Mike is fascinated by the newbie, wagging his tail with approvalThe new baby, who is still in the house at this moment, (but probably won't be for too much longer), is probably the nicest looking Jersey calf we have had born here at Northview....She is long and tall and straight....which is just a little weird. Years ago, back when we were occasionally making enough money to do so, we bought Dreamroad Extreme Heather, an exceptionally well-bred Jersey from a nationally known breeder to pay Liz for a summer's work.
Right from the get-go Liz has chosen the bulls she bred Heather to, as well as making the matings for her offspring. (And there have been quite a number of those, as she has been very lucky in the heifer department.) The resulting animals are nice ones and she has done well in the show ring with them. She has used well-respected bulls, such as C'gar, Mecca, TNT, Top Flight, and Moments.
This year she didn't have a chance to pick up any top-notch bulls for two of her girls so she bred Hooter and Hazel to a bull we had in the tank for use on small first calf Holstein heifers. We sometimes buy very cheap ones for this purpose and we happened to have a five-dollar critter named Duce in the tank. Who would have expected that this random, cheapest thing the Select Sire Power guy happened to have in his tank, bull would make such a great looking baby?
Sometimes randomness works I guess.
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Mike probably is dreaming of the old days.
What a darling... Congrats! thanks for your nice comments over at my place...
Sometimes it takes a wild card to bring out the best.
Linda
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a Heifer in the house, how cute!
What a cutie!
She is a great looking baby - Liz must be walking on air.
Elizabeth loves looking at your pictures! She thinks it's so sweet that the calf is in the house staying warm.
I wish I could have had a time traveler so I could have known how well he would have worked...I would have snagged the last of the semen from Dad!
Okay, am I the only one who thinks that last comment is a little, ummm wierd?!!!
I don't have cows, but that baby is making me think (uh oh)...
Beautiful and I'm so thrilled for Liz!
Nita, I think he was, but instead of being the rough and tumble old herder he used to be he was very sweet and gentle. He sure has mellowed!
WW, I hope you get through things somehow. I'll be thinking of you anyhow
Linda, you could have knocked me over when I saw her. lol
Ed, cute indeed, kind of noisy too
FC, thanks, she is...
Deb, she is so happy!
Dani, you have an Elizabeth too!! Cool!
Paints, I get what you mean exactly...however....rofl
Teri, I am such a farmer that I didn't even see that...in regular English that is. But she meant from the bull Duce...lol
I totally did not in ANY way mean that the way it came out...Its just Duce was Dad's. So...that is why it came out the way it did. Whoops...
hi threecollie - I knew that, it was my weak attempt at humor (which I'm terrible at!). People always raise their eyebrows at me the way I talk around here, doesn't even dawn on me. Someone was visiting and one of my llamas was clucking and had her tail up, and I nonchalantly said, she's telling you she wants to be bred. Ooops :) He thought I met to him.
Teri, you had me laughing....I didn't even notice how strange the comment looked, because, well, you know, we talk like that all the time. lol
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