Keren":3549sa8n said:
I like him Lorenzo, the only thing I wish is that he had a bully-er head.
As for the cow's udder, I think we need to see a closer picture before we start making too many judgements. On my first look I thought the front right (her right) teat looked to be huge, but when I look closer I'm not sure whether in the pic both front teats are in line together, making it look like one bigger teat.
OLF":3549sa8n said:
I'm not crazy about the white legs,
Why is that? :???:
It doesn't bother me terribly, personally. I like his conformation and if I liked his genotype, performance, production and carcass traits, I would use him. BUT, in New England (Northeast US), when selling perebred Herefords dark red brings a higher price and less white (red necks and red legs) brings a higher price. I'm not saying it's right, but it's what this market wants. If you've seen my pictures, I obviously have plenty of white in my herd. White seems to follow the other traits which are important to me. If I can produce Herefords with low birthweight, good carcass, good structure and good performance, that also are dark red and have little white, that would be ideal. My goal is to produce a great steak, but I also have to give my customers what they want. Color is low on my priority list, but I do want to have marketable cattle.