Recent content by red61

Good luck!

Are there certain bloodlines that you've seen this with? We have an Enterprise cow that has poorer feet quality, but hasn't passed anything along to her calves.

We're getting our first Golden Boy calves. They look great! Came out nice and easy.

Of the ones that responded to the MGA. We always have a few that don't respond to it so they get pasture bred.

We use MGA. The past couple years we've been having 90%+ conception rates on it.

We (I should say dad, I don't personally own any) have about 60 head of purebred Tarentaise. Purebreds are solid red, there has been a few black ones, but nothing I've ever used. We sell a lot of crossbred females (usually Angus or Red Angus crosses), both open and bred. Lot of the people who...

Are you all more inclined to buy a bull on a large sale or from a breeder private treaty?

I just ended my County/State fair showing career a few years ago, my sister is still doing it. My parents bought both my sister's and my first steer or market heifer. Both were under $900. We were responsible for daily care, but didn't have to pay for feed. At the end of the year, we...

We only freeze brand along with tag and tattoo, and most of the neighbors do the same. One neighbor still hot brands, but he's had cattle disappear in the past.

Ha ha, ok. With all of your replies I think I can convince the partner to go with him.

Thanks, HD for posting all of that, I've been having a hard time getting everything to work on this computer and site. We've had pretty good luck with OCC Magnitude and Emblazon, but Magnitude has been bringing down some of our cows frame size too much. The cow I'm thinking about flushing is...

Here's a link on him http://www.angussemen.com/epd.asp?ID=1332

I have asked this over at Cattle Today, but I thought maybe someone over here would maybe know something too, but does anyone know much about the BC Eagle Eye 110-7 Angus bull? I'm considering flushing a cow to him.