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<blockquote data-quote="Lucky_P" data-source="post: 855243" data-attributes="member: 12607"><p>There are some good commercial-type Shorthorns out there, but the club calf crowd has concentrated on 'hair and bone', 'neck extension', etc., and selection for those traits (and the genetic defects that some think are coupled with hair/bone/big butts) has resulted in some unacceptable birth weights.</p><p></p><p>We are breeding halfblood Shorthorns out of cows that are 3/4 or greater Angus or Simmental, with plans to use those halfblood Shorties to produce 'terminal' calves by high-growth Angus or Simmental bulls. </p><p>Only have a few on the ground so far, and have not bred any of the heifers, but that's the plan. Currently have been breeding to a couple of Waukaru bulls(Goldmine 2109 and Coppertop 464 - available from Origen/ABS); plan to use some Rob Sneed-bred bulls this fall ( 034 - if I can locate semen, 329, if I can't).</p><p></p><p>Genex carried Waukaru Carnegie for years; can't remember what SH they have right now, but it wasn't even slightly interesting to me. Looked. It's a Double Stuff x Cunia - lots of Maine in there, and TH Carrier, to boot. Not what I'd want in a commercial herd.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lucky_P, post: 855243, member: 12607"] There are some good commercial-type Shorthorns out there, but the club calf crowd has concentrated on 'hair and bone', 'neck extension', etc., and selection for those traits (and the genetic defects that some think are coupled with hair/bone/big butts) has resulted in some unacceptable birth weights. We are breeding halfblood Shorthorns out of cows that are 3/4 or greater Angus or Simmental, with plans to use those halfblood Shorties to produce 'terminal' calves by high-growth Angus or Simmental bulls. Only have a few on the ground so far, and have not bred any of the heifers, but that's the plan. Currently have been breeding to a couple of Waukaru bulls(Goldmine 2109 and Coppertop 464 - available from Origen/ABS); plan to use some Rob Sneed-bred bulls this fall ( 034 - if I can locate semen, 329, if I can't). Genex carried Waukaru Carnegie for years; can't remember what SH they have right now, but it wasn't even slightly interesting to me. Looked. It's a Double Stuff x Cunia - lots of Maine in there, and TH Carrier, to boot. Not what I'd want in a commercial herd. [/QUOTE]
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