loomixguy said:
Bootheel said:
AngusinTexas said:
I've never seen anyone be so secretive about breeding. Especially when they are as nice a set a bulls as you have here.
There is nothing secretive about it. What information would you derive to know that bull 3 is out my my 23 cow who's mother was 8150? Or the other from 1197 who's mother was my 31 cow?......Or do the sires have a more profound influence?
Or saying they are Traveler bred, or Rito, without knowing the individuals selected from the results?
Or if it was a horse, does a grandson of Doc Bar really tell you much, if you don't know the mares?
Truer words......concerning the mares.
You show me any critter that really catches your eye, and chances are he had a decent enough daddy, but had a hellacious rippin' mama.
Looks like Bootheel has got the right combination all figgered out.
I apprecciate the kind words, but I have figured out very little, mostly of what hasn't worked well for me.
My point on the sires, was the owner's selections of the progeny to go forward with. Prominent breeders have taken 6807 sons that made 1700 lb cows, to the other end of the Spectrum of the low input gurus, where they make 1000 lb cows. Over time this is why for me, pedigree, without intimate knowledge of all the animals in it, does little for interests.
I enjoy the pictures here, and thought I would share some of mine. I did not want to start a battle of giant mainstream milk cow angus, or those puddy duddies don't work here.
The bulls vary from lower growth bulls to higher growth bulls. I try to utilize the the more maternally suited bulls at the beginning of the calving season, and move on up the growth curve towards the end.
In my mind it gives my replacement heifers the advantage of age, and their steer mates as well, to match up with the growthier genetics of the calves at the tail end of the season, of which no heifers will be retained.
I guess they are ''purebred'' bulls, whatever your definition may be, but over time I plan on using bulls of a different breed as my terminal cross. As of now this is what I have, so I use it.
Thanks,
Bootheel