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<blockquote data-quote="shortybreeder" data-source="post: 1235521" data-attributes="member: 21626"><p>In our area you are considered a "cloverbud" until after you complete 6th grade, and cloverbuds show calves by holding onto the end of the rope while mom or dad leads the calf. Cloverbud calves are usually bottle calves, born before May 1st (due to registration deadlines). If you have "cloverbuds" in your state, I wouldn't buy anything fancy to show, I'd just go to the nearest salesbarn and buy a 2-3 day old beef calf and then feed it milk replacer for 8 weeks before weaning it and putting it on a mostly hay diet with a couple pounds of grain per day. If you buy a bull calf you will have to have it castrated before the show, we usually castrate our bottle calves between 1 and 2 months of age. I would suggest buying a little bull calf because then it can be sort of a family project and in 2 years you get to butcher him and either eat him yourselves or sell the quarters to your neighbors. If you decide to get a heifer that will become a breeding project for making future show calves, then you will want to spend a little more the 1st year to get a quality animal otherwise you could be coming in the bottom half of the class for a loooong time, which can be very disheartening for a child. You don't need to start out with a champion animal, just get one that has the right pieces to work with (good feet/legs and proper structure) because you can make your own champion if you start with a solid foundation. Just my :2cents: and let me know if you have any more questions.</p><p></p><p>Also, as a shorthorn breeder I am gonna recommend getting a nice shorthorn influenced calf for the 1st calf because the temperament tends to be much easier to handle. I bought a purebred heifer out of feedlot (never been handled or trained for show) 7 days ago and she's already broke to tie, and stands calmly while I brush her without a halter on or any other sort of restraint. I walk into her pen with the comb, and she just sits there chewing her cud while I brush her.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shortybreeder, post: 1235521, member: 21626"] In our area you are considered a "cloverbud" until after you complete 6th grade, and cloverbuds show calves by holding onto the end of the rope while mom or dad leads the calf. Cloverbud calves are usually bottle calves, born before May 1st (due to registration deadlines). If you have "cloverbuds" in your state, I wouldn't buy anything fancy to show, I'd just go to the nearest salesbarn and buy a 2-3 day old beef calf and then feed it milk replacer for 8 weeks before weaning it and putting it on a mostly hay diet with a couple pounds of grain per day. If you buy a bull calf you will have to have it castrated before the show, we usually castrate our bottle calves between 1 and 2 months of age. I would suggest buying a little bull calf because then it can be sort of a family project and in 2 years you get to butcher him and either eat him yourselves or sell the quarters to your neighbors. If you decide to get a heifer that will become a breeding project for making future show calves, then you will want to spend a little more the 1st year to get a quality animal otherwise you could be coming in the bottom half of the class for a loooong time, which can be very disheartening for a child. You don't need to start out with a champion animal, just get one that has the right pieces to work with (good feet/legs and proper structure) because you can make your own champion if you start with a solid foundation. Just my :2cents: and let me know if you have any more questions. Also, as a shorthorn breeder I am gonna recommend getting a nice shorthorn influenced calf for the 1st calf because the temperament tends to be much easier to handle. I bought a purebred heifer out of feedlot (never been handled or trained for show) 7 days ago and she's already broke to tie, and stands calmly while I brush her without a halter on or any other sort of restraint. I walk into her pen with the comb, and she just sits there chewing her cud while I brush her. [/QUOTE]
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