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Okotoks

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Forgot I had some of these photos from last October when I did herd tours of Eionmor and Crooked Post with Aussie friends from Bundaleer Shorthorns. It snowed most of the time which they liked :eek:
I will put some more up later but here are four cows from Eionmor.
 

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Those dont make me as homesick as some of the fair weather ones, but still kinda. Glad you can make the visitors happy.
 

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They especially liked when we came across this guy (thumbsup)
 

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I was always told Eionmore cows had bad udders as they didn't care about udder quality. These cows look just fine to me. See, I learn something everyday.
 

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trevorgreycattleco said:
I was always told Eionmore cows had bad udders as they didn't care about udder quality. These cows look just fine to me. See, I learn something everyday.
They keep a very tight calving interval. At least 120 head in 42 days. There just wouldn't be time to deal with cows with bad udders. I'm pretty sure cows that fall outside that don't stay in the herd.
 

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Gosh I love those cows. On another note, I have a photo of the horned cow in the first picture from my first visit to Eionmor :) Random fact of the day  <beer>
 

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trevorgreycattleco said:
I was always told Eionmore cows had bad udders as they didn't care about udder quality. These cows look just fine to me. See, I learn something everyday.

I always wonder where these rumours or in some cases, outright lies, get started. I have never heard that the Eionmor herd had bad udders, in fact I have always heard the opposite. As okotoks said, the Morrisons run a pretty good operation, and don't mess around with long calving seasons and problem cows. They cull hard, and their cows work hard to retain a place in the herd. I won't say you may not see an udder in their herd that you would like to change, but as a rule they are very functional and troublefree.

In regards to rumours, I get told some pretty wild stories from time to time. A few years ago, I was considering buying a herd bull when another breeder phoned me to tell me that th bull I was interested in had never passed a semen test and had not settled a single cow in the herd he was being used in. I actually got on a plane and flew to the farm where he was being used, and saw a great set of calves from this bull, all born within 5 weeks. They had semen tested this bull before I got there and he had scored 94% on a breeding soundness exam. I purchased the bull and he has bred well for us. When I collected semen from him, he produced 1032 straws of semen on his first collection day.... not bad for a bull who was reported to not be able to settle a cow or pass a semen test! 
 

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Here are a couple of photos from the Crooked Post part of our tour. By then it was snowing pretty good.
I agree JIT, there's nothing like seeing a herd for yourself!
The first pic is of Crooked Post's herd sire from Manitoba, photographed at the end of his second breeding season.
The second is of a 2 year old Crooked Post Grissom daughter with her Belmore Jackaroo heifer calf.
The third is of a K-Kim Dillon 21L daughter posing for Christmas card photos ;D
 

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In regards to rumours, I get told some pretty wild stories from time to time. A few years ago, I was considering buying a herd bull when another breeder phoned me to tell me that th bull I was interested in had never passed a semen test and had not settled a single cow in the herd he was being used in. I actually got on a plane and flew to the farm where he was being used, and saw a great set of calves from this bull, all born within 5 weeks. They had semen tested this bull before I got there and he had scored 94% on a breeding soundness exam. I purchased the bull and he has bred well for us. When I collected semen from him, he produced 1032 straws of semen on his first collection day.... not bad for a bull who was reported to not be able to settle a cow or pass a semen test! 
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Was the other breeder by any chance, either wanting to sell you a bull of his own, or, wanting to buy the said bull?
 

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Hilltop said:
justintime said:
Did you see historic Canadian farming practices like this in your travels?
I bet he would work well as as team with Chris' heavy! ;D
I didn't even know you could harness a moose. I'd hate to have a runaway with one (dog)
 
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