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"Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfector of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God."

~Hebrews 12: 1-2

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

November 2012 Cows for Sale - SOLD (for the most part)

Here are the 39 cows that we have left to sell.  We have the most up-to-date DHI information (we tested this morning 11/16/2012).  There are two cows that I have pictured that will go for beef, because when the vet checked them he said they had heavy scarring due to difficult calvings and they would most likely not breed back.  I put their pictures up here anyway, so they too could have their 15 seconds of fame, but their numbers are 717 and 1040.  And if you please....ENJOY!!

We are asking $850 an animal.  We will not sell cows to those who have no experience milking and caring for cattle.  For the most up to date list of what cows are currently available please check here.






1
1 is a first lactation heifer.  She was born on 2/8/2010.  Her sire is a Finnish Ayrshire Piuha and her maternal grand sire is New Zealand Ayrshire Blaze.  She milks out of all four quarters.

5 ~ Pregnant ~ SOLD
5 is a first lactation heifer born on 2/13/2010.  Her sire is a New Zealand Ayrshire Phillip and her maternal grand sire is Finnish Ayrshire Passeli.  She milks out of all four quarters.  She is pregnant and due 7/28/2013.
 
 7 ~ Pregnant ~ SOLD
7 is a first lactation heifer born on 2/15/2010.  Her sire is the New Zealand Ayrshire Edberg and her maternal grand sire is a Normande 214NM16.  I only have his NAAB code and not his name.  She milks out of all four quarters.  She is pregnant and due 7/5/2013.

12 ~ Pregnant ~ SOLD
12 is a first lactation heifer born on 2/17/2010.  Her sire is New Zealand Ayrshire Nigel and her maternal grand sire is New Zealand Ayrshire Challenge.  She milks out of all four quarters.  She is pregnant and due 7/28/2013.


16 ~ Pregnant
16 is a first lactation heifer born on 2/22/2010.  Her sire is New Zealand Ayrshire Brody and her maternal grand sire is Normande 180NM4.  She milks out of all four quarters.  She has a swollen fetlock joint on her front right leg and she walks with a limp.  The vet has looked at it and it is not foot rot.  We believe she sprained it and that is how it healed.  She milks reasonably well, but we do not expect her limp to go away as she has had it for several months.  It is not getting any worse, however.  She is pregnant and due 6/28/2013.


17
17 is a first lactation heifer born on 2/22/2010.  Her sire is Finnish Ayrshire Osander.  Her maternal grand sire was a Normande cross herd bull.  She milks out of all four quarters.

20 ~ Open
20 is a first lactation heifer born on 3/5/2010.  Her sire is a PomPon son (Normande/Ayrshire cross).  Her maternal grand sire is New Zealand Ayrshire Edberg.  She milks out of all four quarters.


403 ~ SOLD
403 is a seventh lactation cow born on 2/17/2004.  She is a full blooded Ayrshire.  Her sire is Peggy (17AY10) and her maternal grand sire is Rigil (150075).  She milks out of all four quarters.  She is pregnant and due 8/9/2013


 521 ~ Pregnant ~ SOLD
521 is a sixth lactation cow born on 3/5/2005.  Her sire is Dutch Belt 138DL396.  She milks out of all four quarters.  She is pregnant and due 6/29/2013.

530 ~ Pregnant ~ SOLD
We do not have any genetic or identity information on 530 as she is an animal we purchased three years ago.  I suspect she is a Jersey/Milking Shorthorn cross and we believe she is on her 5th lactation, but we do not know for certain.  She milks out of all four quarters.  She is pregnant and due 7/28/2013.


604 ~ Open
604 is a full blooded Ayrshire born on 2/16/2006.  She is a 5th lactation cow.  Her sire was New Zealand Ayrshire Challenge.  She milks out of all four quarters.

618 ~ SOLD
618 is a fourth lactation cow born on 2/22/2006.  She is an Ayrshire cross (with holstein?).  Her sire is New Zealand Ayrshire Challenge.  She milks out of all four quarters.  She is pregnant and due 7/15/2013.

620 ~ SOLD
620 is fourth lactation cow born on 11/27/2006.  She is a Holstein cross.  She has a very nice udder and is one of our better production cows.  She milks out of all four quarters.  She is pregnant and due 8/2/2013.

621 ~ SOLD
621 is a fourth lactation cow born on 11/29/2006.  I believe she is a Holstein/Jersey cross.  She milks out of all four quarters.  She is pregnant and due 7/29/2013.

644 ~ SOLD
644 is a fifth lactation cow born on 2/24/2006.  She is an Ayrshire x Normande x Dutch Belt cross.  She is a THREE quartered cow, but is a pretty heavy producer (by our standards).  She is pregnant and due 8/4/2013.

