justintime
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Here is a picture of HC Bar Code 16X ET who was used on all our heifers in 2011. Of 28 heifers that calved here, 27 calved unassisted at birth and 1 was a malpresentation ( upside down, backwards and breach).
Bar Code had a 74 lb BW himself and he seems to be passing on his low BW to his calves. He is sired by Pheasant Creek Leader 4th x( by Kinnaber Leader 6th x) who was born in 1968. Leader 4th was the Grand Champion bull at the 1970 Regina Bull Sale and sold for $7300 to Remitall Cattle Co, Olds, AB. IMO, Leader 4th was the best sire of the Leader line. Bar Code's dam is B Good Red Sue 1P* ( CCS Equity's Charmer X CF Roan Sue 644 TP *x). Bar Code combines popular genetics from the past as well as from the present, and it seems to have worked. We had 5 bulls and 2 heifers from this flush and it was one of the most interesting sets of calves we have ever had from ET. Bar Code weighed 2020 lbs two weeks after his second birthday . He had bred 30 females when he was pictured here, and I think he had gained weight while breeding on grass.
From his first calf crop, I think he has indicated he is a calving ease sire, and he is breeding all our heifers again this year as well as some cows. He also has a deep rich red color and he stamps his calves with this color. We only have 2 roans and they are very nice even roans. The reds are red with no white markings.
Bar Code had a 74 lb BW himself and he seems to be passing on his low BW to his calves. He is sired by Pheasant Creek Leader 4th x( by Kinnaber Leader 6th x) who was born in 1968. Leader 4th was the Grand Champion bull at the 1970 Regina Bull Sale and sold for $7300 to Remitall Cattle Co, Olds, AB. IMO, Leader 4th was the best sire of the Leader line. Bar Code's dam is B Good Red Sue 1P* ( CCS Equity's Charmer X CF Roan Sue 644 TP *x). Bar Code combines popular genetics from the past as well as from the present, and it seems to have worked. We had 5 bulls and 2 heifers from this flush and it was one of the most interesting sets of calves we have ever had from ET. Bar Code weighed 2020 lbs two weeks after his second birthday . He had bred 30 females when he was pictured here, and I think he had gained weight while breeding on grass.
From his first calf crop, I think he has indicated he is a calving ease sire, and he is breeding all our heifers again this year as well as some cows. He also has a deep rich red color and he stamps his calves with this color. We only have 2 roans and they are very nice even roans. The reds are red with no white markings.