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<blockquote data-quote="Massey135" data-source="post: 940917" data-attributes="member: 17234"><p>For starters, there are very very few homozygous polled shorthorn bulls. That being said, using a horned bull is not that big of a deal to me. I take the Barnes dehorners to my calves when theyre born if the buds are already present or at weaning when they're not. In my experience with shorthorns, even at 6-7 mnths the horns are still unattached. It's too easy to dehorn or even put a docking ring on that loose horn. I just would never select an inferior bull solely bc they were polled. Fact is, you can buy a considerably better horned bull for the money than you can a polled bull. Imo, that solid red Dover son is exceptional and there is no way the breeder would have let him go if he were polled. I feel like I got one of the best shorthorn bulls out there and at a discounted price at that. All else equal, I'd pick a polled bull but I've yet to see all else equal. Horned bulls that make the sales are always the better bulls in the sale. not because theyre intrinsically better, but because they were offered despite being horned. </p><p></p><p>Those heifers are a combination of (Jungles/Rocker Bros/ Keith Lauer) and Lovings breeding. The bonanza son is smaller than I'd like but he is a pretty capacious bull in his own right. He's a FS 5 and weighs ~1600 at 3yrs old. He is out of a Dover Ranch female.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Massey135, post: 940917, member: 17234"] For starters, there are very very few homozygous polled shorthorn bulls. That being said, using a horned bull is not that big of a deal to me. I take the Barnes dehorners to my calves when theyre born if the buds are already present or at weaning when they're not. In my experience with shorthorns, even at 6-7 mnths the horns are still unattached. It's too easy to dehorn or even put a docking ring on that loose horn. I just would never select an inferior bull solely bc they were polled. Fact is, you can buy a considerably better horned bull for the money than you can a polled bull. Imo, that solid red Dover son is exceptional and there is no way the breeder would have let him go if he were polled. I feel like I got one of the best shorthorn bulls out there and at a discounted price at that. All else equal, I'd pick a polled bull but I've yet to see all else equal. Horned bulls that make the sales are always the better bulls in the sale. not because theyre intrinsically better, but because they were offered despite being horned. Those heifers are a combination of (Jungles/Rocker Bros/ Keith Lauer) and Lovings breeding. The bonanza son is smaller than I'd like but he is a pretty capacious bull in his own right. He's a FS 5 and weighs ~1600 at 3yrs old. He is out of a Dover Ranch female. [/QUOTE]
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