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Morris Halliburton's British White Cattle
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Resting Time at Halliburton Farms.
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6 August 2009 Resting just after a brief rainstorm in early
August. Even the cows enjoy a nice rain in August in far Northeast Texas, in sight of the red
River. Take a look at that nice green grass because it is something we do not get to see very
often at this time of year. If you're thinking it looks like they are close to the house you
are correct, about 50 feet to be exact. The rest of the herd is just to the left. |
These three bulls are from new member, Roger Bennington, Houston, Texas. 713-854-7103. I believe this is part of Roger's first calf crop after acquiring his first set of British White Cows. Roger can also be reached by email, click HERE .
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I like to see the cattle resting like this, kind of tells me they are not hungry as long as there is a little grass available. No real recent rain but we have had a decent year so far.
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One of our really nice 2009 Doc sire heifers.
Picture was taken a couple days ago when temp was 105 degrees. Cattle nor me were enjoying the
heat very much. |
This picture was taken of the cattle just after moving to a fresh pasture a couple days ago. They are always willing to follow when you open the gate and invite them to fresh grass. We are proud of our green grass this summer, much more fortunate than folks in South Texas.
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WW Doc in pasture
when temp is about 102 degrees. He is still too fat and been in pasture for over 30 days
breeding cows in 100 degree weather. We think the cows are all settled but will leave him with
them for a while just in case some did not settle on first breeding. Doc is an easy, keeper,
easy calving, heavy muscled all around good bull. Really doing a good job for us. We have semen
available. |
Stacking Round Bales in the barn. Bales are 4'x6' and are mostly Johnson Grass, really good solid and very heavy bales. This size is really a dream to handle. Easily hauls 2 wide on a trailer and stacks real well. You can see a short
video of the complete hauling, unloading and stacking operation at this link: http://www.beef-cattle.com/putting-up-hay-video.htm |
Spring is a good
time of year. Don't you love to see the cattle at rest instead of chasing every little blade of
grass to get something to eat. They seem full and satisfied or maybe the pasture is a better
bed than forage. Anyway I like to see them at rest and notice it is not under some shade
tree. We'll get there soon though. |
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The final stragglers come through the gate as
we are moving to a new pasture on a hot June day. Picture was taken about 5 pm on 6/11/09. Bull
in picture is W.W. Doc. |
This is not a very good picture but I wanted
to show a few of WW Doc's calves and there are six in this picture. He is really doing a good
job for us, especially in the muscling and marking departments. Doc's mother is a half sister
to Popeye so I suspect he gets his muscling ability from the same lines as Popeye. We have
semen available, see more on the classified site. |
The main herd at Halliburton Farms on 5/27/09. Good rains have made good grass for us this time of year. Now if we can just save some for the summer months.
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This picture was taken at noon on Wednesday 5/20/09 just after moving our main herd from another pasture into this one. They come on a run to get to the new pasture and then settle down immediately. A trait you just have to love in the British Whites. Check out these two videos if you would like to see the move and the cattle after the move. Be sure to turn you volume up and listen to the cows. Each video is less than two minutes long. Click on the links below. |
We are all enjoying
this nice spring, plenty of grass and a few days of decent weather to really soak it up. Spring
has been a bit late but I believe it is finally here. |
Part of the herd at Halliburton Farms on a
nice spring day after a nice rain. Picture was taken late afternoon 5/4/09. |
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Seven Halliburton Farms 2009 born calves all
rushing to my vehicle on 4/28/09. Has to be their gentle nature because they have not been fed
anything but momma's milk. This is the entire crop so far and all are sired by JWest's W.W.
Doc. He marks them better than any bull I have had in many years. The one in front is the
oldest one in the group and she is out of a heavily overmarked cow. This looks like a real good
set of calves this year, 3 bulls and 4 heifers. |
Darryl Heinlein is the proud new owner of
these nice heifers. They are really settling in good to some beautiful Texas weather on their
temporary stop over at Halliburton Farms. We're trying to spoil them so much that they may not
want to go on home. You couldn't ask for heifers to be any more gentle. Contact Darryl at
Conroe, Texas (near Houston). Telephone 832-216-3410. |
Thanks to Joe Bigbee for this picture of his nice Herd Bull Prospect. It was a cool cloudy almost raining day, the bull was lying down and we had to get him up. This is his best stretching pose. Bull was within a few days of one year old when picture was made. I've been trying to convince Joe that he should let me breed a few cows to this bull so we can see how he turns out before he puts him on the herd. Boy is he hard of hearing. Joe lives near Ravenna, Texas and can be reached at 903-583-4514.
