Zella's first year in the Ring.

Oh yes, Zella and I got to show together this year as well.  She had a heifer named Barbie,  Hmmm.  She and Barbie got along fabulously, until it was time to walk.  Barbie was not sure about the cute little thing leading her.  But they worked it out.  Zella and I showed her in Tyler, Dallas, and Louisiana. 

 

Zella also showed Firecracker in PeeWee Showmanship at several jackpot shows.

Show Heifers Offered.

Show Heifers Offered for Sale

Okay,  I don't have pics of all, but here are a few.

This one is a cool female. Pic may be a little blurry. W5 Heritage Lady 557D  DOB 9.12.15 Sired by -S W5 Gran Torino 4249 Y14.

 Look at the butt structure and stifle.  WOW.  She has depth and a cool front end as well.  She has that look at me personality.  Here she is in motion.

Here is another heifer.  W5 Serenity 547C   DOB August 11, 2015. She will be in that summer class in almost every major excluding Ft. Worth.  She is sire by W5 Advance 490S.  She has a super long front end on her, long spined, good hipped, a very solid female.

Take a look at this one.  WOW doesn't begin to say enough.  Out of one of our matriarchs,  this heifer is outstanding.  W5 Heritage Lady 554D  DOB September 8, 2015. Sired by -S W5 Gran Torino 4249 Y14

Catching Up

To say the least it has been awhile since the last posting.  Since then, Boaz has almost completed a full year of junior showing.  We chose a super heifer out of the calf crop - W5 Heritage Lady 540D.  She was a stand out from day 1.  Here she is at a couple of weeks old.

So we had great hopes for her.  She has been an awesome calf for his first year as a junior competitor.  She won several of her shows as a calf.  Here she is at State Fair of Texas.  She stood Reserve Division in the Open Show and won the Division in the Junior Show.

She then turned around two weeks later and stood Reserve Champion Female at the State Fair of Louisiana Open Show.

 So we have been pretty excited to say the least. She has performed well for Boaz and Firecracker, Boaz and Zella all get along great.  Firecracker developed,  or at least we identified it, an OCD Lesion in her right shoulder.  So she started turning out on her front end to ease the pain.  We were able to get her to the OSU Vet School where she made numerous friends.  We were able to treat the problem and have been reteaching her how to stand on her front end.  She is almost there.

Right now she is out getting bred. 

We are offering half sibs to her that look pretty spectacular.  One is by the one of our cows that stood Reserve National Champion Cow Calf pair in Ft Worth in 2015.  Take a look at some of the pics posted in the next post.  The heifers were just weaned and slicked for new hair growth.