Galloway calves (06-03-12)

[Galloways1]

Here are a few pictures of some of our Galloway calves taken last night.

Calves are right around 3 months of age.

 

[TennesseeTuxedo]

Miniatures?

 

[Flatbroke]

Great looking calves. I want Galloway cows bad! :cboy:

 

[KNERSIE]

Miniatures?

No, just calving ease!

Really like the 3rd calf

 

[3waycross]

me too!

 

[KNERSIE]

Now I like the first calf!

 

[TennesseeTuxedo]

Ah-ha! There they are.

Nice calves.

 

[MO_cows]

They do look like nice calves, but hard to tell for sure under all that HAIR. And that 3rd one in the larger pics, 2442 with the black face and all that wool on him, reminds me of a lamb.

 

[FarmGirl10]

They do look like nice calves, but hard to tell for sure under all that HAIR. And that 3rd one in the larger pics, 2442 with the black face and all that wool on him, reminds me of a lamb.

They remind me of grizzly bears.

 

[Kingfisher]

Now I like the first calf!

Should be named " Meatball!"

 

[Kathie in Thorp]

Like the British White, it's sort of hard to tell without something to compare them to just how big they are. But they look good!

 

[Galloways1]

me too!

Thanks 3WAY-that's what I wanted them to post like.

They weigh 350-400 lbs. The bulls were 78 and 82 lbs at birth. The heifer was 82 lbs also.

They are all out of 8 yr old cows and out of our herd bull that I have posted on here before.

Thanks for the comments.

 

[brierpatch1974]

Those are some looking calves. I have never seen that breed before in person.

 

[Galloways1]

They do look like nice calves, but hard to tell for sure under all that HAIR. And that 3rd one in the larger pics, 2442 with the black face and all that wool on him, reminds me of a lamb.

They remind me of grizzly bears.

But with a much better temperment

 

[Galloways1]

Now I like the first calf!

Should be named " Meatball!"

We may have to. His full sib (heifer) was ultrasounded to be loaded with high quality meat. His sire has an est. lean meat yield of 66.5% and choice.

 

[ALACOWMAN]

i thought they were slicker coated than that...

 

[Galloways1]

i thought they were slicker coated than that...

thats still their fuzzy baby hair, it will transition into a longer, wavy outercoat. These three are out of some pretty traditional looking Galloway cows. Some bloodlines are much slicker, once summer rolls around.

 

[KNERSIE]

What does the cows look like, the bull didn't exactly stamp a type on these three calves

 

[Galloways1]

What does the cows look like, the bull didn't exactly stamp a type on these three calves

I will post some pics of the cows. I don't have any on this PC to upload. The cows are all a little different in style.

The bull is more consistant as a female maker than a bull maker. His heifers are all pretty similar, regardless of cow style.

Galloways are a maternal breed, so I am OK with that.

 

[Galloways1]

What does the cows look like, the bull didn't exactly stamp a type on these three calves

Here are the pairs:

Dam of bull 2442

Dam of heifer 2042

Dam of bull 3342