2007 Cow / Calf Project
'Roxy' & 'Tigerlily'
2006's Grand Champion 4-H Heifer project animal, 'Moovin Zpotz Roxy Amber 4R' (born May 25, 2005), moved into the Cow Calf Class. On April 6 at 8:30 pm 'Roxy' produced a health, 78lbs, Purebred, speckled heifer. A project her and our 2005 King of the Ring Reserve Champion bull, Moovin Zpotz Rum Runner 1R, had been working on last summer. Megan had been waiting and worrying about this day and when it did she would have slept outside in the barn if she could have. Megan inprinted on 'Tigerlily' so well that at only at a few days old she would follow you around while you checked cows or were just out there. Halter breaking was going to be a snap. At our club's Achievement Day 'Roxy', & 'Tigerlily' did great, they were competeing against a very complete Simmental heifer with an early February calf, who they had beat as a heifer in 2006. The judge didn't have anything bad to say about our group, just that the age of the two calves was about the major difference. Both cows were doing well with their respective calves and it was great to see the two FEMALE members bringing back their heifers as cows since that is what the cattle business is all about. The following Monday at the Regional Show and Sale in St. Walburg they competed against the same cow calf pair from our club and another pair from St. Walburg. Again we had the youngest calf and probably the youngest cow, this judge said out of the three cows 'Roxy' could out walk the others ones, but her teats were a little out of line for his likeing. But all in all Megan was pleased with the two shows and is looking forward to showing 'Roxy' and 'Tigerlily' off this fall in the show rings.
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