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I have pulled them with a come-along hooked to the roof of the shed or to the top frame of the chute. Upward and onward!

Wonder what a half humming bird and half ostrich would look like?

Curve benders are what they are due to two genetic trends form that selection process: short gestation and longer growth curve. The short gestation controls BW. The longer growth curve tends to larger mature weights. You can't change them without changing them.

"I agree heterosis and consistency don't seem to come together logically." They do, however. A cross between 2 close bred and assumed purebred individuals improve consistency in the purebred sources if the breeder knows that a type that fits, without problems, is his job. Then the cross of the...

If an Angus bull, check CEM for the heifers' sire and CED for the sire of the next calves. There are some programs that you can study a bit and the trends of negatives are a multi-generation revelation in their herds. But they advertise the wording "calving ease". Buyer beware!

We get fixated on a line, a bull, a cow to become blind. But when a great one does come along, if it ever comes along, with the prepotency to re-create itself, or you have the last cane of semen or whatever... maybe it is worth the risk. But 99% of the time, it is much better to outcross if you...

My grandfather used to say, "Some people rob you with a gun and some people rob you with a pencil". This could be the start of a pencil robbery if they work towards "use my bulls or get docked" in the big picture. A new angle to whack you on your genetic choices

Angus genetic study More than you likely want to know but it ties in IBC with pedigree, genomics and something else that escapes my brain without going back up in the study. I will do that later. But it is an interesting study if you work off of facts. What is most interesting to me in the...

I'm right there, too. Junk is junk and to trick someone is not helping anybody or the industry. The issue of inbreeding comes up about 2X a year. Unless someone goes back and studies Emulous, Sinclair, OCC, Wye or some reputable line of cattle to see if there is anything to fear but fear...

Not arguing DNA. It is the implications of morality that is faulty.

Linebreeding and inbreeding has only become taboo in cattle in recent times. So many foundation lines were stacked with bulls and cows over and over. Take a look at some of the Sinclair breeding for some folks that use it well even today.

Nothing to do with animals. Bad parallel because it isn't.

"...50 to 100 years ago when cattle paid for ranches and when huge wealth was realized, smaller framed critters is where the money was." This was before CAB, a big push against only British breeds and there were hold overs in the 60s of the baby beef and tallow was still valuable. Today the...

"Pounds of beef shipped is where my profits are made. Bragging rights don't put money in the bank." Pounds of acceptable calves that can get to the top of the market is where profit is made. Not just pounds of short dinks which sell for less than slaughter cows. Go to a sales barn and look with...

Quite an odd reaction. You posted your problem, have sold Charlo sons, have other daughters to calve in 24... To have to induce a cow or heifer just to keep them or to have a bull in the pedigree is not the best use of my time, expense and labor. It seems that others just pointed that out and...

As kids we showed in 4H. We showed against a big named family at the time that had a "heifer" that they paid a lot for as a show animal. They showed her for 4 years as a heifer because she was sterile. The judge was a buddy of theirs and the "heifer" won most years. I remember that every time...

Depends on the sire and in some cases the level of inbreeding. The first AI bull I ever bought and used: zero heifers would breed.

Sheep people used to do some teaser ram stuff through a fence or maybe a vasectomnized ram prior to putting out the breeding ram(s). That was a long time ago. The pheromones are certainly the driver in all of this. Larry Leonhardt said that in multisire herds that the cow would select the bull...

The most unsafe bull to handle is an old alpha bull that has been dethroned and knows it. He can become a handling nightmare. To preserve bulls I just run one per breeding group. Lost a bull a few years back that thought that he ought to get in the other bull's pasture. Not worth the loss to me...

The breed of a bull and how he was developed can make a world of difference on longevity. Fast development, such as creep or test station situations will generally shorten the useful life.