"RED" LONGEVITY ~ PHOTOS

[CowCop]

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You probably can tell I had my trusty camera out blazing yesterday.

I finally got a decent hillside shot of 2 of our oldest, and best producing, cows.

 

[CowCop]

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Care to guess age ?

 

[*Cowgirl*]

11 on the herf. 13 on the sim
Fine cows CowCop

 

[MountainFarmChar]

Nice cows.

Only problem, they are not in my pasture with one of my Charolais bulls.

 

[Anonymous]

Nice cows... close to 15?

 

[purecountry]

I'll bite. 15 on the Simmy, 12 on the Smurf.

 

[cfpinz]

12 on the Smurf.

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Never heard em called that.

 

[cowspider]

Good loking red baldys _ 14yrs.??

 

[purecountry]

12 on the Smurf.

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Never heard em called that.

Smurfords for Herfs, Guppies for Gelbviehs, Sentimentals for Simmy's, and so on and so forth. :lol:

 

[CowCop]

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The Simmi is 16.
She has had 16 calves ( 1 set of twins )
14 were heifers.

The Smurf is 14.
She has had 13 calves.

Both heavy milking moms.

 

[L Weir]

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You probably can tell I had my trusty camera out blazing yesterday.

I finally got a decent hillside shot of 2 of our oldest, and best producing, cows.

I don't know which one I like better. My favorite two breeds. Traditonal Simms and Herefords. We got rid of our last traditional Simmy this week.

 

[donnaIL]

Great looking cows that can go the mile! everyones dream. donna

 

[boone]

I always did like older women. A cattleman's dream. Boone

 

[Anonymous]

Yes!! I got the average!
Nice cows again

 

[tlmcr]

very nice cows, both look to still have nice udders. how many of those daughters have you kept?

 

[MountainFarmChar]

CowCop,

What kind of bull do you use with these cows?

I can picture some nice yellow calves out of a Char bull ;-) .

 

[CowCop]

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Good Morning~!


Both cows are purebred and both are commercial.

The Hereford was bred up from an award winning Shorthorn milking herd in the late 60's and is owned by my boss.
She is hopefully bred to a son of Feltons Domino 774.
( See thread on Critique Vermont Bull )

The Simmi was bred up from a Hereford herd at a vocational Ag School down in Massachusetts. Considered commercial. Her daughters are registered when sired by PB Simmental.
Her grandfather was the legendary Simmental Ueli.

She was destined for slaughter 5 years ago, as she was determined to be "open" by a Mass vet.
In a strange twist of fate, I ended up with her and she presented me with a PB Heifer 4 months later. Have 3 more outstanding daughters since then. One of my former students has the rest of her daughters and shows them all over New England.
This old Simmy was a State champ in her younger years and was also used for many 4-H "Cow Patty" fund raisers.

Would love to use a Char bull on both these good cows.
They do well with every bull we have bred them to.

 

[certherfbeef]

she was determined to be "open" by a Mass vet.
In a strange twist of fate, I ended up with her and she presented me with a PB Heifer 4 months later.

That vet must have been having a bad day to miss bumping a 5 month old fetus. :shock:

Good looking old cows.