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Calving is winding down, we still have lots of snow to hard to believe it is spring. Here are a couple of calf photos. The first is a 7 week old Diamond Hendrix 2H bull calf. The second is a bunch of the calves bedded down for the night.

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What is the breeding on this guy.

That's a beautiful looking heifer!

I am not sure what is going on with the site. It seems all the administrators are gone. I have to assume the new ads are generating some money but I would guess you are paid on traffic which should be an incentive to keep things cleaned up. I have to also think a bit of redesign would go a long...

Nice heifers there, would they be out of the same class?

No we have not. The storms with a lot of snow have been to the east and north of us. That photo of Rosabell was from last week when we got a couple of inches but it was all gone within a day. We are as dry as I ever remember it. Mostly cool windy weather.

The DMH Cherry 2 cow had a red heifer calf. Considering her move and the winter she is doing well for a thirteen year old. This is the cow that traveled north with her. This cow CSB Rosabell 2nd is bred to DMH Easy Leader 20-13 pictured. The roan bull is her sire.

Here is a two month old Diamond Hendrix 2H heifer calf. Her dam is a daughter of Diamond Down Under 3D. Down Under was from an imported Australian embryo from Sprys Shorthorns.

That actually was the plan, set up four cows for IVF then also do the 100K and genetice tests on the old bull. Plan to to have back up semen in case something has gone wrong in shipping and storage over the past 60 years! 

A great opportunity to get a herd sire out of this sale. Just take a look at the herd bulls of influence in some of the biggest most successful sales in the US this spring! Plus the Saskvalley feed efficiency test is leading edge for beef producers. Check it out!

Here is a cell phone pic of the oldest calf, Diamond King of Rock 1K, by Diamond Hendrix 2H. This guy is too busy to ever pose! He is out of a two year old dam by the full Australian bred Newbiggon Jumbo.

We are 3/4 of the way through 22 calving. most are by Matlock Crusin 2H and Diamond Second Hubback 38H. As well there are AI calves by Diamond Hendrix 2H and his sire Royalla Rockstar K274. What are your 2022 calves sired by?

It is a mystery to me that no one in charge seems to monitor this site anymore. I think Steer Planet has been a useful site for information over the years. Social media has evolved but Facebook, Instagram etc. seem to have become sites where information is very brief or flashes and disapears. I...

The first is Meriwong Royal Grant, I only have two vials of this Australian bull born in 1959. His pedigree has polled animals exported from the US to Australia to develop polled shorthons there. He is the sire of Mandalong Royal Ambassador and the dam's Mandalong Super Flag and Mandalong Super...