Wife’s cow

[tex452]

My son picked up this cow last year, she had a bull calf ,the same color as mama.
My wife had to have her. She gave him $650 for the pair.
The calf brought $450 at the barn under 400 lbs.
this year she had a solid black heifer and my wife is planning on keeping her.
She has an almost perfect udder and puts out lots of milk.
This is the first of this breed we have ever owned.
Any thoughts?

 

[MurraysMutts]

Love her!!

Belties are awesome.
Do you milk her?

 

[tex452]

No we don't.
That's her second calf.
She is well mannered and I really like the solid colored calf.

 

[wbvs58]

My thoughts are there might be a long line of cows there kept as pets. Be carefull.

Ken

 

[callmefence]

My thoughts are there might be a long line of cows there kept as pets. Be carefull.

Ken

Put my daughter in law in charge of feeding the hogs. Man was that a mistake.....

 

[coachg]

She may have some beltie in her but she is built like a Holstein and her bag looks like a milk breed . Most belties are more beefy , built like an angus

 

[wbvs58]

Put my daughter in law in charge of feeding the hogs. Man was that a mistake.....

You know your in trouble Fence when they all end up with names.

Ken

 

[Rmc]

Could be a Dutch Belted . They are a dairy breed

 

[tex452]

She may have some beltie in her but she is built like a Holstein and her bag looks like a milk breed . Most belties are more beefy , built like an angus

Maybe, but she is a lot smaller than a Holstein.

 

[Rmc]

Dutch belted are a lot smaller than Holstein

Dutch belted cattle association of america

dutchbelted.com

 

[coachg]

Didn't say she was big , look at her hips and her body . Regardless, she looks like a keeper.

 

[tex452]

My thoughts are there might be a long line of cows there kept as pets. Be carefull.

Ken

We all fall in love with our good cows, but I have no problem moving them.
This is the first cow my wife ever bought " with her own money lol".
So we will see what will happen.
My grandparents milked cows until they couldn't anymore ( way of life back then) and I have milked cows but it would be hard for me with my back.
My daughter in law is very interested in it and has 3 jersey heifers and one cow. I keep telling her that im still waiting on cream so I can make butter.

 

[coachg]

Here's what I think of when I hear Beltie (Belted Galloway ) Pics from their official web site . You may be right about the Dutch Belted

 

[coachg]

From the Dutch Belted site

 

[MurraysMutts]

I'm quite surprised the calf doesn't have any white at all. Pretty rare for that to happen from what I understand.

 

[tex452]

I'm quite surprised the calf doesn't have any white at all. Pretty rare for that to happen from what I understand.

I agree