Heifers

[gizmom]

This is the group of replacement heifers we worked last week I am pretty proud of the group.
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[kentuckyguy]

Great heifers! Who are the majority of them sired by?

 

[WB Angus]

Very nice ladies Gizmom! I would be very proud of them too. You guys are doing an excellent job!

 

[gizmom]

Great heifers! Who are the majority of them sired by?

This is where the boss goes nuts with me lol. I don't just use one or two bulls each breeding season I pick bulls that I think will complement or improve a cow in some way, which means I sorta kinda get a bit anal about my breeding selections. I confess I could probably do with a few bulls what I do with many but call me crazy I love seeing the results. The group of heifers total 31 representing 14 different sires. The largest groups represented would be our herd bulls Gizmo D Boss D45 has 6, Upchurch/Gizmo Regard 1701 has 4 and Giz Sensation F51 has 4. The Charlo brothers are represented with 2 Rainfall, 1Reign, 3 Raindance my favorite out of the entire group is the only Charlo we have this year she is a beast not big framed just a whole lot of heifer in a moderate package she had a ww weight of 592 and yw of 851 I like her a bunch. There are several ET calves in the group the Charlo is out of our 0524 the Raindance are out of our SAV Abigail donor as well as 3 Quarterbacks out of the Abigail cow. the rest are a hodgepodge Coleman EXT 6149 (my most favorite bull we have ever owned) SAV Regard Gizmo Bella's Abundance F27, Musgrave Exclusive (this calf was in a cow when purchased and is probably the weakest heifer in the bunch) The quarterbacks look really good but my favorite is still the Charlo.

 

[kentuckyguy]

I was actually curious how many of them were out of Charlo and you answered my question.

I remember you really liking him

 

[WB Angus]

How do you like Rainfall. I've been wanting to use him the last couple of years. My local rep didn't have any available the first year i wanted to use him. So ended up using a son (True North) of his last year and his first calves hit the ground this fall. So far I'm liking what I see. Time will tell.

 

[gizmom]

How do you like Rainfall. I've been wanting to use him the last couple of years. My local rep didn't have any available the first year i wanted to use him. So ended up using a son (True North) of his last year and his first calves hit the ground this fall. So far I'm liking what I see. Time will tell.

I only have two heifers to compare one had a ww of 592 and a yw of 892 she is going to be real nice. The other is just a heifer lower end of the group for performance about 100 LBS lighter at both ww and yw. I really like the phenotype of the bigger heifer and the lighter heifer is very similar just smaller. i Think we have one or two Rainfall bulls we will be getting yearling measurements on them tomorrow so I will have a bit more data to look at.

 

[coachg]

Bless their hearts they look like they need something to eat That's a soggy bunch for sure ! I know that's the way you like them !

 

[Jeanne - Simme Valley]

I'm with you. I like to breed "a bull" to "a cow". So, I used way too many bulls each breeding season.
Your video is not available to me, but I know they must look great. You are a breeder I really appreciate your cattle. Great job all the time.