Morris Halliburton's British White Cattle
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4 October 2007 This is my lot 20 &
20a consignment to Todd Smith's sale on October 13, 2007. This picture was taken about 8/15/07.
The cow is 4 months safe in calf to the same bull, JWest's W W Doc. Doc is really doing a good
job for us and so far has been the easiest calving bull I have ever owned. Blood line goes back
to what I was breeding in mid 1990's. Doc's mother is half sister to
Popeye. |
Thanks to Joe Bigbee, Ravenna, Texas for this
week's picture. This is most of his herd, the rest were still in the trees. Joe is my neighbor,
10 miles away, and as a testimonial for websites that is the way he found me. Got his start
with two cows a few years back. I thought it would be cool if I slipped over to his pasture
while he was at work, took a few pictures and surprised him. Boy am I glad I didn't have
a trailer with me. Somebody squealed and Joe knew someone was in his pasture taking pictures
before I got back home. How long does it take to drive 10 miles in open country? I did see a
few I would like to have but and honestly, Joe I did not have a trailer with me. |
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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. |
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This cow and calf are consigned to Todd Smith's auction sale in Henderson, Texas on October 13, 2007. Picture was taken on 9/5/07. The heifer calf is sired by JWest's W W Doc and was born on 3/30/07. She will be old enough to be split off from her dam and sold separately on October 13th. This is the cow's first calf. The heifer calf has been GeneStar tested with
9 stars, T1=1, T2=1, T3=1, QG1=1, FE1=1, FE2=2 & FE3=2. |
This cow and calf are consigned to Todd Smith's auction sale in Henderson, Texas on October 13, 2007. Cow/Calf picture was taken on 8/14/07. Picture of Bull Calf by himself taken 9/5/07, he was born on 3/11/07. The cow is an Embryo Transfer born on 1/29/05, this is her first calf. Both the cow and calf have been parentage confirmed by DNA. The cow is sired by Huckleberry Finn and the Bull Calf is sired by JWest's W W Doc. The bull calf has been GeneStar tested with
10 stars, T1=2, T2=1, T3=1, QG4=2, FE1=1, FE2=1, FE3=1 & FE4=1. |
Thanks to Jan & Gary Herrell from
Montalba, Texas for this weeks picture. This is one of their high gaining British White Bulls.
This bull was born on 1/3/07 and is about 6 1/2 months old in picture. His adjusted 205 weight
is 651, sired by JWest's Ambassador. Jan's email with the picture suggested that he should make
someone a good herd bull so I'm guessing he may be for sale. You can contact Jan & Gary at
903-549-2363. Notice how green that Texas Grass is in mid-summer 2007, very unusual. |
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23 August 2007 This cow and calf are
consigned to Todd Smith's auction sale in Henderson, Texas on October 13, 2007. Picture was
taken on 8/14/07.A very promising young heifer that will make a good cow. she was born on
3/30/07. The cow is 3/4 British White x 1/4 Tuli, she was born on 12/30/04, this is her first
calf. The heifer calf has been parentage confirmed to her sire by DNA and GeneStar tested with
4 stars, T1=1, T2=1, T3=1 & QG1=1. The cow is sired by Halliburton Explorer, a son of
Halliburton Rito and the Bull Calf is sired by JWest's W W Doc. Igenity test results for the
cow was 6 for tenderness, 2 for Fat Thickness, 3 for Yield Grade, 6 for Ribeye Area, 5 for
Carcass weight and her coat color was coded as "Black Carrier/Wild Type." |
This cow and calf are
consigned to Todd Smith's auction sale in Henderson, Texas on October 13, 2007. Picture was
taken on 8/14/07.The bull calf is a good growing kind of calf. He was born on 3/11/07. The cow
is an Embryo Transfer born on 1/29/05, this is her first calf. Both the cow and calf have been
parentage confirmed by DNA and the bull calf has been GeneStar tested with 6 stars, T1=2, T2=1,
T3=1 & QG4=2. The cow is sired by Huckleberry Finn and the Bull Calf is sired by JWest's W
W Doc. |
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.
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This picture was taken just outside my back door about noon on August 1, 2007. Notice how thick and dense the greenery is. We have had an excellent growing year, in fact I don't ever remember everything so green and lush this late in the year. We enjoyed excellent rains all through June and July even received a little over 4 inches combined on July 30 & 31. And in another 30 days we will be getting into a more perceived rainy season in our part of the world. I think we have had more rain in the first seven months of 2007 than in the previous two years combined.
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This week's picture is
from Christina Traeger in Minnesota where she is apparently having a "Texas Summer", hot and
dry. Grass is already getting sparse, cows are looking for shade trees and Bells, Texas has
been getting all the rain this year. Call Christina on 320-845-2777 or cell 320-293-2995 for
more information about her cattle or upcoming sale. |
This cow is Daisy, a retired show heifer with her second calf at her side. They just recently found a new and better home in Alabama and I bet they are glad to get on solid ground for a change. Nothing to do with the picture but July is a
real milestone for me, I moved to Bells, Texas on July 19, 1943. May just decide to make it our
home. |
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This week's picture comes from
Christina Traeger. Her only comment was: "Do you ever feel like you are being watched?" My
guess is they have been reading Christina's mail and wondering which of us is she going to put
on the sale block. |
Our current herd bull, JWest's W.W.Doc.
