I'm just going to have to take my lumps, I guess, with some folks I know because I have to say this:
If Beefmaster Breeders United doesn't stop putting a premium on black cattle and straight underlines over fertility and weight gain, they can go to hell.
I could care less if a cow looks like a sack of hammers if she has a good calf every 10 or 12 months for a long time. And color? Aren't there enough black cattle in the world? Is the Seventh Essential color?
Give me an orange and purple mopheaded boney pinned goat looking thing that has good, growthy, fertile calves consistently and I'll trade you all my black, straight, no calving, prolapsing, herniating daughter of whatever the bull of the month you're spending a million dollars to market.
Beware of BBU cattle unless you want a calf every two years. It may be the prettiest thing you ever laid eyes on, and it may calve every three years. Pretty soon you could breed yourself outta business. How in the hell is that possible? I figured we learned from Irish Setters that you gotta keep the important thing the important thing in breeding and the important thing sure as hell ain't color or coat.
I only have a handful of cows right now that are worth a damn. One LBar 5502 daughter from Lasater and three that I bought on accident from Fred Brauchle. These are Lasater blood from way back.
So, if you look at BBU cattle, make sure they have some LBar (Lasater), Frenzel, Casey, or some offshoot from these folks in them. Otherwise, a couple of years in you will be ranting and wanting to shoot a couple of the prettiest worthless cows you ever saw.
There are some BBU folks that are doing the right thing, but if you look at their magazine you will see them selling on 1. Black color, 2. conformity (underlines). What they preach is fertility. What they practice ain't.
I'm feeling a little better now.
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If Beefmaster Breeders United doesn't stop putting a premium on black cattle and straight underlines over fertility and weight gain, they can go to hell.
I could care less if a cow looks like a sack of hammers if she has a good calf every 10 or 12 months for a long time. And color? Aren't there enough black cattle in the world? Is the Seventh Essential color?
Give me an orange and purple mopheaded boney pinned goat looking thing that has good, growthy, fertile calves consistently and I'll trade you all my black, straight, no calving, prolapsing, herniating daughter of whatever the bull of the month you're spending a million dollars to market.
Beware of BBU cattle unless you want a calf every two years. It may be the prettiest thing you ever laid eyes on, and it may calve every three years. Pretty soon you could breed yourself outta business. How in the hell is that possible? I figured we learned from Irish Setters that you gotta keep the important thing the important thing in breeding and the important thing sure as hell ain't color or coat.
I only have a handful of cows right now that are worth a damn. One LBar 5502 daughter from Lasater and three that I bought on accident from Fred Brauchle. These are Lasater blood from way back.
So, if you look at BBU cattle, make sure they have some LBar (Lasater), Frenzel, Casey, or some offshoot from these folks in them. Otherwise, a couple of years in you will be ranting and wanting to shoot a couple of the prettiest worthless cows you ever saw.
There are some BBU folks that are doing the right thing, but if you look at their magazine you will see them selling on 1. Black color, 2. conformity (underlines). What they preach is fertility. What they practice ain't.
I'm feeling a little better now.
<End Of Rant>
