Ky hills
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I posted these a while back, they’ve grown some after coming through a drought.
These are our keeper heifers, that could change a little.
These are March born calves, one may be April, and the bigger shorthorn is an October yearling.
All are home raised except the younger shorthorn, she was bought to go on a nurse cow, some are at least 3rd generation.
This one has been a pick since she was first born.
She’s out of a BWF 1st calf heifer, and by a registered Hereford bull, that was raised by a good friend that is a longtime registered Hereford breeder.
This one is out of a second calf BWF cow she is a toss up as to which bull she is out of because she was born right at the end of a crossover point between the two. We thought for a long time she was by our BWF bull, but I kept getting her mixed up with the calf above, and the breeder of the Hereford bull was looking at the calves after weaning and he thought the two looked so much alike that she was probably by the Hereford bull too. Her mother is a cow that has always just kind of been there never getting noticed, except that she has a really nice udder and just does what she is supposed to.
Next is one we Patch’s calf, when she was real young called her baby Patch,
She is out of a BWF cow we call Patch.
She is the youngest calf of the group. Patch first calved in early June the year before and made time up to early April when she had this one.
This calf is by our registered Angus bull, Eric. He’s named for my good friend I used to buy dairy calves from, and the bull was raised by his granddaughter who has a registered Angus herd.
Next is our nurse cow Maybell’s calf by Eric, she’s 1/2 Angus 1/2 Jersey.
I call her Bluebell. She’s pretty tame, and I figure she’ll make a good cow.
This is the shorthorn we got to go on Maybell. Her mother was a blue roan cow , that didn’t have a very good udder this they were bottle feeding the calf to supplement it. I figure the cow was older and had probably been a heavy milker but with teats that had gotten big and ruined. I figure maybe this calf could have a better udder, and if not maybe she’ll raise a few calves like a cow with a similar looking udder to her mother that I culled out a while back.
Then this is a 13 month old 1/2 Simmental, only 12.5% shorthorn heifer.
She’s another one that we’ve said was a keeper from day one. The first time I say her standing by her who is a pretty much solid black cow, but with a white udder,belly and a small white spot in the top of her back by her tail, and maybe a few white hairs on her face. I couldn’t figure what I was seeing from a distance.
Got close enough and saw it was a calf.
She’s going out with the bull next month
These are our keeper heifers, that could change a little.
These are March born calves, one may be April, and the bigger shorthorn is an October yearling.
All are home raised except the younger shorthorn, she was bought to go on a nurse cow, some are at least 3rd generation.
This one has been a pick since she was first born.
She’s out of a BWF 1st calf heifer, and by a registered Hereford bull, that was raised by a good friend that is a longtime registered Hereford breeder.
This one is out of a second calf BWF cow she is a toss up as to which bull she is out of because she was born right at the end of a crossover point between the two. We thought for a long time she was by our BWF bull, but I kept getting her mixed up with the calf above, and the breeder of the Hereford bull was looking at the calves after weaning and he thought the two looked so much alike that she was probably by the Hereford bull too. Her mother is a cow that has always just kind of been there never getting noticed, except that she has a really nice udder and just does what she is supposed to.
Next is one we Patch’s calf, when she was real young called her baby Patch,She is out of a BWF cow we call Patch.
She is the youngest calf of the group. Patch first calved in early June the year before and made time up to early April when she had this one.
This calf is by our registered Angus bull, Eric. He’s named for my good friend I used to buy dairy calves from, and the bull was raised by his granddaughter who has a registered Angus herd.
Next is our nurse cow Maybell’s calf by Eric, she’s 1/2 Angus 1/2 Jersey.
I call her Bluebell. She’s pretty tame, and I figure she’ll make a good cow.
This is the shorthorn we got to go on Maybell. Her mother was a blue roan cow , that didn’t have a very good udder this they were bottle feeding the calf to supplement it. I figure the cow was older and had probably been a heavy milker but with teats that had gotten big and ruined. I figure maybe this calf could have a better udder, and if not maybe she’ll raise a few calves like a cow with a similar looking udder to her mother that I culled out a while back.
Then this is a 13 month old 1/2 Simmental, only 12.5% shorthorn heifer.
She’s another one that we’ve said was a keeper from day one. The first time I say her standing by her who is a pretty much solid black cow, but with a white udder,belly and a small white spot in the top of her back by her tail, and maybe a few white hairs on her face. I couldn’t figure what I was seeing from a distance.
Got close enough and saw it was a calf.
She’s going out with the bull next month
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