717 ~ Open ~ SOLD (for beef)
717 is a fourth lactation cow born on 3/26/2007.  She is a Jersey x Milking Shorthorn? I believe.  I am certain about the Jersey part.  She is a THREE quartered cow.  She will be sold for beef due to extensive scarring in her reproductive tract due to a difficult calving, but I thought she deserved to have her picture up with all of the other cows for sale.


 720 ~ Pregnant ~ SOLD
720 is a fourth lactation cow born on 2/22/2007.  Her sire is Normande 213NM4.  I believe that is PomPon.  She milks out of all four quarters.  She is pregnant and due 7/11/2013.

725 ~ Pregnant ~ SOLD
725 is a fourth lactation cow born on 3/2/2007.  She sire was a herd bull (most likely an Ayrshire cross) and her dam is a Dutch Belt.  She milks out of all four quarters.  She is pregnant and due 7/7/2013.

753 ~ Pregnant ~ SOLD
753 is a third lactation cow.  We bought her as a springing heifer.  We do know that she was born in November of 2007, and she is a Holstein cross.  She milks out of all four quarters.  She is pregnant and due 7/8/2013.

773 ~ Open
773 is a third lactation cow.  She was born on 2/19/2007.  I don't know which breeds she has in her.  My guess would be an Ayrshire x Dutch Belt cross.  She milks out of all four quarters.
 
803 ~ Open
803 is a pet.  She enjoys her head being scratched and will follow you around the field to give you ample opportunity to do so.  She is a third lactation cow born on 2/7/2008.  Her sire is New Zealand Ayrshire Mika.  Her dam is a Normande x Dutch Belt cross.  She milks out of all four quarters.

813 ~ Sold
813 is an Ayrshire.  Her sire is New Zealand Ayrshire Challenge.  She was born on 2/13/2008 and she is on her third lactation.  She milks out of all four quarters.  She is pregnant and due on 8/1/2013.

815 ~ Pregnant ~ SOLD
815 is a third lactation cow born on 2/16/2008.  Her sire is New Zealand Ayrshire Blaze.  She is an Ayrshire x Dutch Belt cross.  She milks out of all four quarters.  She is pregnant and due on 7/4/2013.


818 ~ Pregnant
(Dad thinks he wants to keep her)
818 is a third lactation cow born on 2/20/2008.  Her sire is Normande 214NM16.  She milks out of all four quarters.  I think she is a Normande x Ayrshire cross.  She is pregnant and due on 6/18/2013.


908 ~ SOLD
908 is a second lactation cow born on 2/12/2009.  Her sire is Finnish Ayrshire Passeli.  Her dam is a Normade x Ayrshire cross.  She milks out of all four quarters.  She is pregnant and due on 7/30/2013.

920 ~ SOLD
920 is a second lactation cow born on 2/25/2009.  Her sire is Finnish Ayrshire Octav.  She milks out of all four quarters.  She is pregnant and due on 8/4/2013.


924 ~ Shadow ~ Pregnant ~ SOLD
924 is a second lactation cow born on 3/1/2009.  She is a Normande x Ayrshire x Dutch Belt cross.  She milks out of all four quarters.  She is pregnant and due on 7/28/2013.


933 ~ Oreo ~ SOLD
Oreo is a second lactation cow born on 4/1/2009.  Her sire  is Normande 180NM4 and her dam was an Ayrshire x Dutch Belt cross.  She milks out of all four quarters.  She is pregnant and due on 7/2/2013.


935 ~ Pepper ~ SOLD
Pepper is a second lactation cow born on 4/16/2009.  Her sire is American Holstein Sosa 1HO5588 from Genex.  Her dam was a Normande cross.  She is a THREE quartered cow.  She is pregnant and due on 7/5/2013.

972 ~ Pregnant ~ SOLD
972 is a second lactation cow born on 3/13/2009.  She is a Holstein x Jersey cross.  She milks out of all four quarters.  She is pregnant and due on 7/3/2013.


1004 ~ Alpha ~ Pregnant ~ SOLD
Alpha is a first lactation heifer born on 2/22/2010.  Her sire is New Zealand Kiwi Cross 190XD2 Northsea.  Her dam is a Milking Shorthorn x Holstein cross.  She milks out of all four quarters.  She is pregnant and due on 8/4/2013.

 1008 ~ Waffle ~ Pregnant ~ SOLD
Waffle is a first lactation heifer born on 3/2/2010.  Her sire is a New Zealand Kiwi Cross 190XD2 Northsea.  Her dam was a Jersey x Holstein cross.  This is a THREE quartered cow.  She is pregnant and due on 7/14/2013.

1014 ~ Tango ~ Pregnant ~ SOLD
Tango is a first lactation cow born on 3/10/2010.  She is a Swedish Red x Jersey cross.  She milks out of all four quarters.  She is pregnant and due 7/13/2013.


