Kris, You Broke My Heart

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Kris, you broke my heart when you stoned my calf, Anne, on the Breeds Board (Fall Coats). My response is total surrender and remorse. But I still have some calves for your trained eyes. I am just thankful, that my calf Anne was not talking yet. The pain would have been too much.
This is a two month old out of HR/RP 5 year old cow and Casper: (I will help you insult me [ :D ] I can see she has Casper's skinny butt). I am learning you know! Would you keep her? NOTE: It is interesting that you can see Casper's stamp on the head shape but this calf is big Kris, don't under rate the fact that they sell by the pound!!!
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She is very straight on the front end. Look at the angle of her pasturn in relation to the angle of her shoulder. Poor structure lends itself to leg and lameness problems later in life. To pick a little more, she is "tubular" meaning no depth of rib. She looks more terminal in her design, to me. That said, she is not horrible. I am sure glad you are replacing Casper.
And since you are so good at talking to your cattle, just tell her she is gorgeous and she will not know any different ;-)
 
Yep, and that pastern leads to short stepping.The other angle of importance is in the scapula (shoulder blade)
It should also be at about a 45 deg angle running top rear to lower front of that big bone. (may not be visible, but you can feel it with your hand) Otherwise, along with the the almost straight vertical alignment of the pastern, the jolt and jar of every single is transmitted straight up. Maybe not so important in Ron's setup, but if she had to walk a long distance to water each day, it would take it's toll over time. Not the best picture in the world, but you can see the angles of the pastern and scapula.
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Not really criticizing her Inyati--just explaining what the skeletal problems are, and that these are inheritable traits.
 
greybeard":3kkx3ocr said:
Yep, and that pastern leads to short stepping.The other angle of importance is in the scapula (shoulder blade)
It should also be at about a 45 deg angle running top rear to lower front of that big bone. (may not be visible, but you can feel it with your hand) Otherwise, along with the the almost straight vertical alignment of the pastern, the jolt and jar of every single is transmitted straight up. Maybe not so important in Ron's setup, but if she had to walk a long distance to water each day, it would take it's toll over time. Not the best picture in the world, but you can see the angles of the pastern and scapula.
skeletoncow_12383_lg.gif


Not really criticizing her Inyati--just explaining what the skeletal problems are, and that these are inheritable traits.
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Thanks, GB. :nod:
 
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