Recent content by TwoByrdsMG

I'm gonna throw out my 2cents while everyone is projecting continued growth. The market is bound to level out eventually. It isn't sustainable for it to keep climbing like it has been so we will eventually see a crash followed by the price leveling out and stabilizing. Last Week Orland, CA...

Did they show signs of heat when you did this protocol? We have only ever had issues when they are non-responders to the protocol.

We have never used Chars over Angus heifers. The one we used on Char and Char x heifers is LT Rushmore 8060. CE is 19.3 and BW -6.3 with high accuracy. I'd highly recommend him and I'd use those EPDs as a guideline for what you should look for in a Char AI sire. The other thing is those...

We have been doing ET for the past 7 years but have only done a few at a time. I've got a group of Shorthorn cows that I bought last year that stuck easily to AI and are 3-5 years old this year plus a big group of first calf heifers to pick from this year (in addition to the proven recips)...

I am cracking up with how you taped the sensor on. Does she have a small tail or was she rubbing at it?

You can keep the waygu. I traded for three Black Waygu sired calves out of Angus and Murray Grey cows and they didn't marble on grass. Harvested two at 30 months and the last one at 36 months. Fence crawling suckers, I was glad to see them go but it took much longer than it should have to...

I like the Moocall sensor. It's saved several calves for me already and I like that I get a text message when they are getting close to calving. Only issue is that it only goes on one cow at a time and I sync some on occasion. I usually put it on whoever I want to watch closely. The other...

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We have used both Igenity and Zoetis over the last 3 years. I find very little value in the Igenity Beef Profile but I've been told the Marbling and Tenderness are accurate for the breeds we have. We have mainly been using both to test for genetic conditions and I'll give you a couple tips-...

Update- Got sick of all the PA ********. Had another PAA female born here last spring. Dam was untested when I bought the embryos. So I'll have a very expensive butcher Char heifer in November, if she makes it that long. She's already dragging her toes and not able to pick up her back feet...

I don't have to make believe, this bull won Reserve AMGA National Champion Bull (as a calf) in 2024. Tight sheath, big balls, balanced, high fertility, great grand dam calved until she was 16, grand dam is coming up on 11 (in our herd), dam weaned off just under 60% of her body weight and...

I'll just keep on buying the Murray Grey genetics from breeders in Australia. I imported the semen from this bull's sire a couple year ago. Here is our 18 month old Ganado Lionel son:

You can also look up Square Meater Cattle USA, Dave is working with Erin to import some of those genetics including a Maneroo Fulton 2nd son.

I've always heard that Murray Greys are in the top 5 beef cattle in Australia. We sure have a lot better selection for AI sires to introduce new bloodlines from there. In fact we are getting several tested right now to import for the folks here in USA.

I was just going to say its probably a Braunvieh cow! If so good luck milking her lol. I like ours but there is no way in hell she would let me milk her but we use her for an embryo receip and she takes every year. I just saw the later post about it being high Chi. Again, good luck milking it.