Breeding Season

Well its that time of year again. Keeping a sharp eye on the cows for heats and keeping good paperwork, dates, and data for breeding. We still have one cow to calve in July(Hereford) and one cow (Sassy) isnt far enough post calving to setup on shots and implant a CIDR in for a heat to breed on. Our protocol is a 7 Day Co-Synch with CIDR. It works like this: Day 1: Give one shot of GNRH(we use 2cc) intramuscular.
Implant the CIDR.
Day 8: Give one shot of Lutalyse(we use 5cc) intramuscular.
Pull CIDR.
Day 11(60-72 hrs. later): Breed. Give 2cc shot of GNRH.

So far we've bred to Lagrand Reload 80P ET, H Excel 8051 ET, and DB Hard Drive ET for a full sib to the Hard Drive heifer we have this year. We were really impressed with the way this mating turned out so we bred back the same way!!!

We will be putting in embryos hopefully within the next two weeks. More details coming soon!!!

2010 Res. Champion Hereford Steer Jasper County!!!!

Here is Homer, my hereford steer, at the 2010 Jasper County Preview Show!!! He was named Reserve Champion. There was only one picture that the photographer took, so I'm glad it turned out as well as it did. I'd again like to thank my family and friends for all their help. Especially Justin Olson of Olson Family Shorthorns for fitting and clipping Homer!!!

THE little SUPRISE!!!

On Monday I had posted about a little suprise we had when we went out to the pasture to take pictures. That little suprise was a new baby bull calf out of donor Sassy!!! He is a Dirty Harry. He was 90lbs unassisted, as vigorous as one could be, and Sassy couldnt have been a better mother!!! Very protective, letting him milk without moving, and claimed him immediately! It was quite the sight to see!! Very impressive to see mother nature at her best. Here are a few pics of the calf getting up.

Top Left: SUCCESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Top Right: Sassy and Baby (Sassy's very proud of her calf)
Bottom Right: The little one trying to get up!!!!

Money Man Bull

Here is an updated picture of our 2010 Money Man bull calf. His dam is Oreo. You can see her picture at the top left of the page above the links. He is for sale and will continue to be this fall. Get him before he's gone as we've already had much interest on him!!

The Herefords

Here are some rough pictures of our hereford cows on the pasture. They are in their "working clothes" and not cleaned up AT ALL. We'd just gotten rain the previous day, so everyone was pretty DIRTY!!! Flushes and embryos available on all hereford females now!

Top Left: GHF 11N Miss Zoose 22S aka Belle
Top Right: ACC Ramsey Cinnamon Spice aka Cinnamon
Bottom Right: MH 29F Miss Online 8467 ET aka Missy

Reserve Champion Hereford Steer Jasper County Preview Show

We had a successful weekend so far!!! We showed the Reserve Champion Hereford steer at the 2010 Jasper County Preview show. This is Homers'(name of steer)second show of the spring and the second time Reserve Champion!! We had lots help from family and friends. A special thanks to Justin Olson of Olson Family Shorthorns for clipping Homer and helping fit him. We wouldnt have been able to get Homer ready without his help!!! Thanks again Justin! I'll be posting pictures as soon as they are available.

Just A Few Calf Pics

These arent the calf pics I recently posted about, but some I just snapped when I got home today. Not near the quality of the others, but they give you an idea of how hte calves are coming along. The pictures really dont do them justice, you've gotta see them in person to apppreciate the quality here!!! Hope you enjoy and thanks for visiting the blog!

Chris

Pictures: Top Left: Purple Tonic x Miss Online 8467 ET
Top Right: DB Hard Drive ET X Belle
Bottom Right: Majors Money Man X Oreo (Side Profile)
Bottom Left: Majors Money Man X Oreo (Quarter View)