"UMVUBU" This must be the best Polled Bull in the country and his calves are proof that he is worth every bit of his R130 000. We have not used him very heavily over the past few years due to the fact that we AI'd our cows with other bulls to get a generation further and now we are using him on all those female progeny that was gained from the AI. With the progeny we have already we know for a fact that this bull, although not seen by many is very under rated.
KPO 694 - Father to Umvubu. Well muscled bull with lots of capacity. Umvubu is one of only two sons and 3 daughters in the country.
CC 9053 "CHECKMATE": A two year old bull that has served his first heiffers already at 16 months of age. He will be used in the stud for quite a few years still. He comes out of a cow, TLM 5028 that keeps her condition teriffically well during the dry and cold winters. His sire is HVT 95 - 21
HVT 95-21 "TIM": Proparbly one of the most popular polled bulls used in the country. His progeny has fetched good prices on sales. His progeny has also performed well here at La Rochelle. All his SP daughters has passed inspection here at La Rochelle and the inspectors where very impressed.
TLM 5028 "BEYONCE": Mother of "CHECKMATE". Her daughters has proved their worth to us already. She is a daughter of the bull PM14R, which we regard as one of the most under rated bulls used in the country.
MHB 5018: "NIGHT"- Proving his worth. Never had anything but natural veld but maintaining his condition perfectly, serving the cows and heifers given to him. This Naturally Polled Bull has a promising future in the Boran breed and his first crop of calves has proved it.
HVT 04 18 "TIMMY": A HVT 98-22 son. He was bought for a special purpouse. He was mated to our young heiffers and we are awaiting his first crop with great anticipation. Half brother to the bull of Mr. Dercksen we used for one season HVT 03-19.
HVT 03-19 " Dynamite": His first crop of calves has fallen and the first thing you notice when looking at them is, great coat, and size. His birth weight average thus far is 25 kg's.
Two Umvubu Appendix B heiffers pregnant 18 months old and mated to Knite.
CC 7028: Umvubu appendix B heiffer, with excellent milk, with a Knite calf at foot.
TLM 5033: A Producer with the best of both worlds. She breeds them ALL polled, red, beautiful and they are very good performers. Such as the bull here below "BEAST" her very first calf.
CC 8017 "BEAST". Weaned 65% of mothers weight 6.5 months.
For six months of the year our Polled Borans will have mainly reeds to eat.
At the end of summer our cattle shift from the reeds to rugged mountainous veld where they spend most of the winter as can be seen by this young pregnant appendix B heiffer.
Our bulls get no special treatment through the winter, they have to make due with what there is.
Five year old cow with her fourth calf. This is what we are striving for.
CC 9003: Son of Umvubu, polled and his mother is the above cow.
With quality polled appendix animals such as this young Appendix A cows we are looking forward to a bright future.
Umvubu's progeny continues to amaze us. Six month old calf from a two year old Umvubu heifer.
Nite surely suprised us. This is a appendix B out of a Nguni x Boran and is totally polled and red 3 month old calf. Knite is really going to make a big impact.
Typical of the quality of our 18 month old mated heifers.
The Polled factor will save you time and expense with more docile animals free of injuries, with all the qualities we are looking for, masculinity average size, excellent coat, perfect balance between length depth and muscling.
Umvubu's calves has excellent sheaths and depth of body. As can be seen on this Appendix C Bull.
Our Polled Borans have proved themselves, like this 1 year old heifer, maintaining her condition in the winter on arid veld.
The thick dense coat of a Boran Calf during winter protects against the cold and excellent pigment for protection from our harsh summer sun.
Our Boran cows are selected for femininity, mothering ability and fertility.
Polled calves with a bright future ahead of them on natural veld at La Rochelle.
This is only an Appendix B. Thanks to the impact of UMVUBU in our stud, we foresee a exciting future.
We select for cow efficiency. Her first calf was reared at 60% at six and a half months.
First Calving- 29months, Inter Calving Period- 339days of 3 calvings, Age- 4 and a half years.
This is just one of the results of mating quality SP Bulls to quality Appendix B females. Doing so will not only broaden our genetic base but will also improve quality.
The Boran offers such pre-potency that there is almost no difference between the SP heifer on the right and the Appendix B on the left.
With the use of indigenous breeds for our up breeding, the tick resistance is visibly much stronger than in our other appendix A animals.
