Nesikep":18zqm6xu said:I like the guy in the middle picture
I like the 3rd one he carries his muscle deeper. of course I will always pick the one with the bigger butt.
Nesikep":18zqm6xu said:I like the guy in the middle picture
okotoks":20tnohq4 said:I think there are several herds in Western Canada that are focusing are breeding programs that focused on providing bulls for the commercial industry. There is a lot of discussion on providing bloodlines that give you 1200 lb. cows but I think most Canadian commercial herds expect their cows to be 1400 lb plus.
Here is abull we are using that is reducing our birth weights.
2/B or not 2/B":1e0zpvsr said:It's been hard to find any 'real world' shorthorns in my area. It's disappointing to see such a huge gap between production standards and show standards. Seems to me that both sides would stand to benefit if they were more closely aligned. We love the shorties we have, but most of them have some show lines in their pedigrees. It's hard to avoid here.
I wanted people to focus on families and their attributes, origins, and things of this sort. not necessarily is this or that bull good.
If someone wants tojust take on one family and describe or talk about them then it can go from there.
edit: I mean cow or bull families. Not necessarily family operations.
Very well put!!a live calf is the most important thing - those big dead ones have a distressingly low weaning weight.
Coyote":3nmrb2vm said:Lucky_P , I would recommend Muridale Buster 2nd 76P for heifers. we have calved out over 150 heifers that were bred to him, with good success.
His BW epd is -5.2