Churchill Chat

Names….

We in the registered Hereford business or any seed stock business, encounter the challenge of naming your animals, particularly the top end animals. Picking names is no easy task as many or you know.

Years ago when Churchill Cattle had our first calf crop, we made the decision to name all of the females Churchill Lady with their tattoo number. Dale’s parents used the method of naming cow families with fun names like Pearl, Effie, Susie and many more. This of course allows you to identify a female with a certain cow family and follow that cow family through many generations. And so, like many children, we wanted to establish our own identity, right or wrong, consequently we chose to forgo the fun cow family names and all our females carry the Churchill Lady name.

Bulls, on the other hand often carry their own name preceded with the Churchill name. How do you pick a name? At Churchill, it is much like picking names for our children. Nancy throws out a name, and Dale gives the Yay or Nay.

As many of you know, we are avid New York Yankee fans, and so naming Churchill Yankee was a no-brainer. The Churchill Sensation bull was actually named by Roger Stuber at our kitchen table right after he bought an interest in the bull. We had quite a lively discussion over this but in the end, everyone was pleased with the name.

Churchill Cattle will sell our bulls in a bull sale this year, rather than private treaty as we have done in the past. So look for these bulls, with special names, in our Jan. 27, 2014 World Class Bull Sale.