WHR Registered Brangus
WHR, managed by Don and Sue Williams has a small herd of registered Brangus. We plan to stay relatively small so that we can better manage the quality of Brangus that we raise. We have a Fall calving season and a Spring weaning. All animals are kept on a strict immunization and deworming program.
During our first few years of breeding Brangus, we were fortunate to have First Mate of Brinks as a herd sire. His 2010 EPD's put him in the Top 15% for Maternal Milk, Top 20% Maternal M & G, SC; the Top 25% for %IMF; and Top 15% for F.T.
In 2007, we added AI to our breeding program in order to upgrade our herd. We chose semen from Csonka of Brinks and Newt of Brinks. The 2010 EPD's of Csonka place him in the Top 3% Weaning Weight; Top 1% Yearling Weight, and SC; Top 5% IMF; and Top 4% REA. Newt's EPD's for 2010 are Top 1% Birth Weight; Top 10% SC; Weaning Weight 85%; and Yearling Weight 70%. The 2 heifers that were a result of this AI endeavor are presently being bred to Mr Brinks Sundance for fall calving 2010. The rest of the calves were bulls and are for sale.
We continued our goal for quality in the 2008 breeding season for Fall 2009 calving by going back to the old foundation bloodline of Geronimo of Brinks and using his son from the 789 cow family. We were able to do this with the help of Mary and Geroge Escobar who manage the Escobar Brangus Ranch.
Many thanks to Mary and George for helping us with this endeavor. The EPD's of their bull McMullen's Geronimo Hotline or "PaPa" are: Top 15% Birth Weight; Top 20% Maternal Milk; 90% Weaning Weight; and 85% Yearling Weight. PaPa is a maternal bull and has produced only 4 bull calves in all the years he has been used as a herd sire and he turned 10 years old the last of October in 2009. Below are pictures of the eight calves out of him this season (6 heifers and 2 bull calves).
We also bred two heifers to Mr Brinks Sundance whose EPD's are:Top 25% Birth Weight and IMF; Weaning Weight 90%; and Yearling Weight 85%. These heifers calved in September 2009. The 20W heifer calf weighed 55 lb. and the 23W bull calf weighed 70 lb. at birth and are pictured below.
