10/08/2026
"Let me introduce you to my little friend."
This is Sundance. A half Bison, half Angus heifer. I traveled to the flint hills 30 miles east of Topeka last Saturday to pick her up. You talk about Cowboy and Indian country! Got off I-70, went over the over pass and dropped onto a gravel road, no highway, no blacktop. I was expecting a band of renegade Indians to pop over a ridge top any minute. (I know, not politically correct / IDK) Beautiful country.
Remember, Beefalo are between 17 and 37.5% Bison, so this girl is unique. Why a 50% Bison heifer? To bring new genetics into the herd gene pool and because I wanna. Oh ya, also Diane came home from work one day and said she gets tired of telling people our Beefalo look like regular cows. So me, I gotta fix that. Happy wife/ happy life. Right? 😄
I purchased two supposed 50 percenters earlier this year and they have not quiet lived up to what they were represented to be. After having them tested at Neogen the bull showed to be 28% Bison and the heifer was only 2% Bison. That's a whole nother story. Anyway...
Here is the back story on this heifer. Bob, the man I bought her from has a herd of Bison and a herd of cattle. They are in the same pasture and stay in separate herds. But, one time he was out checking cattle and found a Bison calf laying by itself. He said Bison never abandon their calves unless they have twins so he figured thats what happened. He took it in and bottled fed it and raised it with his cow herd. So... it thought it was a cow. That is this heifers mama. Normally she gets bred by his Angus bull since it runs with that herd.
Thank you so much Bob and Leonard Allan Muehr . I am really looking forward to what comes next.