EX-95, Excellent in all breakdowns. Our Winchesters have good feet and legs and look like they will produce and last, says Greg Coyne about the large group of daughters at Coyne farms. They re dairy, but not weak, and slightly below average in front-end strength, but not to the point that I would consider it a fault. One of the observations circulating the industry about Winchester is that he doesn t throw a uniform type pattern. Reflecting on his experience working with members of Winchester s cow family, Long says there is no type trait in particular that carries through the family and says that members often look more like their sire.
Sires seem to dominate matings, with a good combination of the dam.
Some cow families transmit that way, Long explains. With only 280 of his 2300 current daughters classified, and knowing how heavily he was used, some change in type is not out of the question and even predicted by some, but Winchester will probably never be touted as a type bull. From a milk standpoint, people will be essentially pleased with their Winchesters, and the components go along very well with the high production, says Long of Select Sires. From a type standpoint, it depends upon your expectations. If you expect him to take a mediocre cow and make Very Good daughters, he doesn t do that.