) so she's in w/my Jersey and a beefer cow, plus the Simmental bull (at least until I can see some of the beefer girls in heat, then which he'll go back w/them). But you can see the size difference. I'm 5'9" and the bull's topline comes to just below my chin. She's a good bit shorter then he is.
There is a shorthorn ranch around here somewhere, but they breed them for beef. In fact, talking to the boss man yesterday, he mentioned his brother has had a herd of shorthorns for ages. Some folks in this area have been breeding "Red Baldies". I was trying to think of what the usual is around here, vs what she might be (with as many auctions in a 200m radius, she probably came from within 50m of the sale barn location) Her Legs are a dead giveaway that she's 1/2 beefer, of some variation. Very thick boned.77Herford said:
Its been cold lately, and everyone looks like walking fuzzballs 
Aside from just lettin em fall off eventually, I reckon I could cut em off 
400 lbs at 11 or 12 months sounds VERY small for that age. I was thinking 800 lbs was small for an Ayrshire too. Were you thinking it soudned big?greybeard said:
I agree completely. I acquired her 1 week before this pic was taken, as well as her 1/2 sibling male in a trade for some fencing work I did for one of my family members. (same sire-different momma cows) They were part of an overstocked, under culled herd that was on very poor 30 acre pasture, drought stricken, not well taken care of at all. Still sucking, never wormed, no vaccinations, fed a little hay and pellets with the adults about once/week, and the adults kept the 2 "calves" away from the feed bunks for the most part. I thought she had some potential as well as the male, so I took 'em on. They are now doing better in a 8-10 acre pasture to themselves, fed 2x per day as well as mineral supplement. As soon as I can get them up front to the pen and chute, I'll have the vet come out and check them out. The male:aggieterpkatie said:
