DOC HARRIS

She was kind of jumpy when I took the pictures, hopped back when I squatted down to take the pictures. She has a thing with not keeping her feet still if you're not scratching her with the stick. I had no help picture taking so as you can see, she is in no sort of show position. We plan on showing her this summer and see how it goes. She has the genetics to back her up, we'll see if we can get them to express themselves. Our first show is June 23 so we'll see how she does.

Thanks for the replies.

 

[*Cowgirl*]

Forgot DOB 11/05/06