Is this cross would make a good family cow?

[Alice Acres]

Your Bella looks a LOT like our main cow Molly we had growing up. And she was out of a 1st time freshening Holstein dairy heifer bred to an Angus bull. Wonderful cow!!

Nice pictures of your gang

 

[Farmerboy]

Thanks!



Great news!!!!

I finally caught Bella mounting one of the steers, and acting like she is in heat! I checked her over, and texted my friend (Bella's former owner) to confirm if Bella is in heat. He texted me back saying that she sounds like that she is in heat and I should call the AI guy to breed her. So... I did, and he came over and confirmed that she is in heat, and AI her! If she settles and really got bred, she will be due in July! Woot!

The AI guy gave me the bull's name and serial number and I looked it up.

This is the future calf's father- A pure Guernsey
Delta

 

[Southern by choice]

Happy for you!! so in July we will have to get lots of pics

 

[Farmerboy]

Happy for you!! so in July we will have to get lots of pics

You betcha that I will take lots of pictures! Is it pretty obvious that I have been posting pictures a bit much already? LOL

 

[redtailgal]

well, you should have a nice calf! He is a handsome bull!

Congrats!

 

[Alice Acres]

Ah, the joys of AI - you can get a really nice bull's genetics that you otherwise would not have access to!

I hope she takes and you have a nice calf this spring

 

[Stubbornhillfarm]

Congrats! What a nice looking bull! Sure to be a grand calf when it arrives.

 

[Lothiriel]

That's one really good looking bull. Bella's baby will be gorgeous! Congrats!

 

[Farmerboy]

Thanks everyone for the comments about the bull. I just hope that he is A2A2. I have sent some of Bella's tail hair in the mail to be tested for A2A2. I pray that she is! I also hope that the calf will have the same color as the father.

 

[Lothiriel]

Good luck on the testing. We recently tested two of ours and one was A1/A1 (Jersey) and the other was A1/A2 (JerseyxHolstein). I've heard that Guernseys have a lot of the A2/A2 genetics still in their blood though. Let us know when you get the results for Bella!