Backbone Ranch
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We have had a very wet spring here, and the calves are coming along nicely. We plan to turn out the bulls on June 1st, and have been AIing cows for the past week. Some of the Murray Grey sires that we are breeding to include Cadella Park Golden Boy, Victory Power Play, Ballee Thumbs Up, and Monterey Marshall. We also have a 50% Guernsey x 50% Murray Grey cow that we are AIing to a Guernsey bull in hopes of having a replacement in the coming years.
These are the two bulls that we are using natural service this year, BB Backbone's General and BB Backbone's Rio Grande. General is a 6 year old Monterey Marshall son that has been siring some really nice calves for us for the past few years. We used Rio Grande on heifers this past fall, but this will be the first year that we have bred him to mature cows. He is a 3 year old son of Ballee Thumbs Up.
And here are some pictures of this year's calves.
101 Bull- A 9 week old son of Cadella Park Golden Boy
103 Bull- A 3 month old son of Cadella Park Golden Boy
104 Heifer- A 3 month old daughter of Ballee Thumbs Up
109 Bull- An 8 week old son of BB Backbone's General
125 Bull- A 7 week old son of BB Backbone's General
These are the two bulls that we are using natural service this year, BB Backbone's General and BB Backbone's Rio Grande. General is a 6 year old Monterey Marshall son that has been siring some really nice calves for us for the past few years. We used Rio Grande on heifers this past fall, but this will be the first year that we have bred him to mature cows. He is a 3 year old son of Ballee Thumbs Up.
And here are some pictures of this year's calves.
101 Bull- A 9 week old son of Cadella Park Golden Boy
103 Bull- A 3 month old son of Cadella Park Golden Boy
104 Heifer- A 3 month old daughter of Ballee Thumbs Up
109 Bull- An 8 week old son of BB Backbone's General
125 Bull- A 7 week old son of BB Backbone's General