Meet the Herd
Adelson 1B Qiana - "Mama"
A product of the prestigious Caja Zeppelin 1B × Mt Eccles Queen Alone cross, Qiana—affectionately known as “Mama”—more than lives up to expectation. She is one of the most fluent-moving females we’ve seen in the breed, tracking freely with exceptional smoothness, driven by an ideal hock-to-gaskin structure.
Mama combines structural correctness with real-world functionality. She stands on excellent feet, carries a quiet, reliable temperament, and exhibits outstanding capacity—so much so that after a full day of grazing, she barely fits in the crush!
Her udder is a strong working asset, with ideal teat size and placement, excellent volume, and a well-supported suspensory ligament. While there is a slight step between front and rear quarters, her udder remains highly functional and productive.
Her maternal performance is exceptional. This season, she calved twins unassisted, with the first calf up and nursing before the second was delivered—an outstanding demonstration of pelvic capacity, instinct, and maternal strength. She also conceived twins from a single AI service, highlighting her tremendous fertility.
Qiana is the kind of cow built to work—efficient, functional, and enduring.
Dorroughby U24 - "Bella"
If you like milk, udders, and efficient power, this is your girl. Dorroughby U24, affectionately known as “Bella” (though Beyonce might have been more fitting), has quickly become a favourite around the place—not just for her performance, but for her exceptional temperament, which she has already passed on to her first calf.
Sired by Caja Zeppelin 1B and out of Waratah Pho-Finish P145, Bella was bred for maternal performance, and she delivers. With what we consider a moderate-plus frame for a Speckle Park female, she is a genuine powerhouse for her type—converting feed into milk and calf weight with impressive efficiency. Her first calf is on track to wean at 350kg+ at around nine months of age, a strong reflection of her doing ability.
Her fertility is a standout trait. Bella conceived to a single round of AI as a heifer, and again with her first calf at foot—both in the middle of a Queensland summer. That level of consistency under pressure speaks volumes about her reproductive strength.
She calved unassisted with her first calf and has proven to be productive and easy-care—exactly what we value in a working female.
Structurally, there are a few areas we are continuing to refine within the program—she carries slightly straighter angles through her hind leg and can track a touch wide behind, along with a front claw that trends slightly curlier than ideal. Importantly, these have not impacted her functionality, and she continues to perform where it matters most.
Bella is a highly efficient, fertile female with the milk, temperament, and output to make a lasting contribution to the herd.
Wytara Valley Sweetpea - "Sweet Pea"
If you like them big and you like them chonky, Sweet Pea brings the heat. A descendant of Miss Wattle G59, she carries the frame and length this line is known for, combined with plenty of milk and capacity.
Sweet Pea is a deep, broody female with real presence, offering the extra frame we value at Fairney Fields. Structurally, she is largely correct, with a few areas we are continuing to refine within the program—namely udder attachment, along with slightly more elevation through the pasterns and ideal set to the hock. Importantly, she remains functional and continues to perform in production.
A big-bodied, maternal female with plenty of doing ability,
Sweet Pea represents the kind of cow that adds scale and capacity to the herd.
Pemberton Uruma U16 - "Penny"
Affectionately named Penny (because she was the hot, skinnier girl at the time), Pemberton Uruma is a long-bodied female with exceptional extension through her front third, fluid movement, and a tidy udder structure.
Carrying a moderate-plus frame, Penny provides a strong foundation to build additional capacity and power into future progeny, while maintaining her structural correctness and balance.
Penny is extremely maternal—often keeping a closer eye on her bestie Bella’s calf than Bella did herself. She is, without doubt, the most feminine female in our program.
Pemberton 307E Reba U42 - "Reba"
Reba is an impressive blend of scale, capacity, and power, combining natural thickness with the presence we value in our program. Her black coat places her firmly in the currently in-demand colour trend, adding further appeal.
We are eagerly awaiting her first calf, due at the beginning of June, and look forward to seeing how she contributes to the program moving forward.
She demonstrates good, functional movement, with ongoing breeding decisions focused on refining claw shape and pastern strength, while continuing to enhance overall mobility.
Pemberton M24 Koda V19 - "Koda"
Pemberton M24 Koda V19, or “Koda” as she’s known around the paddock, is an extremely balanced, moderate-framed female. She is already showing strong capacity for her age, combined with a quiet, reliable temperament—it only took a few weeks to halter break her as an almost two-year-old.
Koda stands out for her structural correctness. She carries excellent feet and strong pasterns, and moves freely and comfortably. Aesthetically, there are a couple of areas we would continue to refine within the program—namely adding a touch more shape through the gaskin-to-hock connection and a little more length through her body.
Overall, Koda is a well-balanced, functional female with the structure, temperament, and foundation we are looking to build on as she enters production.
Wytara Valley Viola - "Viola"
Viola is the most moderate-framed female in our herd and is just approaching breeding age, with us looking forward to bringing her into production.
She offers excellent foot structure with strong heel depth, smooth, free movement, and is already showing good capacity for her age, along with pleasing length of body.
Moving forward, we would like to add a touch more scale, while maintaining her structural integrity and balance.