Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Thank You!
We would like to thank John Murdock and Family of Rocking M Farms for purchasing our consignment to the Hoosier Beef Congress sale. She will be in good hands with John and his family and we look forward to seeing how she shows this spring and summer.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Hoosier Beef Congress
It's that time of the year. Time to make the annual trip to Indianapolis for the Hoosier Beef Congress. It's a first for Cosgray Polled Herefords at the Congress this year as we have entered a heifer into the sale Saturday morning. She is a March daughter of AA LF T-Bone 9132 and AMC Ms Extra Load 19. She is a soggy middled, sound footed, smooth made heifer with that dark red color that everyone is looking for. She is a true combination heifer in that she will show well and when she leaves the tan bark, she will excel in the pasture. Don't miss your opportunity with this heifer. I will be there from Thursday on to answer any of your questions. As an added bonus, this heifer has been to two national shows where she stood in the middle of both classes against very stiff competition!
For a detailed pedigree check out cosgraypolledherefords.com under the sales page.
Alex
For a detailed pedigree check out cosgraypolledherefords.com under the sales page.
Alex
Sunday, October 9, 2011
New Additions
It has been a pretty active fall so far at Cosgray Polled Herefords. We have added many new additions to our herd. One of those additions has been in the form of a new website. We have worked with Ranch House Designs on creating the website and they have done a fabulous job. I couldn't be more happy with the job they have done. You can find us at www.cosgraypolledherefords.com. If you are in need of any design work, they are the place to go, very professional, very creative, and very fast at what they do.
We have also added many cows to the operation as well from all over the country. We have added a CJH Harland 408 bred heifer from Churchill Cattle Co. in Montana, a CJH Harland 408 2 year old from Lowderman Cattle Co. in Illinois, an AA Destiny 9127 show heifer from Show Time Cattle Co. in Indiana, an H Easy Deal 609 ET 2 year old from Nelson Land & Cattle in Oklahoma, a MH Monument 3147 bred heifer and a MH Monument 3147 show heifer from Able Acres in Indiana. We are extremely excited to put these young cows to work and to show off the heifers in the ring. I have attached a picture of the Harland 2 year old from Lowderman's. More pics to come!
The last addition to the herd comes in the form of a calf. One of our donors, Fortress Blue Ladybird, laid down tonight and had the last calf of the year for Cosgray Polled Herefords. He is out of our herd bull AA LF Airline 849 ET and weighed in at a robust 75 lbs. Here is a picture of the little guy.
We will be attending many sales this fall as well as the NAILE show in Louisville. We look forward to seeing some great cattle and meeting new people! Until next time.
Alex
We have also added many cows to the operation as well from all over the country. We have added a CJH Harland 408 bred heifer from Churchill Cattle Co. in Montana, a CJH Harland 408 2 year old from Lowderman Cattle Co. in Illinois, an AA Destiny 9127 show heifer from Show Time Cattle Co. in Indiana, an H Easy Deal 609 ET 2 year old from Nelson Land & Cattle in Oklahoma, a MH Monument 3147 bred heifer and a MH Monument 3147 show heifer from Able Acres in Indiana. We are extremely excited to put these young cows to work and to show off the heifers in the ring. I have attached a picture of the Harland 2 year old from Lowderman's. More pics to come!
The last addition to the herd comes in the form of a calf. One of our donors, Fortress Blue Ladybird, laid down tonight and had the last calf of the year for Cosgray Polled Herefords. He is out of our herd bull AA LF Airline 849 ET and weighed in at a robust 75 lbs. Here is a picture of the little guy.
We will be attending many sales this fall as well as the NAILE show in Louisville. We look forward to seeing some great cattle and meeting new people! Until next time.
Alex
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Sale Season!!
I just love this time of year. The corn is turning, the weather is changing, the calves are weaned, and there is sale after sale of great Hereford cattle. The catalogs keep showing up and I can't help but think that our breed is thriving. It is always exciting to see how the new sires calves turned out and see how everyone's calves are looking.
We will be traveling all over the country this fall looking at Herefords. We will be showing heifers and a bull at the Royal in October as well as at the NAILE in November. I am looking forward to meeting many new people and seeing those calves in person.
We have many heifers, steers, and bulls for sale this year. We weaned our first pasture last week and they are looking great. We have already started selling calves for 4-H next year, so if you are in need of a calf, come on out and have a look. We are available to show the calves anytime and we can be reached at cosgraypolledherefords@gmail.com.
Alex
We will be traveling all over the country this fall looking at Herefords. We will be showing heifers and a bull at the Royal in October as well as at the NAILE in November. I am looking forward to meeting many new people and seeing those calves in person.
We have many heifers, steers, and bulls for sale this year. We weaned our first pasture last week and they are looking great. We have already started selling calves for 4-H next year, so if you are in need of a calf, come on out and have a look. We are available to show the calves anytime and we can be reached at cosgraypolledherefords@gmail.com.
