Pics of fall cow & calves & farm

[Jeanne - Simme Valley]

This is Kory, a 5 year old Zinger daughter, calved 10-2, calf is hers.

This is Kory's heifer calf by Macho, born 10-2 98#. The far right & far left are also Macho heifers.

From left to right - Kory's Macho heifer, Eola's Macho heifer born 10-1 92#, a Preferred Beef heifer born 10-3 90#, and Nuzzle's Macho heifer born 9-30 82#. All calves are (will be) black. The Preferred Beef heifer has white on her bellie.

I love looking at these newborns. Have two more due - 1 due this weekend and one due 11-26 (?) - cows we purchased bred.

 

[Jeanne - Simme Valley]

Also, here's a pic of our farm from 1/2 way up the road.

Fall colors are better than what it looks like in this pic.

 

[Farmgirl]

Beautiful!

 

[rgv]

Are meaning that the brown calves will turn black as they grow?

RGV

 

[dbc]

You have really beautiful calves, and place. Ive been to New York before and I was really suprised how beautiful the land was, i had thought that it was only like NY City.

 

[Susie David]

Like New England this time of year...spent some time in Boston long ago....Nice farm...the ear tags give the calves some character...nice looking animals....DMc

 

[Jeanne - Simme Valley]

Yes, the "brown" color is just their baby hair. They are black underneath. When I have a red cow that was bred to a black bull, I cringe when I see the "off" color, wondering if they WILL turn black. You usually can tell though. The ones that will actually BE black, generally have black around the eyes, nose & tail. All these calves are out of black cows & black sires. NO DOUBT what color they will be!

 

[dun]

You oughta print postcards with that farm picture. That is sure a pretty place. Awfully flat though

dun

 

[Jeanne - Simme Valley]

Thanks Dun. Between the shadowed trees & the house is a valley. But, you're right, our ground is pretty "flat" for the area. When we first came out here & looked at farms to buy, I thought those farms that had a huge hillside behind the house & barn were sooooo pretty. Man, am I glad I didn't get one like that. I've climbed hills like that hunting and I don't think it would be very pleasureable to go out checking the cows (walking). Instead of "heat" checking 3-5 times a day, they'd be lucky if I checked them twice :shock:
Well, of course, I wouldn't have put on that extra 5 pounds this summer

 

[dun]

Ifd you want to lose those extra pounds, come on down here and spend a a couple of days just walking anywhere from point A to point B. Gaurenteed to get you back your girlish figure. It's done it for me, not your girlish figure, mine.

dun

 

[Jeanne - Simme Valley]

Why is that - because you have so many acres to walk, or because you are knee deep in mud :shock:

 

[dun]

Why is that - because you have so many acres to walk, or because you are knee deep in mud :shock:

Everything is uphill. Seems like even when I go down hill it's still ends up going up. Charitably it's called rolling, but frequently I refer to it as (expletive deleted).

dun

 

[Rustler9]

Those are very nice calves and your farm is beautiful. If you ever need some hills to climb come on down to southern middle Tennessee. I do alot of walking up hill. Sometimes I think I wish I had all flat land but I'd probably miss the hills. I was raised in them so I guess I'll stay.

 

[L Weir]

Nice calves again as usual. Are you going to be selling any of them? Just in case I know somebody that is looking for a fall heifer calf. Nice farm as well.

 

[Jeanne - Simme Valley]

Actually, upstate NY is mostly hills & valleys. "Most" of our 100 acres is pretty flat.
Everything is for sale (well not my dog or husband ), just depends on how much I want to keep it as far as price. Sometimes I will limit them - like you can pick the top two out of my top 4. Like right now I have a fall yearling & some weaned heifers that I want to be sure to keep back some - one to show & at least one to go into the Blockbuster sale. (these are all Macho heifers I'm referring to.) Got to promote his offspring as much as possible. Right now, I have Kory's calf picked out to show next year - or maybe Nuzzle's calf ?? - but that may change - you know how calves change.

 

[C HOLLAND]

Jeanne, Always nice to read any of your post and VERY nice calves and farm. I do love the rolling hills and I hope mine looks as good in a few years after the timber clearing and planting my grass.

I am so new at this and I change my mind with the wind it seems, I am now planning to buy some registered Charolais cows in the next few days/weeks and go from there( I have 3 bred Angus cows now and they are due in Jan). I just finished AI school this week and am working every minute I have off from my regualr (boring) desk job, building fences, stalls, buildings,ponds and etccccccccccccc
The more work I do on the farm the more I enjoy the next project, it is very relaxing and rewarding to me.

OH yeah the one Simm bull you had ranked very high from a few weeks back was the high seller $4,000.00 #62 if you still have the list. I stopped bidding at $3500.00 it was all I had in the budget at the time. Everyone told me that the cows would be the biggest cost, well so far I am about to break the bank on equipment/materials etcccccc

 

[DOC HARRIS]

Also, here's a pic of our farm from 1/2 way up the road.

Fall colors are better than what it looks like in this pic.

Jeanne - Solid, Soggy Calves! Beautiful farmsite! Real happy Agricultural lifestyle! Would you exchange it for a 'Rat's Nest" big city - anywhere?!

DOC HARRIS

 

[jp]

if you dont mind me askin. How close to Herkimer county is your farm?

 

[J. T.]

Sometimes I think I wish I had all flat land but I'd probably miss the hills. I was raised in them so I guess I'll stay.

Believe me Rustler, you'd miss those hills. When I was a teenager, my daddy moved us from the hills and hollows of north Alabama where I was raised to the flatlands of Ft. Worth and later northeast Texas. While the people were great out there, we were sure homesick for the hills of Alabama. I love'em! After 5 years of flatland living, it actually took awhile to get used to the mountains again when we moved back home.

 

[Workinonit Farm]

Jeanne, as always, good looking calves. That is a nice looking place you have there. Upstate NY really is quite pretty.
I agre with Dun, that pic would make for a nice postcard.

Katherine