Galloway Herd Bull

[librarian]

The Galloway I bought last fall, Big Deal All Heart 12A, is looking pretty good. He is going out with all the daughters of the Shorthorn bull in my avatar. Most are Angus cross blue roans. Sorry to go black, but next time around will be Shorthorn and maybe the red will come back.

 

[OH Breeder]

hard to tell from picture
but...looks like he is moderate and deep sided definitely has some hair to him if you want that. sure would work on some bigger made cows to moderate size maybe add some flesh.

 

[librarian]

I really only care that he makes good beef.. But he is cool to look at.

 

[HAB]

Here is a picture of one of our junior herd sires.  He is a March 2014 Pericles son.  He has been breeding a handful of 2nd calf heifers and cows for 45 days.

He weighed 1260 lbs at 1 yr of age.

 

[librarian]

Lets trade!
I always liked Pericles a lot. I think outcrosses are kind of a different story with Galloways than with "improved" breeds. Fixing type is not much of an issue, although one might want to fine tune the details. I think a lot of the vitality in the Galloway breed comes from the traditional avoidance of line breeding. Just my idea today, I may learn differently. So I  chose a bull outcrossed to a bull from Scotland, Braveheart. Just to get something different mixed in. Last year I saw some Braveheart calves at Berry's and liked them so took a chance. Also this bull had extra good ultrasound for marbling. But I think the Pericles son will be a thicker, heavier bull  with more growth.My bull is a little like a 16  year old farm kid right now, with his arms too long for his shirt sleeves and his hair in his eyes. But plenty strong.

 

[mark tenenbaum]

Bring the blue back-JMO-gotta love em O0