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<blockquote data-quote="flaboy" data-source="post: 113604" data-attributes="member: 1726"><p>To your first statement I say "sure they are, all 2 or 3 of them"? To the rest I don't want no prissy bull. I want one like the tiger stripe that works in the hot sun, mosquito infested, damp wet, Bahia fields. Yep, that poor old bull like I said is out of some pretty good stock. My (now retired vet sold me his daddy). I crossed him up with a Brangus cows and this bull was outcome. I agree the picture is not very flattering mainly because the picture was taken in February and I only feed hay and liquid feed in the winter. Don't know what he weighs in this picture but last time he was weighed, he weighed in at 2100 lbs not bad for grass fed x-cross herd bull. He is also 8 years old and consistently throws calves that out weigh my fancy registered bulls calves with pretty good EPD's. His calves also typically bring more /pound than my fancy bulls calves. One more thing even at 8 he has never failed to breed all of his herd. I have never run a clean up bull with him. Pretty? No. Producer, yes.</p><p></p><p>No, I don't care to take you up on your offer as I have had the pretty Hereford bulls and don't want no more. I like Hereford but I don't want another purebred one. Never had case of pink eye or eye cancer with any of his off spring either unlike the pretty ones I used to have. I have a few 7/8 Hereford cows left that I will cross with a Brangus bull to replace this guy in another 2 years. At 8 he still whips my black bulls when they get in with him. He has his own little herd and likes it that way.</p><p></p><p>I get some pretty decent business from 4H'rs and FFA'rs and I don't try. The thing is this old worn out bulls calves get picked 8 out of 10 times over my fancy papered bulls. I hear things like "it's so cute, it's so pretty, it's so big". I try not to influence their picks unless it is very apparent they are making a bad mistake in their pick.</p><p></p><p>This all works for me in my environment. That poor old bull you see gets touched twice a year when he is wormed and vaccinated. He likes it that way and so do I.</p><p></p><p>Isn't this fun. :lol:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flaboy, post: 113604, member: 1726"] To your first statement I say "sure they are, all 2 or 3 of them"? To the rest I don't want no prissy bull. I want one like the tiger stripe that works in the hot sun, mosquito infested, damp wet, Bahia fields. Yep, that poor old bull like I said is out of some pretty good stock. My (now retired vet sold me his daddy). I crossed him up with a Brangus cows and this bull was outcome. I agree the picture is not very flattering mainly because the picture was taken in February and I only feed hay and liquid feed in the winter. Don't know what he weighs in this picture but last time he was weighed, he weighed in at 2100 lbs not bad for grass fed x-cross herd bull. He is also 8 years old and consistently throws calves that out weigh my fancy registered bulls calves with pretty good EPD's. His calves also typically bring more /pound than my fancy bulls calves. One more thing even at 8 he has never failed to breed all of his herd. I have never run a clean up bull with him. Pretty? No. Producer, yes. No, I don't care to take you up on your offer as I have had the pretty Hereford bulls and don't want no more. I like Hereford but I don't want another purebred one. Never had case of pink eye or eye cancer with any of his off spring either unlike the pretty ones I used to have. I have a few 7/8 Hereford cows left that I will cross with a Brangus bull to replace this guy in another 2 years. At 8 he still whips my black bulls when they get in with him. He has his own little herd and likes it that way. I get some pretty decent business from 4H'rs and FFA'rs and I don't try. The thing is this old worn out bulls calves get picked 8 out of 10 times over my fancy papered bulls. I hear things like "it's so cute, it's so pretty, it's so big". I try not to influence their picks unless it is very apparent they are making a bad mistake in their pick. This all works for me in my environment. That poor old bull you see gets touched twice a year when he is wormed and vaccinated. He likes it that way and so do I. Isn't this fun. :lol: [/QUOTE]
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