| Oxbell's Farm Bud and Ellen Kluchnik 668 North Road Ripley, Maine |
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| These are two fine pictures of the Kluchnik's Hereford Durham oxen Big Spark and Lion. These Oxen were raised and trained in Nova Scotia Canada and are fitted with a head Yoke which is prevalant in this area of the world. These cattle are a result of mating a hereford with a Durham two very old breeds of cattle which found immense favor in Nova scotia Centuries ago. These Oxen exhibit a color pattern called Brochle Face where as the patches or spots on there face are called Brochles and are backed with white. |
| These oxen were purchased by Bud and his wife 9 years ago and due to the oxen ailing health condition were laid to rest recently. Bud had used this team as his main team until this time. Before there purchase these cattle were used in pulling competitions across Canada. Bud had retained a pair of your red cattle Little Sparky, a red Devon Holstein cross, and Sam, a Durham from Tillers International for his main team. See another Tillers International team here |
| Another team that Bud and Ellen raised the Durhams Burt and Woody, with there new owner Spencer. |
| One of Bud and Ellens proud Prodigies Luray Newt with a home raised pair of Brown Swiss Holstein cross steers. This picture was taken on a trip into Maine in early January 2000. |
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| This is the new main team that Bud put together with a home raised Red Beef Devon cross Holstein steer and a Red Durham steer that he purchased from Tillers international after a teaching trip there in 2000 for the MODA meeting that is held there every year. |
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| This is a picture of a pair of Holsteins, that Ellen purchased from a neighboring Dairy, named Thunder and Lightning They were three years old when this picture was taken and Just after one of there first trips out with a new Head Yoke. |