1016 ~ Ziggy ~ Pregnant ~ SOLD
Ziggy was born on 3/13/2010.  She is a first lactation heifer.  Her dam is a Lineback and her sire is a Holstein cross.  She milks out of all four quarters.  She is pregnant and due 7/30/2013.

1029 ~ Quasi ~ Pregnant ~ SOLD
Quasi was born 3/22/2010.  She is a first lactation heifer.  Her sire was a Swedish Red bull and her dam is a Jersey/Holstein cross who is also pictured on this page (622).  She milks out of all four quarters.  She is pregnant and due on 7/14/2013.
 

1040 ~ Irish
Irish was born on 4/3/2010.  She is a first lactation heifer.  She is a Holstein cross.  She milks out of all four quarters.  She will be sold for beef as she also had heavy scarring in her uterus due to a very difficult calving.


1046 ~ Kilowatt ~ Open
Kilowatt was born on 4/17/2010.  She is a first lactation heifer.  Her dam was a Milking Shorthorn/Holstein cross and her sire was a herd bull.  She is a THREE quartered heifer.  She likes her head to be scratched too.


4207 ~ Pregnant ~ SOLD
This is another cow that we bought as a springing heifer.  She is on her second lactation and she has Dutch Belt in her.  She milks out of all four quarters.  She is pregnant and due 8/6/2013.

4217 ~ Tame Cluck ~ SOLD
This is a cow that we bought as a springing heifer, so we don't have much information about her.  We do know that she is on her second lactation.  She milks out of all four quarters.  She is part Jersey, and she is very tame and likes her head scratched, but she does not like dogs...at least she kept trying to go after my dog when he was in the field with me.  She is pregnant and due on 7/10/2013.

Friday, November 9, 2012

October 2012 Cows For Sale - SOLD!

Well, I was planning on putting these pictures up earlier, but the cows were sold literally within three days of having them pregnancy checked.  That was a HUGE blessing!  But, I thought I would put pictures of them up anyway, just because they are so pretty (grin).  Don't worry, for those of you looking for cows for sale, we have 40 more that didn't get pregnant in our window.  We are simply waiting to pregnancy check them before we start aggressively trying to sell them.  They are for sale any time, but mostly people are looking for an animal that is already confirmed pregnant (especially when they are mid to late lactation).

So, just to be clear, these cows are SOLD!  (still so excited about that :))



Fuzzy 13
She is a Normande x Aryshire x Normande cross.  Her sire is 183NM61 and her dam is 634 (who is also pictured on this page) Date of birth is 2/19/2010
24
We have no genetic information on her, but she appears to be a Milking Shorthorn/Holstein cross and she was born on 1/23/2005.  She is a three-quartered cow.

35
We don't have much genetic information on this cow either, but we do know that she is a Holstein x Jersey x Jersey cross at least.  Her date of birth is 2/17/2005


143
143 is a Jersey.  She was born 8/15/2003.
175
175 is a Holstein cross.  DOB is 8/27/2005


214
This is one of my favorite cows in our herd.  She has a nice udder, she milks out quickly and she is  easy to work with.  She is a Holstein x Jersey cross.  DOB:  10/5/2004

622
622 is a Holstein x Jersey cross.  DOB: 12/2/2006

634
634 is an Ayrshire x Normande cross.  DOB:  3/16/2006

640
640 is a Holstein cross.  She was born in 2006


708
708 is a Jersey.  DOB:  3/1/2007

715
715 is a Jersey x Holstein cross.  DOB 3/22/2007.

832
832 is a Normande cross.  Her sire is 20NM11.  I do not know what breeds her dam was.  DOB:  3/10/2008

905
905 is an Ayrshire x Holstein cross.  Her sire is Finnish Ayrshire Passeli  263AY2516.  DOB  2/7/2009.  She is a three-quartered cow.

907
907 is an Ayrshire x Normande x Dutch Belt cross.  Her sire is New Zealand Ayrshire Phillip 190AY8.  Her MGS is 180NM4.  DOB:  2/11/2009

912
912 is an Ayrshire x Dutch Belt cross.  Her sire is Fininsh Ayrshire Bigmaker 263AY1788.  DOB 2/16/2009

923
923 is an Ayrshire.  Her MGS is New Zealand Ayrshire Challenge 190AY4.  Her DOB is 2/28/2009.

967
967 is a Milking Shorthorn x Jersey cross.  Her sire is 138MS3636.  Her DOB is 3/6/2009.


1007 - Lava
1007 is a Milking Shorthorn x Jersey x Angus cross.  Her sire is 138MS3635.  Her DOB is 2/28/2010.

1012 - Fawn
Fawn is a Jersey x Holstein x Jersey x Holstein cross.  Her sire is a New Zealand Kiwi Cross Royal Bell 190XD8.  Her DOB is 3/6/2010.

1018 - Nectar


Nectar is a Swedish Red x Jersey x Holstein Cross.  Her DOB is 3/18/2010.