Picture taken 7/4/07 about 5:30 PM. Doc is a real easy keeper kind of bull. Notice his current
working condition and he has been out with the cows a little over a month. |
Quite a large herd of British White Cattle
near Avon, Minnesota. Picture furnished by Christina Traeger, 320-845-2777. How many are
there? Don't really know I tried counting their legs and dividing by 4. Must be an easier way!
So I just guessed, must be over 150 head. |
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Have you ever wished
you could tell for sure if they are communicating with each other and just what they are
discussing. Can't help but wonder if you could figure it out if you backed off a distance and
quietly observed them for an hour or so after something like this? This baby is 3 weeks old,
born real small but appears to be growing off really good. Time will tell for sure. This is our
newest born by our new herd bull, JWEST's W.W. Doc. Only ten by him so far and all have been
marked almost identical to this one and weighing in the low 60's. If he can continue this trend
consistently we may brag about his easy calving ability. Also my first year in several without
an overmarked calf. Doc's mother is a half sister to Popeye, both being out of a previous
Halliburton Farms owned herd bull, MR NOY 7F. |
A brand new baby heifer. She is actually
thinking about getting up early in the morning a couple days ago. This makes 10 calves in a row
by our new Herd Bull (JWest's W W Doc) that have been standard marked and birth weight in the
low 60's. First year in many that we have not had a few overmarked calves. |
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Spring time in Texas, lots of grass, a full
stomach and plenty of time to rest between rain storms. We have a really nice looking calf crop
this year, all are pretty near perfect marked and all have excellent dispositions. Most of the
calves in this picture are about two months old. |
Even cattle need a little Rest &
Relaxation, but in a place like this? Do you know of another breed that would be so relaxed and
peaceful with a grumpy guy with a camera stomping in amongst them in an environment like this?
I guarantee you there was nothing comfortable about ducking and crawling to get in a position
to take this picture and the cattle were still there when I left. Talk about a docile breed all
you want but British Whites can't be beat. |
This is a picture of our herd sire that I took yesterday. He is one of those that wants you lo rub and scratch on him and if you don't then he wants to rub on you. Not always easy to get a decent picture with him always in your face but it is fun when you are hidden behind your camera with looking through the shutter and wondering how fast he will get to you. This bull's mother is a half sister to the Popeye bull and will be 3 years old this fall. I believe he is thicker at this age than Popeye was. He was bred by JWest Cattle Co., name is JWest's W W Doc.
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This picture was taken 5/9/07 about 11:30 am.
It is a mother/daughter pair. Mom is a first calf heifer and the baby was born 3/30/07. I
thought the dark background made for a very unusual picture, looks like dark in the middle of
the day. It was because they were laying in a grove of cedar trees with only one opening to the
North Sky that let the light in. They are are as gentle as it looks, I was standing within a
few feet of them and they never did get up. The whole herd was gathered in the same grove of
trees, a really peaceful scene. I must have spent the bigger part of an hour just milling
around amongst the group, what a life. |
A really nice Embryo Transfer heifer, she is
just a little over one year old and ready to be bred for her first calf. She is believed to be
one of the very few animals alive today that are sired by Woodbastwick Statesman. |
How peaceful, five babies and a sitter. A
really good year for color at Halliburton Farms. This picture was taken about 4pm on 4/25/07 as
I was walking the pastures on foot because we had a five inch rain the afternoon and night
before. It was the biggest rain we have had in several years and much needed and appreciated.
As you can tell even the cattle are appreciative.
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Spring is the best time of year if you are in
the British White Cattle business. Nothing more exciting than looking for baby calves after
their mom hides them out and boy do you find them in some unsuspecting places. But why deep in
the woods in a pile of sticks? |
What a wonderful time of year at the old
British White Home Place. It is always exciting times to walk out your front door and see
something like this looking through the fence at you. Nothing prettier than a white calf with
black ears, eyes and nose standing in green grass, especially if it is trying to look into your
front window. For the first time in several years everyone of our spring calves are colored
just like this, probably thanks to their sire JWEST's W.W. Doc. His sire was a bull called
Watson but nick named Doc and his sire was a Halliburton bred cow named Wilma. Wilma was a half
sister to Popeye. |
Thanks to JWest Cattle, Colmesneil, Texas for
this nice early Texas springtime picture. Note that came with picture says: Elvis x Wanda Mae
heifer in White Clover. She seems well settle in her spot and refused to cooperate with the
move of the rest of the herd to the Sawmill pasture. I agree with the heifer, why leave such a
paradise, especially after a long hard winter. |
