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Why choose Beef Shorthorn?
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- Probably the best suckler cow in the world
- Suited to low input systems
- Excellent mothers
- Docile temperament
- Superb eating quality beef - like beef used to taste!
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Cows in the Ballyvaddy herd
The Tessa cow family - brought in from the Upsall herd in Yorkshire. This is one of the prettiest cow families with a characteristic and unmistakeable kindness about the eyes. Although our multi-prize winning champion Tessa X298 of Upsall is no longer with us as the result of a tragic accident we have two bulls bred from her and we have been using them. Zulu of Ballyvaddy is a consistent improver of female lines - putting the Tessa qualities into hs youngstock along with plenty of bone and squareness. Blue of Ballyvaddy has been used in the Antrim Estates suckler herd to breed quality Shorthorn cross replacements from Black Baldy heifers. Semen is available from Watchman of Upsall, a bull incorporating Tessa cow family breeding.
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| Tarrant Xylorhiza - from the now dispersed Tarrant herd, she goes back to the Floss cow family. A white cow of tremendous grace and style. Bill Austin called her 'the closest you can come to the ideal Shorthorn cow' when he put her first place in the in-calf cow class at Londonderry and Limavady Show in 2010. Our philosophy of breeding the best with the best led to us getting Tarrant Xylorhiza served with Antrim Estate Company's Chapelton Yardley. The resultant offspring Byron of Ballyvaddy was Champion Junior Bull at the main Beef Shorthorn Show in N Ireland in 2010 and the Reserve Champion overall. See Byron on the homepage of the website. We plan to take him to Sterling for the bull sales this autumn along with some of his stable mates. |
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