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when you are looking at a bull to breed heifers to do you put more weight on ced or bw, or the combination of both, i like to go by bw numbers, but i have found over the years that it seems like it is more luck than anything else, thanks David

i am wondering if there are many left that breed the older pre maine type cattle anymore. i really like a good shortie but the guys left in my area have the big long lanky hard doing type, that was the main reason i went to the red poll bull, i like to cross red bulls on black cows i just think...

i have an 20 month old heifer that the bull was following around atout 2 or 3 weeks ago, not today when i am over there checking the cows the bull was laying down chewing his cud and she came over and mounted him, is it a pretty good chance she is open, i am guessing she wont breed since she has...

can you test the dna of cattle to tell you what % of each breed a certain cow or calf is i bought a couple cows last year off of a friend. they were ai bred but the son and his gf are the ones who bred them and now they have forgotten what bull they used, they were supposed to be bred to a ba...

i am wondering about these american simmi cattle. i have had mostly angus and herfy cattle for the last 25 or 30 years, and i am thinking about buying a simmi bull to run with my angus and herfy cows. we had the flecks several years ago but i have not kept up with the breed since. what kind of...

I have a 2 year old red bull out with the bulls and he is not mr. friendly. when i walk up to the bunk to feed in the mornings. i guess he does not want to see me ha ha. he snorts and blows and arches his neck maybe bellers at me for about a half a minute or so. the rest of the day he is not...

has anyone used this bull, and how did you like him. i talked to a guy that has some sons out of angus cows, says he really likes the calves.

does anyone have experience with the breed, i have never been around them myself. it is a cold winter night and just looking for something to chat about besides baldies.

i just baled 4th cutting alfalfa this afternoon, and 7 hrs later it is starting to get a little warm. i would have bet the farm it was dry enough in the windrow, just wondered if it could heat up this fast and not turn into a moldy mess. i think i need to invest into a hay moisture tester. does...

i have a 2 and 3 year old half sister cows, that have had a hard time this summer with all the heat.more than the other cows, as well as runny noses, from time to time, and hard breathing and sneezing from time to time, my vet called it summer pneumonia/ allergies. has anyone had this in cows...

i was thinking about buying a bull out of him, anyone know anything about him, good or bad. what i have been able to find out is good for what thats worth. thanks David

i have a char cow with one of the nicest bulls on her that i have raised in years. i am thinking of keeping him to use as a bull, he is out of an 878 bull and she is reg. but not out of any big name bulls. she is very fertile, nice udder very good disposition, and the right frame score. just...

i have been wondering it may just be me or did the cows we had 20 or 30 years ago hold up better than the cows we have today are we to busy chasing growth and type and overlooking some very important traits my oldest cow is a 12 year old herfy and i sold a bwf 15 year old this spring but most...

I have a dvm 3 tester i just bought today it has very little in the way of instructions i was wondering if anyone here has one of these testers and what the readings mean as far as how many volts are traveling through the fence when it reads say 7 volts on the tester just curious David

i was just wondering i have heard so much good about the bull i am not up to date on the modern simmi's i have used mostly english breeding for the last 20 years angus herfy and now i have a red poll bull but i would like to replace an angus bull in the future maybe this fall and i am thinking...

does anyone grass finish cattle and what breeds or cross breeds do you like in your experience i just bought a red poll bull this spring and one of the things that sold me on the bull is the claim the breed grass finishes with the future of grain going who knows where i think more grass fed is...

with all the talk about high grain prices and it seems like for the most part they might be here to stay what bloodlines' sire's breeds ect are being bred to do well on grass i have not seen much of this being talked about in the past but i think it could be the way of the future now i am not...

i have been thinking i need to start crossbreeding my angus cows also a few chars and herfy cows i have a nice young marathon bull but that does not make crossbred calves when i use him on my angus cows as i am a comercial breeder not a seedstock producer i see little reason to keep mostly pure...

i thought while we are talking about angus bulls, i would ask about the marathon bull. i have a son out of him and a bando 598 cow, that is 13 months old. that i like very well. i was thinking of using him next summer on some of my cows has anyone used the marathon bull and how did you like him...

is anyone using a comercial type shorthorn bull on angus cows and how are the calves doing any calving problems and how are the heifers turning out as far as the maternal end of it i have been using my shorthorn bull on charolais cows and thinking of running him with the angus cows next spring...