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I took this picture in Joe Bigbee's pasture a few days ago. Bull is a few days over one year old in picture. Joe lives 10 miles East of me, all his ponds are full and mine are still 4 feet low. We have had a real dry and tough winter for the cows but as you can see this little boy survived really well. Joe would have been embarrassed for me to show pictures of most of the other animals in his pasture. Top side of his pedigree goes back to Popeye and out of a Bohaty bred cow. Joe lives near Ravenna, Texas and can be reached at 903-583-4514. If you need a bull
like this check Walter & Nancy Bohaty's website. http://www.britishcattle.com They have a sale coming up
April 18, 2009 and catalog is available at their website or call them at home 402-367-4741 or
cell at 402-367-8862. |
This picture was
taken on 4/1/09. The calf on right is just a few hours old and the one on left is a few days
old. Both are sired by JWest's W W Doc. This was the first time I had seen the one on the
right. David was with me and when the calf got up he said I should have left him down becaus he
looked much bigger lying down. Like most all of Doc's calves he was born a few days
early, only four this time but most are born at about 276 days. Really an easy calving bull,
probably the best I've ever had and the calves really grow off good. |
We think this yearling heifer
is about the best looking one we have ever raised. We will be getting on down the road in
the right direction if she will reproduce herself. Breeding time is just around the
corner and if everything works out she will have her first calf about this time next
year. All that waiting is the frustrating part of the cattle business for anyone that is
as impatient as me. Should be getting used to the waiting game by now but has not
happened.
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I thought this
picture might be appropriate since most of us are in our spring calving season. These two
calves are full siblings by Embryo Transfer and their parentage was confirmed by DNA.
When we breed animals together that have more than one coat color it is not totally
unusual to get a surprise now and then. The good part though is it don't always happen that
way. I had to go back to Spring 2003 to find this picture. Personally I'm not very fond
of overmarked bulls but will never cull a good female because she is overmarked. Many of my
best marked calves have come from overmarked cows. |
A new baby calf born 3/10/09 about 3:00pm
with temperature about 80 degrees. Above picture was taken on 3/11/09 about 10:30 am, light
rain, 20 mph North wind and temperature in upper 30's. No worry though with a British White
momma. She has it neatly tucked under an outdoor hay manger with a nice soft bed. Except for
the picture taking interruption momma was calmly eating away at the roof she has over her baby.
Another small but healthy calf sired by JWest's W.W. Doc. Doc is turning out to be the easiest
calving bull we have ever used, the gestation length on his calves averages about 276 days
which is 9 days shorter than most of my past experiences. Doc's sire is DFTX Watson and his dam
is Wilma T219F a half sister to Popeye. |
This nice herd of British Whites call Cypress Creek Cattle Farm home down Alabama way. Reach them by phone: Justin 256-766-0535, Tommy 256-766-8119, Mark 256-386-7013. Looks like Global Warming has infiltrated the
Deep South. How many times have you heard of a snow like this in Alabama in March? Maybe
British White Cattle have a negative effect.
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This is a current picture of our 2009 first born, a nice heifer calf. A warm sunshiny day but no green grass, reason being is No Moisture. We are usually greening up a bit this time of year but it takes a little rain. Don't fret though, the Old Timers always say no matter how severe a drought they always end with a Good Rain. We are past ready.
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What does this
have to do with British White Cattle? Not much unless you have been in my office where I do the
British White work and had to listen to me bragging about my Denver National Western Grand
Champion Bull in 1988. Of course I showed you the pictures and my banner, been on the wall for
21 years. Bull's name was Texas Colonel, everyone remembers him and no one remembers me. Have
you figured it out yet? My granddaughter did about one week ago. The banner must have been done
in Washington, DC, can't spell NATIONAL the same way twice. I think this was furnished by the
Denver Show, wonder if they would like to get it back. I'm disappointed that you did not notice
and point it out to me. |
Part of the herd enjoying the warm sunshine on a mild February day at Halliburton Farms near Bells, Texas, USA. Even though we are still in the dead of winter I call your attention to that green tint on the ground. We had 7/10 of an inch of rain last night so a few more days like this and we will have some early spring growth. The brown color in the trees on right is Elm Trees budding out way too early. The next freeze will take care of that but it won't hurt the trees.
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This picture was taken about 1:00pm on
2/4/09. A really nice heifer baby, just 3 days old and can not resist coming to me to check out
that contraption in my hand. Be interesting to see how gentle she is as she grows up. |
Picture
removed. We do not want to offend anyone and the breeder that sent picture for me to use as a
POW recently requested one of her pictures be removed from another breederr's website and that
is against my policy to encourage FREE use of any pictures on my website for the purpose of
promoting British White Cattle. |
Thanks to Joe Bigbee, Ravenna, Texas for this
week's picture. A part of his herd hanging around the water hole. Probably expecting Joe to
come along with sack of feed anytime now. Picture was taken in a hotter part of the year but
I'll bet that pond is lower today than in the picture. Joe can be reached at 903-583-4514 or
jbigbee@netexas.net |
