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Yukon & Slash did not make Ft Worth because of reasons they couldn't control. Here is their ad in the next Voice and Shorthorn Country.
 

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Really love slash. Sorry to hear about the tornado.

Love the color and almost solid on both.
 

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What will the calving be like on Slash? O0
we watched him being born unassisted from my 8s cow pictured below. he weighed 95 lb and calved at 285 days. he has a little shoulder and i would never use him on heifers. based on experience of calving maines since 1969, i expect very few issues with angus cows and get mostly black calves, the same with shorthorn cows except you will have some bigger calves from the cows with more maine and the color pattern will follow the dam  and i think he is a great choice on black maine cows with lower birth weight epd's i e use him on an ali bred black cow then breed the resulting black cow back to a predator bred black bull and you have diversified your blood lines.
 

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knabe said:
mark tenenbaum said:
What will the calving be like on Slash? O0

easier than heat wave.  plus you will get some females that can breed and milk.  /// In other words-probably about the same as the currant Shorthorn show cattle-with more real muscle,hybrid vigor-and the huge fertility blast fullblood  Maines add to Shorthorns-do need deep ribbed cows with what I see here-the LOW BW cattle like Sues-Lovings,Lauers,Larsons,Kapers are the ones Id really like to see used with these genetics-and get the yearling bulls back up to 1250-like the old days-Because the BWS are similar if NOT WORSE-and the yearlings fed hard are only really running around 1000-1100 max O0
 

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doc-sun said:
mark tenenbaum said:
What will the calving be like on Slash? O0
we watched him being born unassisted from my 8s cow pictured below. he weighed 95 lb and calved at 285 days. he has a little shoulder and i would never use him on heifers. based on experience of calving maines since 1969, i expect very few issues with angus cows and get mostly black calves, the same with shorthorn cows except you will have some bigger calves from the cows with more maine and the color pattern will follow the dam  and i think he is a great choice on black maine cows with lower birth weight epd's i e use him on an ali bred black cow then breed the resulting black cow back to a predator bred black bull and you have diversified your blood lines.
we had a full brother born last fall from an angus recip cow that was 10 lb lighter at 285 days and are expecting a full sib any day. hopefully it will be a heifer. i got interupted before i could finish yesterday's post
 

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INDEX is the sire of SLASH. He was lightly used but produced some good cattle back in the early days.
 

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anyone got any shorthorn female line suggestions to try these bulls on?

i sure would like to see what a couple of JIT's cows would do, say sparkle or leah
 

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Had a full brother to slash born unassisted last night. He looks to be the thickest and most moderate of the 3 brothers. We also had a darco born earlier from 8s.
 

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How does the Darco calf look? Bull or heifer? I thought Darco had a lot of potential from the Browarny video. By far my favorite bull of all the videos. He was certainly athletic enough and appeared to have excellent internal dimension. Hope you can get a picture up. Would love to see a direct Darco calf.
 

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Telos said:
How does the Darco calf look? Bull or heifer? I thought Darco had a lot of potential from the Browarny video. By far my favorite bull of all the videos. He was certainly athletic enough and appeared to have excellent internal dimension. Hope you can get a picture up. Would love to see a direct Darco calf.
It is a bull. Took a phone pic today. Will post it from work tomorrow.
 

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doc-sun said:
Telos said:
How does the Darco calf look? Bull or heifer? I thought Darco had a lot of potential from the Browarny video. By far my favorite bull of all the videos. He was certainly athletic enough and appeared to have excellent internal dimension. Hope you can get a picture up. Would love to see a direct Darco calf.
It is a bull. Took a phone pic today. Will post it from work tomorrow.
telos: here is your picture
 

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Very nice. I like his proud head and the way it's shaped. Really great out cross genetics, IMO. I like the fact he is not carrying the Novino and Cunia based genetics that the majority of purebreds carry.

Also, that guy looks to have the rib shape that many Maine Cattle lack. That is what impressed me the most about Darco. He certainly isn't shallow behind that shoulder.

Look forward to seeing him progress.
 

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Telos said:
Very nice. I like his proud head and the way it's shaped. Really great out cross genetics, IMO. I like the fact he is not carrying the Novino and Cunia based genetics that the majority of purebreds carry.

Also, that guy looks to have the rib shape that many Maine Cattle lack. That is what impressed me the most about Darco. He certainly isn't shallow behind that shoulder.

Look forward to seeing him progress.
he should have epd's close to 2.7 bwt, 35.2 wwt, 69.05 ywt, 32 milk and 48.2 m&g computed by averaging sire and dam. maybe better since darco is more accurate. 
 

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knabe said:
Some Texas boys should try something different.
amaa #'s 426186,426187,424503, 426188 and424505 fullblood 18 mo performance tested bulls will sell in our april 4th breeders world online sale with a lease option. all our fullbloods will be dna verified and registered as 3/4 shorthorn.
 

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What about heifers?  Sure would love to see some, especially out of these good older bulls and a polled cow.
 

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knabe said:
What about heifers?  Sure would love to see some, especially out of these good older bulls and a polled cow.
no polled out of older bull but we are selling a taipon heifer bred in late nov 2012 to our low birth kuda x 8s bull. amaa 426192 x 424504
 

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OUR INDEX AND DARCO MATERNAL BROTHERS WEEK 2
 

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