Thursday, May 17, 2012

Kerry Heifer Birth Announcement

We were pleased to gain a new Kerry heifer this morning. When the total number of a breed numbers only in the hundreds in the US, each new heifer means a lot.

She is a little too closely related to her daddy, but that is one of the challenges with rare breeds.While I am already thinking about the best way to maximize heterosis while still keeping the stock pure; maybe we need to let her grow up first!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Congratulations on the new addition to the herd! That's a fine and noble work you're doing, trying to preserve rare breed cattle.

Anonymous said...

Adorable!

Stacey
SWPA

C.M said...

Congrats on the new calf!