tossing her to the dogs (small pics)

[certherfbeef]

OK, reading tape's poll I thought I'd send one of my young yearlings to the pit for evaluation.
She is out of a fleck cow and a polled herf bull. Can be registered simmy...jury still out on that. My guess is she weighs in at 650 or so now. This pic is a few weeks old now. Late summer born and the bull bred her this morning. (I hate timed AI)

Fire away guys! I want the truth and not candy coated.

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[bigbull338]

id guess her at 700lbs . an if im guessing right she be 17 months old to calve if she stuck . she should be pk calving . since im assuming she is bred hereford. but id still watch her at calving time . scott

 

[farmguy]

Do you mean that she can be registered as a Simmental and be sired by a Hereford or am I missing something.

 

[certherfbeef]

since im assuming she is bred hereford. but id still watch her at calving time . scott

yep, the bull is a calving ease HH.
Her mamma is a very big fleck cow. I don't forsee any calving problems. She is pretty big hipped I think. But I will watch her.

Do you mean that she can be registered as a Simmental and be sired by a Hereford or am I missing something.

I was told by a long time local simmy breeder that if the dam is registered with the association and the sire is registered w/in his respective association that the heifer calf can be registered as a % simmy. But the sire, PH in this case, must be recorded as a foundation sire with the simmy association. Havn't contacted the simmy association as of yet (I kinda sorta missplaced her dam's papers) She is broke to lead and the thought of showing her has crossed my mind. But, maybe just as a commercial female.

 

[TheBullLady]

Yes, that's correct about the registration Cert. If you have the papers on the sire and dam, you'll need to "register" or certify the Hereford, which costs $25, and then you'll be able to register the calf as a percentage Simmental.

 

[Aaron]

I agree with everything bigbull said....nice heifer.

 

[greenwillowherefords]

Looks like she could be shown. I'd guess her at over 700#.

 

[LegacyBreeder]

I'm not normally a fan of Simmy cattle, but that is one fine animal you've got yourself.

 

[farmer rich]

In my opinion this heifer lacks shape and depth in her rump, she also appears to be extreme post legged, although it is difficult to be fair with a photograph. On the positive side she seems to have plenty of capacity, good width of chest and an exellent top line.
She should milk well with the simmental blood and will probably make a great suckler cow. I would suggest Limousin as the ideal terminal cross on this animal.

 

[Caustic Burno]

Thats a big bone heifer I will put her pushing 800, Should throw a good marketable calf out of a HH or Angus.
I really don't care for the Cont. influence as you well know but you are operating in a totally different enviroment.

 

[certherfbeef]

In my opinion this heifer lacks shape and depth in her rump,

I don't understand what you mean by this. Could you be talking about the lower quarter? If that is it then yes, she is not as well muscled as I'd like.

she also appears to be extreme post legged,

She does have a straight leg but there is plenty of flex when she moves out. But in her defense the dog is just out of the picture keeping her attention for me. She is a little leary of the pup and is on "high" alert.

Making a run to the elevator tomorrow I'll load her and put her across the scales to see what she does weigh.

Thanks for all the comments, hope you are not done.

 

[SPRINGER FARMS MURRAY GRE]

Good looking heifer! ;-) :cboy:

 

[jt]

shes not bad... but like farmer rich said she does look post legged in the pic and a little light in the rump... but it is hard to tell everything about her from just a couple of pics.

if i understand right, she is only about 10 months old... hope she didnt breed too early.

good luck

jt

 

[Beefy]

ok as far as her legs go, shes standing on a hill. the problem if you could call it that that i have with her is the rump. lacking a little bit as i find to be the case in a lot of simmentals and simxs. but not bad by any means. i'm pretty horrible at weights but i guesstimate her to to be 750.

 

[R ^ 5]

i'd like her to have a little more rump, and be cleaner in her front end.I think that if she were on level ground she might not look as post legged as she does in her picture.I'm going to say she weigh's 800 #.Good luck with her.

 

[flaboy]

Well since you asked. I bet she is not a pound over 700 in this picture. She is a little weak in the front. Needs to fill out that neck skin a little. Post legged like some said. Not as wide a hips as I would like to see. Good top line. She is average. Nothing spectacular about her.

 

[Rustler9]

She's a good looking heifer-I see what these guys are saying as far as how she's standing but I can also see that she is on a hill and that would have something to do with it. I like her.

 

[chrome]

Real flashy looking heifer there certherfbeef. Is she for sale?

Real good picture too. Nothing to distract in the background, heifer headed up hill with head forward and ears perked. Any chance you can send be a bigger version in the pm?

 

[I Love Beefies]

Nice looking calf, it's clearly evident that looking at the slop of the landscape that she appears to be post-legged. If you were to get her on level ground where her stance would be much more squared this calf probably would take on a whole new appearance, and would "pop" into place. She's having to compensate for the uneaven terrain and having a pup close isn't helping. Still a nice looking calf. I'd like to see her with more leather, large pendulous ears a slight hump and slick haired and deep red, maybe a slight white underline but that's just me...

Nice calf.

 

[I Love Beefies]

Farmer Rich.....
Enough back side on these ladies????
First time to post, I hope the pix work.