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<blockquote data-quote="Putangitangi" data-source="post: 347896" data-attributes="member: 5956"><p>She's sired by a NZ bull with US g-sire and US gg-sire on the maternal side. I think some of her pedigree is not highly regarded in some parts. However, she does what she does pretty well.</p><p></p><p>She was born Aug '98, so coming up to nine years old. Her udder is fairly capacious, but still holding up well. I'll get a better-lit photo today if I can - it's a bit hard in the very bright mid-summer clear days!</p><p></p><p>Another couple of photos of the pair might make them look far less beautiful. They're going over the scales this morning, so I'll do a bit of measuring of height as well.</p><p></p><p>I guess I got lucky in picking a good cow as the pet, rather than an ugly old thing which produced uglier calves. She took to eating maize/corn before she weaned (we don't routinely feed the cattle any supplements here) and tamed right down. I took her to a couple of shows and she won a ribbon once 8) - but she was the only one there, since it's such a small place and there aren't many black cattle around here.</p><p></p><p>Goddy, my mother lived in Wellsford for a couple of years, now lives in Whangarei. You'd have come across the Simmentals from Parapara up here, I guess? I can't remember the stud prefix, nor find them in the database.</p><p></p><p>Here's an uglier pair: a two-year heifer and heifer calf. I kept her because she's the 3/4 sister of another 2yr-old from a really good performing cross-bred (Jersey not so far back) family.</p><p><img src="http://cattletoday.com/photos/data/500/486calf.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>And the 1/2-sister/aunt:</p><p><img src="http://cattletoday.com/photos/data/500/475calf.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>And now one to really get stuck into, I should think:</p><p><img src="http://cattletoday.com/photos/data/500/08-2Mar07.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>First daughter of the first cow, sire Traveler 71, five years old, great figures, less-great appearance, feel free to tell me what you see as the major faults. </p><p>Not all of my feet are particularly good; something I'm working on. And I don't think there's nearly enough back-end in many of the cattle, but that might partly be a feeding issue here.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Putangitangi, post: 347896, member: 5956"] She's sired by a NZ bull with US g-sire and US gg-sire on the maternal side. I think some of her pedigree is not highly regarded in some parts. However, she does what she does pretty well. She was born Aug '98, so coming up to nine years old. Her udder is fairly capacious, but still holding up well. I'll get a better-lit photo today if I can - it's a bit hard in the very bright mid-summer clear days! Another couple of photos of the pair might make them look far less beautiful. They're going over the scales this morning, so I'll do a bit of measuring of height as well. I guess I got lucky in picking a good cow as the pet, rather than an ugly old thing which produced uglier calves. She took to eating maize/corn before she weaned (we don't routinely feed the cattle any supplements here) and tamed right down. I took her to a couple of shows and she won a ribbon once 8) - but she was the only one there, since it's such a small place and there aren't many black cattle around here. Goddy, my mother lived in Wellsford for a couple of years, now lives in Whangarei. You'd have come across the Simmentals from Parapara up here, I guess? I can't remember the stud prefix, nor find them in the database. Here's an uglier pair: a two-year heifer and heifer calf. I kept her because she's the 3/4 sister of another 2yr-old from a really good performing cross-bred (Jersey not so far back) family. [img]http://cattletoday.com/photos/data/500/486calf.jpg[/img] And the 1/2-sister/aunt: [img]http://cattletoday.com/photos/data/500/475calf.jpg[/img] And now one to really get stuck into, I should think: [img]http://cattletoday.com/photos/data/500/08-2Mar07.jpg[/img] First daughter of the first cow, sire Traveler 71, five years old, great figures, less-great appearance, feel free to tell me what you see as the major faults. Not all of my feet are particularly good; something I'm working on. And I don't think there's nearly enough back-end in many of the cattle, but that might partly be a feeding issue here. [/QUOTE]
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