The Cattle Gallery
Welcome to the Cattle Gallery. Here you can meet the Cattle in our farmyard.
The Limousin Cattle
Fudge and Brownie
The Charolais Cattle
Snowy, Milky and Francis.
The Saler Cross Cattle
Blackie and One Ear.
Blonde D’Aquitaine
Blondie
Newborn Calves from 2007
Here are pictures of some of the newborn calves and their mothers from this year’s (2007) calving season.
January’s Calf
February’s Calf
March’s Calf
April’s Calf
What kind of temperament do your cattle have. My husband thinks Charolais are famous for a not-so-great temperament.
We raise Hereford/Angus cross. We have 3 calves (2 bull and 1 heifer) on the ground already and are awaiting 5 more. We don’t usually have any more than 20 or 21 head at a time.
I love this time of year! I love to watch the calves run and kick and have a good old time!
T.Bird
Comment by tbirdonawire — April 6, 2007 @ 3:22 pm
Hi T.Bird,
My husband says that the Charolais has a fairly docile temperament towards humans, but they do sometimes fight with each other. They are a large, late maturing breed who have a tendancy for badly overgrown hooves.
My father in law who has been breeding Charolais cattle for 40 years says this breed are reasonably good to deal with and are certainly not as flighty as the Limousin breed. He says that at calving time the Charolais cow will get very protective and can be bad to deal with. He feels that the advantage of raising Charolais cattle is that they are a large fast growing bree with good confirmation.
As you can see from The Cattle Gallery, we also have some Limousins, a Blond D’Aquitaine and Saler Cross Cattle. We have 20 cows who are all in the process of calving at the moment. In the next few days I will be adding a video clip of a charolais cow calving. The video clip is now done and up and running - Charolais Cow Calving Video Clip.
Thanks for your questions and comments.
Sara @ Farming Friends
Comment by Sara @ Farming Friends — April 6, 2007 @ 3:54 pm
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