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<blockquote data-quote="creekdrive" data-source="post: 1587526" data-attributes="member: 21216"><p>Thanks all!</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Thanks for the compliment. It's not just the birthweight that might get him steered though - he has a real sloppy loose navel/sheath that I hate the look of. And as much as I know he wouldn't cause any calving problems on cows we just don't have a good market for 'cow' bulls where the birthweight is near or above that 100lb mark. We do keep a few calves each year with higher bw for a couple repeat customers that prefer the extra bw for their cows but they have to be really good quality or they just don't sell. It just doesn't pay to feed them all winter and then not have them sell.</p><p>You can see the ugly navel in this picture: </p><p><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/pLpwzc1z/IMG-9087sm.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>This isn't a great picture but this calf also has a 103lb bw and most likely will get to keep his nuts in the fall. Overall just a better calf than the other one I posted and I like his dam a little better too.</p><p><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/RC3mB8Gy/IMG-8297sm.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>This is a crappy cell phone picture but this is my favorite bull calf so far this year. 78lb BW off of a first calver that is doing a phenomenal job. Super pleased with her and the calf so far.</p><p><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/Px3RctBJ/iphone-backup-816sm.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="creekdrive, post: 1587526, member: 21216"] Thanks all! Thanks for the compliment. It's not just the birthweight that might get him steered though - he has a real sloppy loose navel/sheath that I hate the look of. And as much as I know he wouldn't cause any calving problems on cows we just don't have a good market for 'cow' bulls where the birthweight is near or above that 100lb mark. We do keep a few calves each year with higher bw for a couple repeat customers that prefer the extra bw for their cows but they have to be really good quality or they just don't sell. It just doesn't pay to feed them all winter and then not have them sell. You can see the ugly navel in this picture: [img]https://i.postimg.cc/pLpwzc1z/IMG-9087sm.jpg[/img] This isn't a great picture but this calf also has a 103lb bw and most likely will get to keep his nuts in the fall. Overall just a better calf than the other one I posted and I like his dam a little better too. [img]https://i.postimg.cc/RC3mB8Gy/IMG-8297sm.jpg[/img] This is a crappy cell phone picture but this is my favorite bull calf so far this year. 78lb BW off of a first calver that is doing a phenomenal job. Super pleased with her and the calf so far. [img]https://i.postimg.cc/Px3RctBJ/iphone-backup-816sm.jpg[/img] [/QUOTE]
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