Speckle Park and Shorthorn donor cow pics

[thunderdownunder]

More pics, this time of some Speckle and Shorthorn donor cows...

 

[thunderdownunder]

Some more...

 

[jaimiediamond]

I was really impressed with the Speckles and Shorties we had the opportunity to see.  Especially the Butterfield Lady cow whom we have 8 embryos by The Grove Kookaburra W735. Exciting cross in my opinion

 

[Warrior10]

Those Speckles are impressive!

 

[OH Breeder]

So, here's is my question. If the Speckles are really Shorthorn x Angus I wonder what lines they trace back too. They look so roomey and fleshy. I really like the looks of those gals. The bull that was on here a couple days ago was  a truck and really long bodied easy moving.

 

[kfacres]

I'm thinking that with a little research, one could find the originator of the Speckle's breed.  I'm thinking that we did a little of that when I was in college a couple years ago-- If I remember, it was some guy who had one shorthorn cow in his head of Angus cows-- and every year she stamped out a blue roan and he kept it.  Eventually, he had built up a herd of these- and started breeding them together-- as per to the original bloodlines I bet with a search it could be found...  I'm thinking after this guy died- most of the cows were slaughtered-- but then again-- I think that someone came in and bought them...

maybe, I should do a little research again--

 

[LDT]

To find out their origins,check out www.speckleparkoriginal.com  or maybe originals. 

 

[beef6969]

More pics, this time of some Speckle and Shorthorn donor cows...
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That #3W cow looks awsum!
]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hbl3K01IGGI&feature=player_detailpage
video of that Throttle bull that people are talking about! Pretty muchs speaks for himself in it.

 

[beef6969]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hbl3K01IGGI&feature=player_detailpage

 

[thunderdownunder]

So, here's is my question. If the Speckles are really Shorthorn x Angus I wonder what lines they trace back too. They look so roomey and fleshy. I really like the looks of those gals. The bull that was on here a couple days ago was  a truck and really long bodied easy moving.

In late 1937 Mary Lindsay, the daughter of a beef farmer of Greenstreet Northern Saskatchewan, Canada, spotted a uniquely colored speckled red roan heifer in her father's herd. The unique color pattern impressed her as she had always been interested in unusual colors in livestock especially cattle, she bought that heifer from her dad.

She found regardless of the breed of sire she bred the cow to it always produced calves with that color pattern. It is believed that the heifer was a descendent of a Teeswater Shorthorn which carried the White Park gene as well. These two ancient breeds dating back to the 16th century were hard, strong and milky. Mary continued to breed speckled cattle and found that the speckled pattern was a dominant trait in her newer version of those ancient breeds. They were quite in nature and kept the hardiness of their ancestors. The cattle grew quickly, were hardy and quiet natured.

In the late 1950's Beef cattle breeders, Bill and Eileen Lamont, of Maidstone, SK who at that time were breeding Angus cattle and Appaloosa horses came across Mary Lindsay's speckled cattle and simply thought speckled cattle would go well with their speckled horses and black cows, little did they know what they had stumbled upon.

In 1959, Eileen and Bill, bought their first speckled heifer from Mary and the 'wheels had been set in motion.' It was to lead to the development of what is now known as the Speckle Park cattle breed, one of the most dynamic and cattleman friendly of all the British breeds to ever be bred. The Lamonts crossed their "speckled" cows with superior registered Black Angus bulls in late 50's and early 60's. The resulting offspring came in a variety of color patterns, some white with black points, some leopard colored (spotted on their sides ) and some black sided with speckled hips, white top and underline and roan faces.

As the years went on the Lamont's diligent work in breeding high quality carcass cattle, light birth weights with speckles continued. After much deliberation they decided to name their cattle SPECKLE PARK cattle. Other beef cattle breeders saw them come through the cattle markets and bringing a premium price. Their interest grew in these hardy, heavy milking and distinctly marked cattle to the stage they started purchasing bulls and females from the Lamont's to try them in their herds. Within a few short years a dedicated group of breeders were now breeding Speckle Park cattle mainly from the Nielburg area of northern Saskatchewan. These breeders were hooked on these cattle.

The Lamonts could have quit these cattle with the Appaloosa look many times, what with all the trials and tribulations of keeping the breed afloat on their own but they were determined to make their Speckle Park cattle a pure breed. In 1985 with the help and support of nine of those other Saskatchewan cattlemen the Canadian Speckle Park Association was formed. Their aim from there on was to stabilize the breed and have them recognized as a pure breed.

On June 4, 1993, Agriculture Canada approved the incorporation of the Canadian Speckled Park Association and were declared an EVOLVING breed of cattle. On Feb. 14, 1995, the Association's first set of by-laws was granted ministerial approval.

 

[mark tenenbaum]

Man: those Parks look good-what are they like from behind? Afraid they outdo the Shorthorns pretty easily as a group.Are these cattle in Canada? Probably a dumb question O0

 

[thunderdownunder]

Yes they're in Canada, and yes, they're very good from behind. Solid little tanks!