Galloway calves (06-03-12)

[Galloways1]

Sire:

 

[KNERSIE]

Interesting, thanks

 

[Galloways1]

Interesting, thanks

Interesting good or bad? :)

 

[KNERSIE]

Interesting, thanks

Interesting good or bad? :)

Interesting not quite what I had expected. :D

 

[3waycross]

Interesting, thanks

Interesting good or bad? :)

Interesting not quite what I had expected. :D

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?

 

[Galloways1]

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.

 

[3waycross]

Yes, but when were they born.

 

[KNERSIE]

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!

Well it bothers me as well.

 

[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!

Well it bothers me as well.

I would like to have seen it at 2 and then make a judgement

 

[KNERSIE]

In my experience its usually worse from 12-30 months than it is later in life.

 

[3waycross]

In my experience its usually worse from 12-30 months than it is later in life.

Probably shouldn't use him then as bad as it is!

 

[Galloways1]

In my experience its usually worse from 12-30 months than it is later in life.

Probably shouldn't use him then as bad as it is!

I will agree, that in the pics, he is "hangin out", however, he ONLY does this when he is very hot.

His sheath has always been bigger than I personally like, but that is one of the very few complaints we hear. :)

The older he gets (he is 8 yrs old) the wastier his brisket gets too. I seem to have the same problem, and I am only 41.

 

[KNERSIE]

In my experience its usually worse from 12-30 months than it is later in life.

Probably shouldn't use him then as bad as it is!

I will agree, that in the pics, he is "hangin out", however, he ONLY does this when he is very hot.

His sheath has always been bigger than I personally like, but that is one of the very few complaints we hear. :)

The older he gets (he is 8 yrs old) the wastier his brisket gets too. I seem to have the same problem, and I am only 41.

A wasty brisket has never been a bad thing in my opinion, the British breeds needs those extra fat to thrive in hard times when the drier muscled breeds suffer. If it was not for the ability to lay down fat as an emergency energy reserve, there wouldn't be any reason to use British breeds instead of Continentals.

Older bulls always get a bit heavier fronted and the attachment from shoulder to ribs usually suffer with age as well.

 

[Jake]

I seem to read about lazy prepuces every little bit around here and I think it is VERY unfair to judge a bull in that category based on a picture. Without any knowledge to the bulls thoughts or activities prior to the Kodak moment it is almost impossible to know with certainty that he has an issue.

 

[Galloways1]

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.

Taurus- You obviously have a better breeding program than most of the ones I have seen over the last 30 years. If you are talking belted crosses on commercial, then it is no surprise, due to heterosis.

I have met many belted multipliers, breeding for a color pattern, not animal quality.

 

[djinwa]

In my experience its usually worse from 12-30 months than it is later in life.

Probably shouldn't use him then as bad as it is!

I will agree, that in the pics, he is "hangin out", however, he ONLY does this when he is very hot.

His sheath has always been bigger than I personally like, but that is one of the very few complaints we hear. :)

The older he gets (he is 8 yrs old) the wastier his brisket gets too. I seem to have the same problem, and I am only 41.

I'm assuming that's most of the year being black and hairy and heavy muscled. While the hair helps in severe cold, I don't see how it works in the summer in the states. Light color and slick haired generally considered important in reducing heat stress.