Rifleman Herefords

22/09/2026

12.10 am 23 September 2026 our last calf was born for the season.. that one was the only one on our new property that caused us a little worry and a few midnight checks!! No.35 is a 3yr old 1st calver because ever since we started Rifleman herefords we have had the misfortune of an inability to grow our herd naturally and speedily through home bred heifers... i.e one or none every single year!!
(But its also a good excuse to buy some in 😬)
(This also allowed us to keep sires abit longer hence calving her as a 3 yr old)

But we broke that s**t record this year, we have a great number of really well built and coloured heifers that hopefully all make the grade to becoming part of our Rifleman breeding cows...

Pic of last ( bull ) calf of 2026 season

04/08/2026

💕 Having a bit of cuteness in the paddocks makes the heart happy.💕

Watching your husband run up hill to catch said calf cuteness and bring it to the gate to transfer to kindy paddock for safe keeping is just funny. All whilst the calfs mum and I look on from the gate.

My excuse is he needs the exercise for hunting hobbies 😂

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26/07/2026

Beauty little bull calf starts our calving off this year. This heifer is a great mum, calm, quite and focused on her calf.

We have new property, a few new heifers and this little beauty from Mahuta Herefords is our 1st calver for 2026!

23/07/2026

New yards held up to the job 😂 in all honesty I did have my doubts 🤭 (we had no instructions, plans etc).

We had our biggest cow have a little trouble navigating the raceway, got a little tight for a moment.... I did kinda have a moment of panic - how the heck she was going to get out 😂

We all survived. Job got done. Need few design tweaks though for next time.

I couldn't bring myself to load the pic showing a good angle of the tigtness issue, its not very flattering for her 😂

22/07/2026

Almost finished our little game of tetris, shout out to the husband for a fab job well done. The wife appreciates you loads for your perseverance and calming nature getting the job done!! Shout out to F.I.L Colin King for the help 🙂

27/06/2026

Happy cattle ❤️. Calving a month or so away, these wee hills are making the cows fitter (and us of course 😂)

04/06/2026

Cattle enjoying the rolling hills, the views and most of all the knee deep, mighty waikato dairy farm grasses 🫣
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Well we are too, enjoying the hills and views..😂

31/05/2026

07/02/2026

I must be a mum of girls, these little cute curly bits of hair on his head are just screaming out for some bows 🎀 😂😂

20/01/2026

Countdown to mooooving day is on!! 🚛