It is hard to fault Kumquat. She is a moderate
female who combines femininity, volume, capacity, and structural
soundness to the highest degree. She is easy going and fun to work
with, and has a wonderful approach to life coupled with a rather
weird sense of humor. She was the Champion Heifer and Supreme Female
in her only outing at the 2001 Michigan Maine-Anjou State Show. An
easy keeper, with a fall weight of 1600 pounds with a BCS of 7 and a
calving interval of 371 (despite being flushed she still stays with
the program!). Kumquat is a Lamont granddaughter; sired by an Impact
cow out of a Witch Doctor cow. We call her the “foundation fruit
cow”, being the dam of Mango and the granddam of Papaya, and the dam
of Sweet Pea and Sprout. We have been hoping for a Midas heifer to
continue the “fruit family”! and in 2006 Mango delivered Sweet Pea
who is a Midas x Kumquat heifer calf. We really like our Kumquat x
Pollstar heifers (Mango and Sprout) so much that we bred her to
Pollstar again for a March 2007 eye appealing bull calf Kaisers
Toni. For 2008 we thought we would try something a little different
– Kumquat is confirmed pregnant to Majors Money Man for a January
11, 2007 calf.
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