more heifer pics

[kane1598]

Some more heifer pics for viewing

 

[renegade]

Idk if I missed some of the other pictures but I really like the one you have here - can you send 10 like her to my house? Shes a beasty lol with a nice neck and head, tons of capacity and of course a great rear quarter, she seems like she has short legs in the pic which is fine with me - aka I like her. What was her breeding and age?

 

[kane1598]

Thanks for the compliment.  She is an April 07 Dirty Harry out of a really stout Heatwave cow. We plan on flushing in the spring after she has her Mama's Boy calf. We are hoping for a heifer.

 

[BCCC]

What's her Frame Score? Weight? She looks like she is ready to be turned out to pasture, looks like she is carrying to much condition for a breeding heifer. I think she would look a lot better with out the fat pockets on her tail head. Something about her toplines looks off also. She looks good, and I think her best days will be ahead of her as a cow.  What are you thinking of flushing her to?

 

[ShowmanQ]

Should make you a pretty good cow. She will be a "ground sow" (lol) Like to extend her a little up front. Be careful getting her too fat. In my opinion, jsome udges are asking us to get heifers way too fat to be functional. If you are a breeder who has a couple hundred cows, you are able to get one a little chubby to show, because chances are you will have another 10 bred the same way. If you are anything like me and run a limited number of females, you have to be careful getting one too fat because if you lose the calf you lose 9 months of production which becomes a large % of your years turnout. However, I am not one to say much, because we are often the ones with heifers that are criticized for being thinner than the others, but we always get them bred the first go around and calve them out with little to no difficulty.

 

[OH Breeder]

Like your heifer. She is really soggy made and soft looking. I think she is tick on fat side. When is she due to calve? If you are done showing, I too would turn her out on some ground and let her slim down.
You were going to take her to PA Farm show or Keystone? How did that go?

 

[Bawndoh]

I love the heifer.  Definate ground sow.  Like the short legs, but depth of body.  She has more body than legs, which is always a great thing!  I agree with the others that she is too fat.  I thought that about her the last 4 times you posted her photo, but never commented til now.  As a judge, I would see those fat pockets around her tailhead, and immediately place her farther down the line as that definately signifies over conditioning.  I would have to wonder what other flaws you were trying to hide by keeping her fatter than necessary.  She looks like she could easlily lose 50+lbs. 
Despite the fat issue, I am excited to see her as a milking mama in a few more months!

 

[cowman]

Some more heifer pics for viewing

Honestly, she is way too fat. You had her is better shape when she was younger, pull her back and prepare her to be a cow. She must be easy fleshing which is good, but she's just overdone right now.