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<blockquote data-quote="Bez!" data-source="post: 225727" data-attributes="member: 2830"><p>Thanks and howdy back atchya'.</p><p></p><p>Yeah I know what you are saying. </p><p></p><p>I will also say that genetics is the real key to the SPEED of hair growth.</p><p></p><p>All that other stuff is just sales pitch - nothing more. I know there are lots that will not agree with me - and that is fine. But there is no silver bullet out there. You basically get what you get.</p><p></p><p>Good old Mom Nature makes it grow at one speed - too slow for some and too fast for others.</p><p></p><p>Put them in the cold and sooner or later the hair will shed out and the new coat come in - but that temp you need is a lot colder than any air conditioned barn in the southern U.S of A.</p><p></p><p>My own cows would not think of shedding out until the temp hits the mark around 5 - 10 degrees above freezing. ANf the temp has to stay there.</p><p></p><p>Heat will cause them to shed out - thins the coat - but in the end all the cold water and sheens and "stuff" is nothing more than stuff. Money spent good after bad.</p><p></p><p>Only way to get a good coat is to pick a calf that comes from something that already has decent hair. A poor coat - unless poor from being fed wrong - will always be a poor coat. A good coat will - if the animal is treated right - almost always stay a good coat.</p><p></p><p>Folks will scheme and plan and whine and cry and do all in their power to get hair to grow. When in fact all you can do is wash it, condition and blow it. Anything else is beyond reality.</p><p></p><p>Lots of money spent on advertising and shiny brochures - for a reason. To pull money from the pocket of the person who is anxious to win. It is an easy sell to those who live and die in the show ring. Get a sponsor from a couple of wins - start promoting the name of the product and lo and behold - the profits roll in.</p><p></p><p>Easy to get folks to open their wallets and spend - but it is still GENETICS - not product that makes the coat.</p><p></p><p>Bez!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bez!, post: 225727, member: 2830"] Thanks and howdy back atchya'. Yeah I know what you are saying. I will also say that genetics is the real key to the SPEED of hair growth. All that other stuff is just sales pitch - nothing more. I know there are lots that will not agree with me - and that is fine. But there is no silver bullet out there. You basically get what you get. Good old Mom Nature makes it grow at one speed - too slow for some and too fast for others. Put them in the cold and sooner or later the hair will shed out and the new coat come in - but that temp you need is a lot colder than any air conditioned barn in the southern U.S of A. My own cows would not think of shedding out until the temp hits the mark around 5 - 10 degrees above freezing. ANf the temp has to stay there. Heat will cause them to shed out - thins the coat - but in the end all the cold water and sheens and "stuff" is nothing more than stuff. Money spent good after bad. Only way to get a good coat is to pick a calf that comes from something that already has decent hair. A poor coat - unless poor from being fed wrong - will always be a poor coat. A good coat will - if the animal is treated right - almost always stay a good coat. Folks will scheme and plan and whine and cry and do all in their power to get hair to grow. When in fact all you can do is wash it, condition and blow it. Anything else is beyond reality. Lots of money spent on advertising and shiny brochures - for a reason. To pull money from the pocket of the person who is anxious to win. It is an easy sell to those who live and die in the show ring. Get a sponsor from a couple of wins - start promoting the name of the product and lo and behold - the profits roll in. Easy to get folks to open their wallets and spend - but it is still GENETICS - not product that makes the coat. Bez! [/QUOTE]
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