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We are really excited about our latest purchase. The top picture is of the bull we just bought from Hatfield Shorthorns & Clydesdales. He is Hatfield General 6Z a 2 year old son of one of our current herdbulls Hatfield Governor 17X. Governor has done a great job of improving our herd with his...

Last year my son bought a nice bred angus cow from a herd dispersal. It was his first purchase to start his own herd. He got a nice lookin'  WAF Zorzal bull calf off of her.This fall she came in open after having many chances with the bull and AI. He was crushed. I asked him what he wanted to do...

Another year, another set of steers for the kids. This year we have a nephew and a family friend picking up a steer from our place as well. That means, there will be 3 shorthorn cross steers and one angus x shorthorn steer going to the show. My boys are also taking shorthorn cross heifers to the...

To all SP'ers  8) http://youtu.be/_0hBn10mQPI

Our bulls have been breeding for about 3 weeks now. Just thought I would share a picture of our 3 year old shorthorn Hatfield Governor 17X. I just love this guy. Can't wait to see what his heifers will do as cows!

We started calving in earnest on Feb 15th. It's been going really well. So far we have 18 heifer calves and 5 bull calves. Plus our son got his first calf last night and had a WAF Zorzal 321U bull calf. 92 lbs unassisted. The calves are a little heavier this year (due to the cold?) but the cows...

Our 11 year old son saved up his 4-H steer money over the last number of years and this past fall was able to purchase his first purebred black angus cow.  (clapping) She is bred to calve March 1st to WAF Zorzal 321U. He is looking at the semen catalogues trying to decide what to breed her to...

Like these guys on facebook, they do such a great job!!! <beer> http://youtu.be/LX153eYcVrY?hd=1

Its that time of year again for us. The kids have to have their steers picked by December 7th when we have Weigh Day. Our boys pick from what we have, we don't buy our 4-H projects. My niece picked a steer from our pen again as well, so there are 3 steers going to the fair in July. The pictures...

Elm Creek 4-H Beef Club would like to thank all the people on SP who volunteered their services for our clubs scavenger hunt at Canadian Western Agribition.  (clapping)  The kids really enjoyed meeting you all and getting your "autograph" was a pretty big deal. Lots of talk on the bus about a...

Anybody use him and have an opinion on him?

Well, our 4-H club is starting a new project year next week. 100 years in Canada  <party> Anyway, we have a bunch of very young, very new, kids joiniing. There knowledge of cattle is limited at best. Any recommendations for good resources we can use to teach them the basics about choosing...

In March I posted a few pics of some of our calves and I thought I'd give y'all an update. I am still really pleased with the way they are progressing. First pic, the heifer calf up front is a Hatfield Governor out  of a first calf heifer, the calf behind her is a Hatfield Snowman steer out of...

Happy Birthday Canada (July 1st) And here's a little something to my fellow northern gals.  <beer>http://youtu.be/gvuHQkwMRmo?hd=1

Every time I go to a bull sale where they have beef on the bun it tastes awesome. But when I try to cook it at home it doesn't taste nearly as good. I'm thinkin' some of you out there can cook up a mean tastin' roast and I was wondering if you would share your ( or your wife's ) recipe. I know...

How does your herd sire line up look like? Our black angus yearling passed the semen test and was dropped off this afternoon. He is a little coarser up front than we had hoped for and because we have a nice calving ease shorthorn we will probably end up putting our yearlings with the shorthorn...

Who's gonna win the Cup this year ?? I'm rootin' for Canucks <party>

Here are some pictures of our calves. We used 2 shorthorn bulls Hatfield Governor 17x and Hatfield Snowman. Our cows are every breed under the sun and the 2 bulls managed give us some really nice calves with a lot of thickness to them.  The first three are Governor calves from 1st calf heifers...

How much influence does the dam's side have on a calf's birthweight and shape? And is this where cross bred cows can give you some odd balls, that are either a lot lighter or a lot heavier than what is  happening in the rest of your herd? And, we have been having a really mild winter here in...

Well, after asking for advice about how to pick a calving ease bull on SP, my husband and I went out to find a new black angus for our herd. We came across somebody who had about 40 calves to look at and he was very informative and told us everything we wanted to know. We ended up picking this...