Herefords

The Hereford herd started in October 2008, when we purchased Rita, April and Lady from a gentleman that was selling his herd. In May 2009 we had the opportunity to purchase more cows and heifers from the same herd, in addition to a bull that was unrelated to all the females we had, except Lady. The new additions were April, Katey, Fluff, Puff, and Shorty. 

The Herefords are red and white, which is obviously different from the black of the Lowlines. We like the dispositions of the Herefords the best. Herefords are also known for their mothering traits and the black baldy (offspring from crossing a Hereford with a black Angus) mamas are known to be the best mother cows with the Angus meat characteristics thrown in.

In November 2009, all the Herefords, except Lady and Becky, moved to Jackson, New Jersey, to their new home with Jeff and Diane Vogel. Lady and Becky are now for sale, also; see the For Sale page. We love the "red girls" but need to downsize our herd a bit and concentrate more on our Lowlines. Lady and Becky are top-quality, donor-prospect females that have never been flushed.

Nick (at 18 months old) and Becky, March 2009

Registered Name: KAP Rebecca Lynn 

Barn name: Becky 

Sex: Cow

Birthdate: 6/5/00

Becky is Nick's cow. Both Becky and Rita are awesome with Nick, standing stock-still while he goes around them, pulls their tails, tugs on their ears, or anything else that a little boy wants to do. Becky is the one he picked, though, and he requests to go and pet her on a regular basis. Becky is bred to our Lowline bull, Power, and is expected to calve in October or November 2009.

Registered Name: Judkens Star Lady 

Barn name: Lady 

Sex: Cow

Birthdate: 4/19/02

Lady is a classic Hereford, a larger miniature--not near the size of a commercial Hereford. She has an awesome build and is very beefy. She had a black baldy bull calf on 10/1/09 that was out of a neighbor's bull (the cows were in the pasture less than 2 hours and the neighbor bull came over the fence to be with them). Lady is the most shy cow out of the Herefords, but she is not mean, just doesn't prefer to be in human company.