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<blockquote data-quote="Bez+" data-source="post: 676484" data-attributes="member: 6797"><p>Let me say that you can <u>never guarantee</u> a freemartin with the eye - you can only make an educated guess and even that ios only a guess - and I have been in the biz for my entire life - there are cattle I would not buy due to eye appeal - and there are cattle that I might buy due to eye appeal but - I would never make a buy strictly on a visual appearance / appraisal. We have owned a great number of cattle that visually could have met all the criteria mentioned here for an FM - and they were all breeders.</p><p></p><p>So - first off - you need to do a search on my criteria for buying cattle - one thing I would never do - is buy from a private source without a vet check - money well spent - it is old but should still be around - look under - buying, purchasing cattle, "run to you", "run from you", infrastructure, high headed and anything else you might consider - authors would be or could be - Bez, Bez?, Bez+, Bez! and a few other derivatives of Bez - should be about 50 or 60 posts on that topic alone - most would have been written about 2-4 years ago - I cannot remember as I have had so many Bez names.</p><p></p><p>Sale barn buys are great if you know what you are doing - however I have had good and bad luck there</p><p></p><p>You are too new in the biz. I guarantee you I could put together a group of 20 great animals and you would like them all - but once the vet got done you might only want three of them.</p><p></p><p>Heck I have been doing this for a long time and still figure I know nothing - so do your due diligence.</p><p></p><p>Finally - if the seller will not run that animal up a chute and into a squeeze for that vet check - put your wallet in your pocket and leave - he is not your friend he is a charlatan. Let him hoodwink some other person - because any time you get mixed twins you are seriously at risk - we never kept any of them - no matter the gender - and that seller took you to the cleaners <u>intentionally</u> (if you bought it rather than home bred) - unless of course you bought this critter at the sale barn which is caveate emptor</p><p></p><p>So get the pics and look at them - but remember that same animal - with that same look - could very well be a breeder.</p><p></p><p>I guess I am just too stupid to see - so I physically check if I am not sure - otherwise I walk</p><p></p><p>So should you</p><p></p><p>Bez+</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bez+, post: 676484, member: 6797"] Let me say that you can [u]never guarantee[/u] a freemartin with the eye - you can only make an educated guess and even that ios only a guess - and I have been in the biz for my entire life - there are cattle I would not buy due to eye appeal - and there are cattle that I might buy due to eye appeal but - I would never make a buy strictly on a visual appearance / appraisal. We have owned a great number of cattle that visually could have met all the criteria mentioned here for an FM - and they were all breeders. So - first off - you need to do a search on my criteria for buying cattle - one thing I would never do - is buy from a private source without a vet check - money well spent - it is old but should still be around - look under - buying, purchasing cattle, "run to you", "run from you", infrastructure, high headed and anything else you might consider - authors would be or could be - Bez, Bez?, Bez+, Bez! and a few other derivatives of Bez - should be about 50 or 60 posts on that topic alone - most would have been written about 2-4 years ago - I cannot remember as I have had so many Bez names. Sale barn buys are great if you know what you are doing - however I have had good and bad luck there You are too new in the biz. I guarantee you I could put together a group of 20 great animals and you would like them all - but once the vet got done you might only want three of them. Heck I have been doing this for a long time and still figure I know nothing - so do your due diligence. Finally - if the seller will not run that animal up a chute and into a squeeze for that vet check - put your wallet in your pocket and leave - he is not your friend he is a charlatan. Let him hoodwink some other person - because any time you get mixed twins you are seriously at risk - we never kept any of them - no matter the gender - and that seller took you to the cleaners [u]intentionally[/u] (if you bought it rather than home bred) - unless of course you bought this critter at the sale barn which is caveate emptor So get the pics and look at them - but remember that same animal - with that same look - could very well be a breeder. I guess I am just too stupid to see - so I physically check if I am not sure - otherwise I walk So should you Bez+ [/QUOTE]
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