Recent content by Boot Jack Bulls

She's not broke to lead, is fighting the halter. Add to the fact that she has a weak topline to begin with, and that's the look you end up with. I'm guessing she is clubby bred based on hair coat and bone. Her topline may look better in person, or on the move, but she is way too tight gutted to...

In WI, a registered brand (current, registered with WI DTACP) is prima facie evidence of ownership, much like the title on a vehicle. Any animal sold with one SHOULD have a bill of sale.

With the horse market the way it is in the upper mid-west, I'm glad my geldings are branded. I doubt anyone would try, but if someone does steal one, I want to be able to track them down. I've got two nice mares on the place right now that still need to be done, just can't decide what to do on...

There's 2 branded geldings on my farm that carry my dad's brand. They would be some of that last to carry the Swinging S, something my dad drew up when he was about 5. There's something about a good crisp brand and a roached mane on a spectacular gelding, that I just really like the looks of!

My avatar is a stylized version of our brand. Not something we use much currently, but as we increase our cow herds it may get put back into use.

Pour-ons have a low efficacy. Stick with drench or injetable and only worm those that actually need it. Better yet, get a fecal run occasionally to see if any of your stock really needs it. For decades, horse people taught each other to worm based on a calendar and switch classes each cycle. Now...

Most people could really benefit from the understanding of the bovine skeleton. It's really worth it to actually spend some time just watching your animals on pasture. Watch how they move, watch how they stand. Forget numbers and genotype, condition and color. Just study, with an objective eye...

I have a neighbor who uses a White Park over Shorthorn, Hereford and red Angus cows. His herd is pretty much every color of the bovine rainbow. He feeds out to finish, then sells beef direct-to-consumer. For whatever reason, he finds his rainbow herd fits his program. If he was selling at any...

That or you had holes in the wrap....

Really, if you can't get a vet to look at him, we are all just shooting in the dark here. You could treat him for foot rot, it may help, it may not. The reality is, if he has a stifle injury or spinal issue, a truck to the sale barn is the only thing that will help him. In my experience, big old...

A number of causes may make him "park out" like this. It's unlikely at his age and being intact that UC (urinary calculi) is the issue. Foot issues may cause them to take a unusual stance, but if you closely, when he parks like this, he's actually putting tons of pressure on his toes and its...

With our program, we source bulls from within our herds and buy from others. When we wean, we typically select one bull calf from my daughter's herd (about 10 cows) to develop and around 3 from my sister's herd (right around 30 cows). First we sort by phenotype. If we don't like how they look...

look in the first section under the "FYI" tab....

Open enrollment has been an option for at least 20 years now. In fact, myself and all of my siblings utilized the program at one point or another, and my daughter is open enrolled currently. The district we reside in would be reason enough for us to move at this point if she was forced to attend...

Aside from that wonky topline, his shoulder assembly is way too bold and straight for my taste, and the way his neck ties in is lacking any extension or smooth lines. That's a case where you would really want to see that bull on the move, because I'm not trusting a thing about that photo....