We are just starting to calve now, this guy is 4 days old and is a double bred Frontline and pictured with his dam.Every animal in his 3 generation pedigree is home bred and every female is a member of our Helianthus cow family.
I was sorry to hear about the passing of Phil Butterfield.I will never forget his genuine hospitality on a cold January evening and the stimulating Shorthorn conversation that ensued.I was also quite impressed with his operation and facilities.
I think value in a cow family is realized when the breeder makes an effort to preserve and enhance the traits that led them to purchase the original foundation female.I have told this story on here before but in 1973 I purchased a Helianthus heifer from the Haumont herd that became the...
Our Jr. herd sire Wolf Ridge Forefront H50 has a stacked pedigree for maternal performance.His dam is an ASA Pacesetter dam and his sire is an ASA Performance sire.His maternal granddam is an ASA pacesetter dam as well and her paternal grand dam is an ASA Pacer Performance dam,her dam in turn...
I was perusing the Paint Valley bull sale catalog and noticed that Roan Brute's maternal grand dam is the dam of lot 3 and his maternal great grand dam is the dam of lot 5.
Good observation Mark.What I meant by my statement that these cattle keep growing is that they don't stop at weaning.Should of clarified that.Our females calve at 24 mo.some younger.There have been a few exceptions like when I eliminated fall calving or a bull went bad but 24 mo. is an...
Yes Dan the heifer pictured above is a double bred Frontline and since her sire is Double Brute she has 3 shots of 26a close up in her pedigree. Most of my cattle are red but a few roans turn up and I am not ashamed of that, even thinking about keeping a roan bull calf to use here.The pedigree...