Spring Smack Down Sale

We just got back from the Spring Smack Down Sale in Southern Ohio. We had about 11 hours of total driving but it was worth it to look at the calves. We stopped at Cummings Cattle(No relation to us lol) and they had an outstanding set of calves. Their tag 15 Manchild bull was really impressive. All of their Manchild calves seemed to be some of the best if not the best on the sale. Another bull calf that I liked was tag 136, another Manchild sired calf, who seemed to most closely resemble tag 15 at a fraction of the bid at that time. Overall a good set of calves and some good people.

Cow/Calf Pics

We got another nice night, so a buddy and I went out to the pasture to snap some pics before the rain comes next week, and we all know rain = bad picture weather.

Top Left: Purple Tonic x Remitall Online 122L (Heifer)
Top Right: Sassy(Hannibal x Ice Pick) Donor
Middle Left and Right: Money Man x Oreo (Bull)
Bottom Right Hard Drive x Belle (Heifer)

Next Calves

Well right now we're done calving for a while. Our next two cows aren't due until May 15 and July 18. Between now and then we will be flushing and breeding back the cows that have calved. I will let you know how the flushes go and who gets AI'd to what, for next years calves. We will also be hopefully aquiring a few cow/calf pairs this spring for our embryo transfer program.

Pasture Pics

It was nice out today so I decided to take the John Deere Gator out to the pasture and snap some pics of the cows and calves. The hereford cow/calf pair pictures are of the Hard Drive heifer and her mother Belle. The Black cow/calf pair is of the Majors Money Man bull and his mother Oreo. The single hereford heifer is the Purple Tonic heifer whose mother is Missy(Remitall Online 122L X C-S Boomer 29F).

MH 29F Miss Online 8467 ET

Miss Online is a Remitall Online 122L x C-S Boomer 29F heifer. She is a many time class winner and was Champion hereford heifer at the LaPorte County Fair. She has always been a crowd favorite at shows. She is the dam of the Purple Tonic calf on the home page.

More Calves

Here is a picture of the DB Hard Drive ET heifer that was born yesterday. She is pretty big for her age, but looks promising!!!! Also attached is a picture of the Purple Tonic 10M heifer. The Hard Drive heifer is in the barn and the Tonic is in the pasutre area.

New Calves

Over the past two days we've had two new calves. One a Majors Money Man bull calf out of a Dr. Who x Heat Seeker heifer. The other a purebred hereford heifer sired by DB Hard Drive ET out of a Star Moose cow. The Money Man calf was 70lbs and unassisted. The Hard Drive was 95lbs and backwaards, so we had to pull her, but her and the dam are doing well today(just born yesterday). A month ago(before I started blog) we had a purebred hereford heifer sired by Purple Tonic 10M out of my hereford show heifer from last year who is a Remitall Online x C-S Boomer 29,she was 3 weeks earlier and weighed 66lbs.F. She is a full sib the Div. 10 Champion at the 2009 Hereford Jr. Nationals, Res. Champ herf heifer at the Indiana State fair Jr. Show, and Illiniois State Fair Open Show. Some of the best genetics in the breed reside in this cow!!! This is the second Purple Tonic calf we've had on the farm and they are by far the easiest calving and most VIGOROUS calves by far. We still have two more to calve out, one a purebred hereford and the other a percent maine! We have our fingers crossed that these next calvings will go as good as the previous ones.
The second pic is of the Purple Tonic X Remitall Online X C-S Boomer 29F Heifer
The first pic is of the Majors Money Man X Dr. Who X Heat Seeker Bull

Visit our Website!!!

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Chris

New Blog

Well I've just created our blog. Please bear with me as I am VERY new to this and am still trying to figure it out. Hope you all enjoy following our progress through the calving seasons and showdays!

Chris