coachg
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Minus the horns this tiger stripe is one of my favorites. She calved Feb1 . 
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coachg
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Tator. The 40 lb preemie/subsequent orphan in my avatar pic. Consistently spits out 100 lb calves that mash the scales at weaning. Kept all her heifers (and some granddaughters). Always calves within the first few weeks of calving, breeds back like clockwork. Perfect udder & feet, zero health issues, doesn't draw down so much it's concerning. I can pick up her foot in the middle of the pasture to dig out debris and she'll stand back & watch me work her newborn without the slightest concern because she knows the drill. She has a perpetual goofy looking expression, short-legged and a wide load, ripped ear, but I'd take a whole herd of cows like her. Currently due with her 9th calf 3/9, which means any time end of Feb.
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coachg
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This is her 4thcalf . She has one of the prettiest bags and is a heavy milker for sure . Her mom is the black Brahma cow we call high pockets . She is not a heavy milker but evidently her milk is rich . She is 8-9 yrs old and her bag is fine . The Hereford from her sire might cause the udder problems you mentioned. We shall see .
There are a lot of cows I like for different reasons but this one has always been a favorite just because she throws some chunks. Only thing I fault her on is she has never thrown me one heifer. No matter how many different bulls I have tried on here. She is the right mixture of stand off-ish for me also. She likes about 10yds of distance at all times but always goes in the pens or where she needs to go at a brisk pace. 
Silver
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This was a good little cow. Calved in early March every year and weaned a calf over 800 lbs from her second calf until she came in open at 11 years old.
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Those are some chunks for sure!!! Like those calves butts.There are a lot of cows I like for different reasons but this one has always been a favorite just because she throws some chunks. Only thing I fault her on is she has never thrown me one heifer. No matter how many different bulls I have tried on here. She is the right mixture of stand off-ish for me also. She likes about 10yds of distance at all times but always goes in the pens or where she needs to go at a brisk pace.
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Named'em Tamed'em
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They have nice capacity.
Caustic Burno
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Caustic Burno
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Forgot to add that girl is 20 years old.
We used to have a bunch of cows that looked a lot like her. When it came to longevity, we had several producing good at 20+ years. You sure want get that out of most breeds.
I like those kind, would be better without horns but those cows are tough, get by on less input, seem to breed back every time and pop out a baby like theyre spittin out a peach seed
Don't lose hope! One of my fave cows didn't give me a heifer until she was 12. Which I obviously kept and now have 2 of her granddaughters.There are a lot of cows I like for different reasons but this one has always been a favorite just because she throws some chunks. Only thing I fault her on is she has never thrown me one heifer. No matter how many different bulls I have tried on here. She is the right mixture of stand off-ish for me also. She likes about 10yds of distance at all times but always goes in the pens or where she needs to go at a brisk pace.
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devonian
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No longer with us but Patch threw us a healthy calves every year and never had any medical issues and two years in a row had twins (not good in everyone's book I know) and one set of twins was a bull and heifer calf and we kept the heifer calf (so not a free martin) and now that cow is probably our best cow.
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Dave
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36 cows averaged $1,217 at the kill plant. Ones that make me money are what I consider prefect.
In her defense, there's really not much she can do about that.
Caustic Burno
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Had one that gave me 19 bull calves.There are a lot of cows I like for different reasons but this one has always been a favorite just because she throws some chunks. Only thing I fault her on is she has never thrown me one heifer. No matter how many different bulls I have tried on here. She is the right mixture of stand off-ish for me also. She likes about 10yds of distance at all times but always goes in the pens or where she needs to go at a brisk pace.
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Vet at A@M said it was a Ph issue with the cow.
