Till-Hill, you won't offend me. You may bring something to light that I haven't thought of before. That's good when that happens. I am slow, and I keep trying to figure out what in the heck F & L means. :lol2: After I send this, I will most likely figure it out.
The Connealy bulls are some of the best looking bulls this year. It disappoints me as I had planned a few trips, but to find that the highest percentage were Connealy. I am sure that there would be some that would be OK, but I just don't want to mess with it.
Not every weakness will be in every animal, but I can see one of these weaknesses in many. I will explain it as though it is in one bull. I have seen it all in one before.
At times, there is a weakness in the hip joints, that when the animal propels itself forward, the joint appears to be very sloppy, and looks to be dislocating from the socket. It is not actually doing it, but there is a double hinged action that makes the hips swing.
They have a tendency to be very sickle hocked, where it almost looks to a curve in the bone below the hock. They back legs are bent forward and don't move out of the position much. There are varying degrees of this.
At the ankle, between the cannon bone and the pastern; and the foot seems to be drawn or pulled under. there is an area that is thickened, and the animal will walk on it's toes. Often it hooves will appear to look smaller than what they should be. The animal will limp and give to it's feet often.
