Would you travel several miles to a sale where their bulls were shown in their video catalog walking in knee deep straw?
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Red Bull Breeder
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Knee deep straw beats knee deep mud.
glacierridge
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Ditto.dun":udr7hxfg said:
But maybe I would be scared.
jerry27150
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yes, when you get there you will be able to look them over better.
WalnutCrest
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Seems like a waste of time ... unless I'm planning on buying (or already) own these genetics.
:shrug:
:shrug:
Workinonit Farm
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dun":2tdmhj5o said:
:nod: :nod: :nod: :nod:
Katherine
LazyARanch
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Only if I was interested in buying... then I'd have to check them out for myself.
They couldn't ALL have bad feet or legs!
They couldn't ALL have bad feet or legs!
I don't understand the big deal. We do that, only because when we started videoing the sale cattle, the video company told us to straw the video pen down, as it brings the light out better, especially on a cloudy day.
Some people think everyone is trying to hide something, maybe it is the opposite, they/we do it to make the video better.
Some people think everyone is trying to hide something, maybe it is the opposite, they/we do it to make the video better.
Red Bull Breeder
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Its pretty simple you are interested in what they have or you are not. Takeing good pictures of cattle is a hard enough job in the best of conditions.
KNERSIE":3rjo3c85 said:
Just a simple question, I don't have an opinion one way or the other, I'm just curious. Wouldn't wood chips serve the same purpose with lighting issues as straw while still showing lower legs, feet, and stride?
OP
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Alan,
You hit the nail on the head!!! Wood shavings!!
I have been to large breeder sales, and no one has ever put their sale video's in straw.
If I click on a video sale catalog with the bulls in straw, I don't look past the first bull. If you do have a normal animal, they still cannot travel normal in deep straw.
This is like a mail-order bride catalog where they show the girls wrapped up in blankets up to their chin.
You hit the nail on the head!!! Wood shavings!!
I have been to large breeder sales, and no one has ever put their sale video's in straw.
If I click on a video sale catalog with the bulls in straw, I don't look past the first bull. If you do have a normal animal, they still cannot travel normal in deep straw.
This is like a mail-order bride catalog where they show the girls wrapped up in blankets up to their chin.
John SD
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With the -20 air temps and -60 wind chills we have experienced for several days not long ago, I'm thinking having the bulls bedded in straw might be looked at as a good thing :idea: :?:
Chuckie":1u324aba said:
Our video pen is 60 X 48. Pretty big pen. A 1250 lbs straw bale doesn't even cover the entire pen. I don't have any interest in buying and putting out the 50 bags of wood chips it would take to cover it. So instead of speculating that something is wrong or getting "covered up" then go and check them out. If they are hiding something, then you will know if you go and actually see them in person.
wacocowboy
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sure go check them out and a lot of sales have really good food at worst you get a good lunch and who knows you might find something worth buying
BRG":129w7fsi said:
Come on Brian you know you must be hiding something. All those great RA bulls you sell every year have terrible legs and feet and you're hiding it with straw.
Don'tcha know that all those repeat customers that just keep coming back every year don't know what they're doing.
What a ridiculous thread. :bang:
sim.-ang.king
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Would take more then 50 bags, more like 400 bags. There goes $2000 down the drain!BRG":l3y7zli9 said:
LazyARanch
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LazyARanch":3cjxgbv4 said:
I was not insinuating that the use of straw in videos was hiding anything, I should have explained my comment better.
I really hadn't thought anything of it, Seeing them in straw beats the heck out of watching them kick frozen turds out of the way! :nod:
I will say that I like a good video where I can see the animal move around for a WHILE.... not those 4 second clips that get repeated 8 times and they call that a video!!
