Very interesting reading. I admire the actual owners (Sue and Davis Shorthorns) for getting on here and becoming involved in a dialogue that could have become petty very quickly (and it really did not)... (clapping) The CO x JPJ bull (Rick's?) was cool to look at. I think if people do nothing but breed CO to JPJ females, there will be shorthorn cattle out there with two generations of calving ease and fleshing ability without taking into account the dam side of the pedigree. Even if the dam side is crap rotten, those two can and will fix it in many cases. I thought the You Tube video of the Troubadour son out of a CO daughter showed some versatility. Troubadour, IMO is very clubby in his breeding/progeny I have seen and that son was super easy in his movement. If you can produce a video of two more powerful females than the ones that the flush is being offered, pony up by all means. Their spring of rib goes all the way up the top like very few out there... (thumbsup) This whole Aussie conversation has me absolutely confused. Isn't Australia where those lowlines originated because it never rains inland??? The conversation about the guy from Cattle Visions was equally baffling. He is going to go where the money is people. If he has been out there three times, he loves him...period! I don't see it as a coincidence that in my little clubby magazine Cattle Visions ad, guess who are the two shorthorn bulls pictured? JPJ and CO. I am not seeing this as an either or, but more like a both deal...Maybe I am wrong, but again, TWO generations of calving ease and fleshing ability, AND the fact that CO makes most solid red, it may be time to get on the train or get passed by.
PS: Tim Ohlde nor Sue send me any money... (lol)
PS: Tim Ohlde nor Sue send me any money... (lol)