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<blockquote data-quote="DOC HARRIS" data-source="post: 551787" data-attributes="member: 1683"><p>Knersie-</p><p></p><p>Your assessment of this bull was well done. The only question I have regarding your comment:</p><p></p><p>[Quote by Knersie] "Looking from behind he has a very good wide base, good width of rump with prefectly aligned hocks. The flaw I see here is that in a beef animal the widest area should be the stifle when seen from behind. This bull is widest over the hips and tapers down to the ground. More muscle developement in the stifle and outer thigh would solve this problem. In his condition I would have expected a little more in the second thigh."--</p><p></p><p>is: although his hocks are even perpendicularly - to me his is slightly splayed out both front and rear, and he is slightly cow-hocked. Maybe I am not observing him correctly, but being even slightly cow-hocked puts his weight when mounting a cow at breeding time on the <em>outside</em>, or <em><strong>lateral</strong></em> aspect of his hocks, causing possible stifle displacement problems in a couple or three years. I agree with those who contend that a bull should have a slight "sickle-hock" display to compensate for possible "post-leggedness" - a negative characteristic when anticipating longevity in a breeding bull - and this bull seems okay in that regard, but the appearance - to me - of being cow-hocked is a caution. The "club-calf" comment is very good - real world cattle and club-calf/show cattle are two whole different animals! Perhaps some breeders can live in two different world's at the same time, but they are few and far between! </p><p></p><p>Oh, one more thing: I am unfamiliar with the term "...a little more development in the 'second thigh'. Can you "elucidate"? </p><p></p><p>DOC HARRIS</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DOC HARRIS, post: 551787, member: 1683"] Knersie- Your assessment of this bull was well done. The only question I have regarding your comment: [Quote by Knersie] "Looking from behind he has a very good wide base, good width of rump with prefectly aligned hocks. The flaw I see here is that in a beef animal the widest area should be the stifle when seen from behind. This bull is widest over the hips and tapers down to the ground. More muscle developement in the stifle and outer thigh would solve this problem. In his condition I would have expected a little more in the second thigh."-- is: although his hocks are even perpendicularly - to me his is slightly splayed out both front and rear, and he is slightly cow-hocked. Maybe I am not observing him correctly, but being even slightly cow-hocked puts his weight when mounting a cow at breeding time on the [i]outside[/i], or [i][b]lateral[/b][/i] aspect of his hocks, causing possible stifle displacement problems in a couple or three years. I agree with those who contend that a bull should have a slight "sickle-hock" display to compensate for possible "post-leggedness" - a negative characteristic when anticipating longevity in a breeding bull - and this bull seems okay in that regard, but the appearance - to me - of being cow-hocked is a caution. The "club-calf" comment is very good - real world cattle and club-calf/show cattle are two whole different animals! Perhaps some breeders can live in two different world's at the same time, but they are few and far between! Oh, one more thing: I am unfamiliar with the term "...a little more development in the 'second thigh'. Can you "elucidate"? DOC HARRIS [/QUOTE]
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