Eagerly awaiting spring birthing

77Herford

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I wish cows gave birth as fast as a chickens incubation. I bought some AI semen form England from so old hereford lines. I can't wait to see how the calves look. I used twenty of my best Hereford Cows, though I have polled Herefords, I will someday be using some Horned.
 

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Funny---I bought some Angus semen from Scotland to use on some of my cows. The calves look OK, but are not growing as fast as my American bred calves. I'm hoping that these Scottish calves will turn out to be maternally superior, and that they are more efficient than the traditional cattle that I currently have. I'd guess that the Scottish calves are 75 - 100 lbs lighter than my other calves. They did calve easily, and their vigor was great. In fact, I had a cow that had one, and the calf got up before the cow. I've never seen that before.
 

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So who are you using?

I got 3 cows AI'd to GH Rambo 279R and I can hardly wait too.
 

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Lawford Lionel, is the name. I bought 30 sticks with a professional A.I. Had my 20 best Hereford cows bred.

Rambo looks nice too.
 

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