Have Semen which Cow? Beefmaster Help

[fourstates]

If you look at him he has a fair amount of sheath although it is usually tucked fairly well in his pictures

Ah ha, they use the icyhot trick... Breeding the sheath off a bull is the biggest challenge I have, because I know the cow has as much to do with the sheath as the bull. I have seen cows throw beautiful uddered heifers and very sheathy bulls. The only thing I can think of is that beautiful udder may only hold up for a few years.

Plus if I only look at sheath, aren't I selecting for "only one trait" if the rest of the animal is great?

But I really want to raise a tight sheathed bull out of this breeding...maybe I am looking to develop a calf that is greater that the sum of it's parts and I realise I don't have enough semen to experiment.

 

[ALACOWMAN]

don't look like you have a problem in the sheath area, that bull has the perfect angle and you'r cows are good and tight navel wise. id say your on the right track.

 

[novatech]

May or may not be a good sheath angle. A good photographer will patiently wait for a bull to draw up for a good sheath picture. I have used a gentle tap with a show stick on them in the past.

 

[ALACOWMAN]

it's good,, you seldom see em start just in front of the scrotum and run foward at a angle like his.alot of the poor sheath structure will start past the scrotum and angle strait down. but his cows are real tight. i think it would be a perfect mating.

 

[remsteel6]

Cows 2, 8 and 5. Any would be a good choice IMHO