Alex
Monday, July 18, 2011
Pictures
I went out the other night and snapped some pics of calves and cows. These calves are out of our Online son and our T-Bone son. Our calves are on a first come first serve basis. So give us a call and come pick out your next show calf.
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| AA LF T-Bone 9132 Daughter |
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| AA 29F Boomer 620 Daughter |
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| AA HRD LF Airline 820 ET Daughter |
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| Wideload Ladybird |
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| Fortress Blue Ladybird(Wideload Ladybird's Dam) |
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| Wideload Ladybird and daughter AMC Heiress 109(Airline heifer) |
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Congratulations Tayler Conn
Congrats to Tayler Conn on her Champion Hereford steer at the Cass County fair today. Fully Loaded X Kodiac
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Show Season
July marks the start of the county fair show season for many juniors around the country and especially for the juniors in our area. There is something soothing about getting up before the sun, driving to the fairgrounds, and watching all the chaos going on there! Of course it's much more relaxing now that I'm on the other side of the show ring!
It will be a very busy couple of weeks. We have many local county fairs that our cattle will be shown in and I couldn't be more excited for the 4-Hers. We have more calves this year than any previous year and many new customers. I would like to wish all of them good luck during their showing season. We will have calves at Jasper, Cass, Carroll, and White counties as well as the Hereford Junior National show and the Indiana State Fair. This is an exciting time for Cosgray Polled Herefords.
Keep in mind it is never too early to pick out your next 4-H calf. We have many special heifers and steers for sale and would love to show you around. The Airline's and T-Bone's get better and better each day. So if you are in the area or at one of these fairs, stop on by and have a look around.
I apologize for the lack of pictures of the calves and cows but with the wet weather we have had, I haven't had the chance to snap any. As soon as I get the chance to take some pictures they will be uploaded for all to see. Thanks for reading and as always if you ever want to talk cattle, give me a shout! cosgraypolledherefords@gmail.com
Alex
It will be a very busy couple of weeks. We have many local county fairs that our cattle will be shown in and I couldn't be more excited for the 4-Hers. We have more calves this year than any previous year and many new customers. I would like to wish all of them good luck during their showing season. We will have calves at Jasper, Cass, Carroll, and White counties as well as the Hereford Junior National show and the Indiana State Fair. This is an exciting time for Cosgray Polled Herefords.
Keep in mind it is never too early to pick out your next 4-H calf. We have many special heifers and steers for sale and would love to show you around. The Airline's and T-Bone's get better and better each day. So if you are in the area or at one of these fairs, stop on by and have a look around.
I apologize for the lack of pictures of the calves and cows but with the wet weather we have had, I haven't had the chance to snap any. As soon as I get the chance to take some pictures they will be uploaded for all to see. Thanks for reading and as always if you ever want to talk cattle, give me a shout! cosgraypolledherefords@gmail.com
Alex
Monday, June 20, 2011
Rain, Rain, Rain
This has been one of the wettest springs I have encountered. It seems like every time the ground gets dry we get another two inches dumped on it. First cutting of hay got dumped on, our replanted corn is back under water for the second time, and the pasture has more water than grass it seems like! Hello aquaculture!
However the rain hasn't stopped the calves from growing. They have found the creep feed and are really starting to shine. This is one of the most complete and balanced set of calves we have ever had and I couldn't be more excited. Some of the young lads are already showing that they could be nice herd bulls and the ladies have that special "look" to them.
So if you are in the area this summer and want to look over the herd and talk cattle stop on by or give me a call. Until next time.
Alex
However the rain hasn't stopped the calves from growing. They have found the creep feed and are really starting to shine. This is one of the most complete and balanced set of calves we have ever had and I couldn't be more excited. Some of the young lads are already showing that they could be nice herd bulls and the ladies have that special "look" to them.
So if you are in the area this summer and want to look over the herd and talk cattle stop on by or give me a call. Until next time.
Alex
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Finally Done
This breeding season has been challenging, exciting, and extremely educational for me. At the start, I set out to A.I. my whole entire herd. I had carefully thought out matings, bought the necessary drugs to bring them into heat, and set up the barn to accommodate the process. Throughout the entire process the biggest thing I have learned is that when dealing with A.I. anything can and will happen.
The biggest learning experience of all came on the very first heifer that I A.I.'d. She came in on her natural heat and 12 hours after seeing her stand, I got everything ready to go. After loading her in the chute and bringing all of my equipment out I was ready to go. That's where things went wrong. First, I pulled the straw out of the cane and thought the canister was right beneath the cane and dropped it and the 4 straw left in the cane all the way to the bottom. Then, I loaded the straw into the wrong gun and needed handle the semen again and put it in the right gun. Finally I get inside and nothing feels like what I had been taught or practiced on. So needless to say I pretty much put the gun in and hoped for the best.
