Native breeds photographs

[Keepers]

What's lassie like with the cows @Keepers ?

Very good, fearless and bold but level and never over the top
Doesn’t take sh!t from anything but Kees his distance and doesn’t push if it doesn’t need it, absolutely loves his job

His relatives are more cattle dogs than sheepdogs, top two photos are relatives, bottom is Tully

 

[Henarar]

lovely looking dogs

 

[Old Tip]

Claudia holding the sun in her horns

 

[Henarar]

View attachment 735644 Claudia holding the sun in her horns

was it her on lord of the rings ?

 

[Muddyroads]

Devons in Devon!

 

[Tim G]

Today I think is the first day of winter as we brought in a batch of our longhorns. Calf weaning this afternoon so a few restless nights ahead.

 

[Cowgirl]

Maybole Ayrshire

Just seen this - actually it's a photo I borrowed from a lady in South Uist who has a Hereford bull we bred!

 

[delilah]

Finished cattle into the abattoir today, to come back in three weeks time as beef boxes. Total food miles: 40. Local, natural, sustainable.
(as posted on our facebook; you lot already know that )

"OK girls, it looks like being a varied diet this winter; wheat straw or barley straw ?"

 

[Bopeep1981]

Merry Christmas everyone! Hope you have a good one

 

[JP1]

Perfect Christmas present for the Cardona riggitgalloway Herd and for me. TwoMills May, White Riggit cow has a red bull calf to Rufus of Hindhope (her first) in Doune, Stirling for Robbie Galloway and Ewen McRobert

 

[Old Tip]

My sister sent mr these photos from NZ wondering if they had Galloway or British White ancestry, not sure what breeds folk have down under but by the look of the grass they could be yours @Kiwi Pete

 

[Kiwi Pete]

My sister sent mr these photos from NZ wondering if they had Galloway or British White ancestry, not sure what breeds folk have down under but by the look of the grass they could be yours @Kiwi Pete
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Galloway are pretty popular here, belties especially are fairly well represented!

 

[Bopeep1981]

Took a few photos today. Hope you don't mind me sharing them . These are the rising 2yr old heifers due to calve from early March onwards. Sired by Dieulacresse Kermit and in calf to Pulham Pacesetter.

These are the weaned heifers, mainly born spring 2018, and a few autumn 2017 heifers, all (but one) sired by Ervie L1 Achiever 91151H. The big heifer nearest the camera is due to calve beginning of Feb, at 24 months old.

Some of the young bulls, also by Achiever, looking like they partied too hard last night!

Wonky, one of the rodent operatives on the farm. Super friendly and always under our feet!

 

[Loner]

Thanks to all for sharing the pics, just amazing breeds . And I bet a couple of them in the fields would keep a lot of undesireables at bay,and off the land.

 

[Woolless]

Took a few photos today. Hope you don't mind me sharing them . These are the rising 2yr old heifers due to calve from early March onwards. Sired by Dieulacresse Kermit and in calf to Pulham Pacesetter.

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These are the weaned heifers, mainly born spring 2018, and a few autumn 2017 heifers, all (but one) sired by Ervie L1 Achiever 91151H. The big heifer nearest the camera is due to calve beginning of Feb, at 24 months old.
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Some of the young bulls, also by Achiever, looking like they partied too hard last night!View attachment 755770
Wonky, one of the rodent operatives on the farm. Super friendly and always under our feet! View attachment 755772

Those vegans are right, it's terrible the mistreatment of farm animals that goes on. Those young bulls look to be suffering terribly, stretched out on a foot depth of beautiful straw

Lovely cattle

 

[Bopeep1981]

Those vegans are right, it's terrible the mistreatment of farm animals that goes on. Those young bulls look to be suffering terribly, stretched out on a foot depth of beautiful straw

Lovely cattle

Thank you!

It's a shame that certain people have taken such a dim view of British livestock farming, and I have a feeling that whatever we say or show to the "converted", they will continue to believe the misinformation peddled by PETA and the like.

Meanwhile I will continue to post pictures of my herd on our Facebook and Twitter pages, so that the majority out there can see how our cattle are really treated!

 

[Loner]

Thanks @JP1 - no pressure! A slight mixed bag in terms of breeds. Mostly pedigree BSH but theres a some AAX cows in there too.
We've had a few issues in the past so I've rapidly created a watermark and stuck it on these. Anyone who would like copies of the original versions for their own use is welcome to them and I'll happily send you a link via PM. If anyone wants to use them for anything else we would like them to be attributed. @TFF Twitter I've sent you a PM.
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What good pictures, they look so content, the perfect all round animals. It is so good to see our livestock out in the fields,thanks for the opurtunity to view you animals.

 

[Tim G]

Our first litter of Middle White piglets.

 

[Cowgirl]

The yearly “to castrate or not” dilemma - reluctant to cut this one - 8 months Traditional (OP) Hereford with his mother.

 

[Henarar]

Beltys at Crickley hill a couple weeks ago, National trust herd