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<blockquote data-quote="cypressfarms" data-source="post: 679579" data-attributes="member: 2653"><p>I guess I should step in and explain my purpose for putting the pic of this bull calf up, before everyone thinks I've lost my mind. About a week or two ago I was calling around to local hereford breeders and asking about bulls. One lady (her farm will remain nameless for obvious reasons) told me she had some excellent stock. She threw out pedigree names with pride and bragged about how successful she's been at showing and how much she values her customers and has many repeats. She talked a real good game. I asked her to send me some pics of the young bulls that she thought would be good bull stock. She sent me pics of three bull calves - the one I posted was the best of the three! </p><p></p><p>I got pretty upset at this lady, she basically has wasted my time. She has three steers, in my opinion. I can't really find anything good to say about any of the three calves. So I started to wonder, how many people are selling bulls like this for breeding purposes, and worse, how many people are buying this junk to be herd sires. Sure the sire that they were a.i.'d from looks decent, but he's no show stopper. I wanted to see if the CT members saw it like I did. For those of you who know me already, you know I like to post pictures to see other people's opinions. Sometimes just to see if most people agree with me, sometimes just to have fun with an obvious dud.</p><p></p><p>There is no way that I would put my herd of cows, which I think are pretty good commercial cows, with a mediocre bull. It's not worth it - as I put in another thread the bull is an extremely important part of your herd(well at least 50%). I want my cows to start throwing "thicker" calves and that's why I'm looking for another bull. I'll probably still keep my old trusty Angus plus - because he makes some beautiful replacements.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Anyway, just wanted to clear the air before too many people thought I had fell of my rocker. Not to worry, I don't even own a rocker ;-)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cypressfarms, post: 679579, member: 2653"] I guess I should step in and explain my purpose for putting the pic of this bull calf up, before everyone thinks I've lost my mind. About a week or two ago I was calling around to local hereford breeders and asking about bulls. One lady (her farm will remain nameless for obvious reasons) told me she had some excellent stock. She threw out pedigree names with pride and bragged about how successful she's been at showing and how much she values her customers and has many repeats. She talked a real good game. I asked her to send me some pics of the young bulls that she thought would be good bull stock. She sent me pics of three bull calves - the one I posted was the best of the three! I got pretty upset at this lady, she basically has wasted my time. She has three steers, in my opinion. I can't really find anything good to say about any of the three calves. So I started to wonder, how many people are selling bulls like this for breeding purposes, and worse, how many people are buying this junk to be herd sires. Sure the sire that they were a.i.'d from looks decent, but he's no show stopper. I wanted to see if the CT members saw it like I did. For those of you who know me already, you know I like to post pictures to see other people's opinions. Sometimes just to see if most people agree with me, sometimes just to have fun with an obvious dud. There is no way that I would put my herd of cows, which I think are pretty good commercial cows, with a mediocre bull. It's not worth it - as I put in another thread the bull is an extremely important part of your herd(well at least 50%). I want my cows to start throwing "thicker" calves and that's why I'm looking for another bull. I'll probably still keep my old trusty Angus plus - because he makes some beautiful replacements. Anyway, just wanted to clear the air before too many people thought I had fell of my rocker. Not to worry, I don't even own a rocker ;-) [/QUOTE]
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