Line one Herefords

[Hilly]

Good, I saw your photo last night when I was rolling a reseed at my highest point, and could see the cheviots to the south . I was rolling plenty of dust ! A thump of rain would be most welcome, along with a bit of heat !

We are defo needing rain and heat this cold dry has gone on long time now .

 

[Bill dog]

Amen to to that !

 

[Woolless]

They burn , they used to burn worse but after thirty years of cattle they burn less !! Muck spreading is a great thing .

Yes, that almost sounds as if you have added organic matter i.e. carbon to your soil and so have done your bit to combat climate change. But it's to do with cattle, which are an environmental disaster as we all know, so that can't be right. Can it??

 

[bigw]

We have been using Ervie bulls for the last 7 years and are very pleased with them.

 

[Hilly]

We have been using Ervie bulls for the last 7 years and are very pleased with them.
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Hes a nice lad !

 

[Hilly]

Things i find in the rashers

she is ervie pansy and she had a smashing heifer calf last year which i have retained for breeding , this year shes had a bull calf 21 days earlier so she is doing very well is our Pansy ! Great family the Pansys .

 

[Sharpy]

Things i find in the rashers View attachment 1038277she is ervie pansy and she had a smashing heifer calf last year which i have retained for breeding , this year shes had a bull calf 21 days earlier so she is doing very well is our Pansy ! Great family the Pansys .

That is a very nice cow. What age is she?

 

[Hilly]

That is a very nice cow. What age is she?

She is 12 years old .

 

[Sharpy]

She is 12 years old .

Smashing!

 

[Bill dog]

She is 12 years old .

Is she one of your oldest cows ? She’s in fine fettle!

 

[Hilly]

Is she one of your oldest cows ? She’s in fine fettle!

Yes she is , i dont have any cows older than 12 , need to keep em young here its a degree tougher life …

 

[Hilly]

I was a hurry this morning …… i spend my life ina hurry sadly but just couldnt pass an opportunity to admire this calf for a few mins .

 

[JSmith]

I was a hurry this morning …… i spend my life ina hurry sadly but just couldnt pass an opportunity to admire this calf for a few mins . View attachment 1040118

That’s a sweet heifer there

 

[Hilly]

That’s a sweet heifer there

My new bull has left me some fantastic calves this year and easy calved.

 

[Woolless]

@Hilly have you ever heard any figures/percentages about the amount of genetic material that the Line ones share. They have been linebred for a considerable length of time. No bad thing for pedigree stock if properly managed. I went to a farm walk in Ayrshire, they had imported Anxiety 4th Herefords from the US. They had been preserved in one herd over there and linebred for 100 years plus. I was told that they shared 80% of their genetic material. The cattle are tremendously consistent, as you might expect.

 

[Gulli]

@Hilly have you ever heard any figures/percentages about the amount of genetic material that the Line ones share. They have been linebred for a considerable length of time. No bad thing for pedigree stock if properly managed. I went to a farm walk in Ayrshire, they had imported Anxiety 4th Herefords from the US. They had been preserved in one herd over there and linebred for 100 years plus. I was told that they shared 80% of their genetic material. The cattle are tremendously consistent, as you might expect.

It would be up around 80% I would think, that's the point of them.

 

[Hilly]

@Hilly have you ever heard any figures/percentages about the amount of genetic material that the Line ones share. They have been linebred for a considerable length of time. No bad thing for pedigree stock if properly managed. I went to a farm walk in Ayrshire, they had imported Anxiety 4th Herefords from the US. They had been preserved in one herd over there and linebred for 100 years plus. I was told that they shared 80% of their genetic material. The cattle are tremendously consistent, as you might expect.

Dot know the exact figure but it will be around 80% , consistency is part of the point of them.

 

[Hilly]

@Hilly have you ever heard any figures/percentages about the amount of genetic material that the Line ones share. They have been linebred for a considerable length of time. No bad thing for pedigree stock if properly managed. I went to a farm walk in Ayrshire, they had imported Anxiety 4th Herefords from the US. They had been preserved in one herd over there and linebred for 100 years plus. I was told that they shared 80% of their genetic material. The cattle are tremendously consistent, as you might expect.

Iirc the american government started with 18 lines , only line one turned out successful, i think it would only be a government that could
Afford such a project !

 

[Hilly]

 

[Gulli]

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How olds the calf ?