Heifer calves anyone??

[oakbar]

I got so many responses on the bull calves I posted that I thought I'd share a couple snapshots of some of our heifer calves, too.

 

[Doc]

I really like your WMW hfr. Are both the other hfrs Blue Bloods?

 

[red]

all I can say Oakbar is WOW! For an Iowaian they are awesome.  Note the wink, it is meant as a joke.

Red

 

[showsteerdlux]

That white heifer is flat awesome imo. Nice calves and thanks for the pics.

 

[garett]

Looks like the Blue Blood will be one heck of a female!! Nice and stout!

 

[linnettejane]

they're all nice! i really really really like the white one!  what is she out of?

 

[oakbar]

The white heifer is a Blue Blood out of our Eskimo Joe show heifer.  She's really an eye catcher but, as I just said in a PM to Dusty,  she's got some major structural problems with her back legs.  She is extremely straight in the hock and the stifle joint on the one leg was so spread out when she was born that you could lay your finger right between the bones.  Really dissapointing to get one that good and then have a major leg problem.

The Who Made Who is a really complete looking heifer that just gets better every day.  I don't quite know where all the chrome came from--her mother is a solid black clubby cow we have that only has white on her udder.  She's going to be really good for someone.

The wild colored heifer is a little more feminine than the other two but I think long term she'll make the best cow.  Her mother is our old Calberta Paydirt cow and she's the first calf out of our bull SULL-GNCC KC Chiefs Pride(Sully).  Sully is a Trump son out of Augusta Pride 330H.  So far there are 4 calves on the ground out of him and they're all heifers.  I'm expecting our last two calves this week(both out of Sully) and I'm hoping his streak continues.

Thanks for all the positive feedback--We're small in numbers but I'm really pleased with the quality of our calves this year.

 

[showman ne]

Really nice calves (thumbsup)

 

[showsteerdlux]

Are you showing the white heifer for a breeding heifer or market heifer since she has the structural problems?

 

[oakbar]

The white heifer will not be shown.  She'll be lucky to make it to market weight without breaking down.

 

[showsteerdlux]

Well she still looks like a great animal imo.. To bad on the structure problems.

 

[DiamondS]

That WMW is pretty shiny.  Disappointing on the structure issues!!  Nice calves though!! (thumbsup)

 

[rmbcows]

I think this little girl would look good playing with your little girls!   ;D

 

[farmboy]

the white heifer is a blue blood, i like her, without the leg problems though, she looks really stout

 

[showsteerdlux]

RMB, what is your calf?

 

[stumpy]

Oakbar,
The calves look great. I love the WMW. Let me know how things go with the new white bull your using. And thank-you very much (thumbsup)

 

[shortdawg]

That WMW is my kind for sure ! She will make one heck of a female.

 

[oakbar]

Thanks for the comments Stumpy and Shortdawg!!  Everyone else too I guess!!

I hope we can get the WMW heifer in someone's hands who will really campaign her.  I think she's going to be flat awesome.  We had a really good Dr Who steer out of her mother last year.  We won't be getting to  as many jackpot shows this year because of my daughter's extremely busy school, etc. schedule and my business travel schedule.  We are planning to try to get to more Shorthorn breed shows with the Tonic and Sonny bull calves, the Vortec heifer calf, and our Trump/Lovely Lady yearling heifer.  We may also show our Sin City calf as a SH Plus steer.  That's assuming of course that we don't sell them first--they are all for sale.  Well, maybe not the Trump yearling!!

We really get a kick out of raising them and then watching others(especiallly young people) do well with them!!  I counted up some calves & cows locally the other night and we could possibly have as many as 14-18 cattle at our local county fair this year that either came off our farm or are out of females purchased from us.  Some people won't sell locally so they don't get beat by their own calves, but we really enjoy seeing how they turn out and feel very proud even if someone who purchased a calf from us beats us in the ring.  Heck, its only one show and you can't feel bad if you raise a champion can you??

 

[rmbcows]

RMB, what is your calf?

She's a Heat Wave out of a Maine cow.

 

[doubled]

Good Job, nice calves!!!