The next heifer that I did worked a lot smoother. I didn't have any semen malfunctions, everything felt like it should, and I emptied the gun where I should. After anxiously waiting 18 days to see if they came back into heat, of course the one that sticks is the first heifer I did and the one that went smoothly came back into heat. That is when I realized that you can do everything right and still not get the expected results. After that experience breeding has become a lot less stressful and easy going!
I have also learned to expect the unexpected when breeding cows. Mostly I would bring 4 or 5 at a time into heat using a shot of estrumate and estrotect patches. Well one day I decided to bring a group of 6 into heat. So I give them their shots and turn them back out into the little pasture and two mornings later I go out to check cows and notice a new addition to the little pasture. Well apparently during the night the electric fence charger decided to short out and the cleanup bull was able to jump the fence and breed 4 of the 6 for me! Needless to say it has been an interesting breeding season for me!
Well that is it for now but be sure to check back for pictures of the calves and cows!
Alex
The biggest learning experience of all came on the very first heifer that I A.I.'d. She came in on her natural heat and 12 hours after seeing her stand, I got everything ready to go. After loading her in the chute and bringing all of my equipment out I was ready to go. That's where things went wrong. First, I pulled the straw out of the cane and thought the canister was right beneath the cane and dropped it and the 4 straw left in the cane all the way to the bottom. Then, I loaded the straw into the wrong gun and needed handle the semen again and put it in the right gun. Finally I get inside and nothing feels like what I had been taught or practiced on. So needless to say I pretty much put the gun in and hoped for the best.
The next heifer that I did worked a lot smoother. I didn't have any semen malfunctions, everything felt like it should, and I emptied the gun where I should. After anxiously waiting 18 days to see if they came back into heat, of course the one that sticks is the first heifer I did and the one that went smoothly came back into heat. That is when I realized that you can do everything right and still not get the expected results. After that experience breeding has become a lot less stressful and easy going!
I have also learned to expect the unexpected when breeding cows. Mostly I would bring 4 or 5 at a time into heat using a shot of estrumate and estrotect patches. Well one day I decided to bring a group of 6 into heat. So I give them their shots and turn them back out into the little pasture and two mornings later I go out to check cows and notice a new addition to the little pasture. Well apparently during the night the electric fence charger decided to short out and the cleanup bull was able to jump the fence and breed 4 of the 6 for me! Needless to say it has been an interesting breeding season for me!
Well that is it for now but be sure to check back for pictures of the calves and cows!
Alex
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Spring
Happy Mother's Day to all the wonderful mothers out there. Today was a great day spent with family and enjoying some great beef at Covington's Beef House!
I would like to welcome everyone to our new blog! I will try and keep everyone updated on the happenings at the farm. We are a little over half done with calving. The early calves are really taking off and looking great. We have a great set of AA LF Airline 849 ET, AA LF T-Bone 9132, MCF Fully Loaded 701, and AA 29F Boomer 620 calves on the ground.
Breeding season is in full swing. We moved all the cows to summer pastures on Saturday and will be moving bulls in on Monday. We have A.I.'d a handful so far and will be synching about 20 more. We have some exciting matings for next year. The A.I. sires we chose to use this year are Star TCF Shock & Awe 158W ET, the reigning two time Supreme Champion at Denver, CRR About Time 743, the 2009 Supreme Champion at Denver, TH SHR 605 57G Bismarck 243R ET, a great performance and maternal herd sire from Topp Herefords, Harvie Dan T-Bone 196T, an exciting outcross bull from Canada, SHF Rib Eye M326 R117, a great carcass and heifer bull from Sandhill, and AA HRD Chuckwagon 0138, an exciting young herd sire from Able Acres that we bought a share in, look for him this upcoming show season!
Check back often for updates and pictures of the calves!
Alex
I would like to welcome everyone to our new blog! I will try and keep everyone updated on the happenings at the farm. We are a little over half done with calving. The early calves are really taking off and looking great. We have a great set of AA LF Airline 849 ET, AA LF T-Bone 9132, MCF Fully Loaded 701, and AA 29F Boomer 620 calves on the ground.
Breeding season is in full swing. We moved all the cows to summer pastures on Saturday and will be moving bulls in on Monday. We have A.I.'d a handful so far and will be synching about 20 more. We have some exciting matings for next year. The A.I. sires we chose to use this year are Star TCF Shock & Awe 158W ET, the reigning two time Supreme Champion at Denver, CRR About Time 743, the 2009 Supreme Champion at Denver, TH SHR 605 57G Bismarck 243R ET, a great performance and maternal herd sire from Topp Herefords, Harvie Dan T-Bone 196T, an exciting outcross bull from Canada, SHF Rib Eye M326 R117, a great carcass and heifer bull from Sandhill, and AA HRD Chuckwagon 0138, an exciting young herd sire from Able Acres that we bought a share in, look for him this upcoming show season!
Check back often for updates and pictures of the calves!
Alex
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