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There is a lot to like about a one month calving window without the hassle of having a bull around. Congratulations.

Cotton, the Padgett book set the gold standard for the practical application of population genetics. Anyway, just go ahead and pretend I could care less what you do. Half the posters on this subject are just all forage, anyway. Bwahahaha

Faraway I am sure it's a total coincidence you have identical syntax and word choice as half a dozen posters on this website. Bwahahaha

JD Hudgins had several herds of 400 head that he used in his linebreeding program. Guys with a small operation who start inbreeding get into trouble they can't fix. Hence the reference to the Padgett book.

Cotton I can show you a heifer who was 1100 @ 11 months who is about to calve at 23 months. Her half brother was 675 @ 6 months and he has been breeding Angus cows for the past month. Don't be offended but you are probably still a few calf crops away from linebreeding. My advice would be to...

This year we had to push some cows back to sync them with the main herd. They were AI'd then turned out with the bull for 28 days. It worked. This year everything calving in a 30 day period is how we can reduce input costs. Typically we feed hay from October thru December then everyone goes on...

Very good type of cow, Cotton. The next step if you line breed is to take a group from calf to carcass; measuring ADG/Efficiency as well as knowing the yield and grade you are producing in the group.

We should have Momentum calves on the ground, soon. I posted photos of his full brothers a while back on the Breeds board. Why use him? Maintains good condition on forage only. To improve the grade of commercial Brahman crossed cattle. To reduce the frame of Brahman crossed cattle. Commercial...

Sorry folks, it looks like the video slideshow was removed because it kept freezing up. Why is this relevant? You can ruin a bull and all of his progeny for multiple generations by pushing him to the point of breaking on hot feed.

Easy to understand text and video about genetics. http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/sa- ... lustrated/

The cows we are running now are only 1/8 Brahman. You definitely have to cull harder out of that kind of group. The heifers that can raise a calf and keep condition to breed back all seem to have less milk, better udders, and less leg.

Nesi if you at breeding for lush pastures your milk is going to be much lower than a breed average. The heavy milk cattle come from the grain belt.

The attraction of the trich vaccine would be as an insurance policy against your bull jumping the fence and getting into an infected herd. If that happens now he has bought himself a one way ticket to the barn. That would suck if you just paid a lot of money for a bull. If the vaccine is even...

Ricebelt a lot of the bulls from the Texas/Louisiana border are advertised as vaccinated for warts. That adds resale value to a bull for your customers. Again, if two bulls are relatively equal I am going with the breeder who vaccinated. That alone tells me you are willing to go the extra mile...

And the phenotype of a Maine Angus. I would probably breed her to something like Momentum to see what kind of yield and grade she can produce. Maine Angus usually wins calf to carcass contests.

Yes, if I had to choose over two relatively equal bulls I am buying the one vaccinated for Trich and warts.

Nice heifer, why not play it safe and use New Day?

Brahman in the pedigree plus high accuracy lbw genetics makes all the difference when calving heifers. Brahman tend to have bigger butts so occasionally you get a hip lock. We have cow killer genetics here, too. Hope Springs, Eternal is a crowded city. Every year somebody sticks a big ole Char...

TB it is helpful if you can loop the hooves when she is laying down and get the calf out as she is getting up. You know how they will start laying down and getting back up if they have one hip locked.

All the time. Never used a set of chains in my life. Use a soft horse rope and pull in sync with contractions.