Monopoly v. Eye Candy -- Calving Ease

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GoWyo

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Kind of looking at Eye Candy and Monopoly for a couple of larger cows (1600 lbs.).  I think either one would have a decent chance of clicking with them.  How do they compare for calving ease?
 

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is that a concern- on a cow big enough for an elephant to slide out?  10% of her Body weight- is 160...  even by pooring the corn and Heatwave to her-- you'll unlikely not get one that big
 

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Not a huge concern, but if there is a definite difference between them, it plays into the decision.
 

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Ive calved out quite a few Monopoly's and never had to touch one.  First Eye Candys on the way next fall, but they cant be any easier than Monopoly
 

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i would picture eye candy to be easier calving just because he is not a direct heat wave son... just a thought but i wouldn't take my word for it... good luck
personally i would use eye candy rather than monopoly because he adds more hair and a squarer hip... good luck  (thumbsup)
 

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Had a monopoly calf last week out of our big hereford cow she weighed 1678 before we bred her the calf weighed 103 it was a heifer. She had it with ease is we werent checking our camera we would have missed it. Shes got great bone and hip and a fancy fronted little girl. Never had an eye candy but the monopoly impressed me so much out of the pb hereford. That big of a cow should be able to have a 100 pound calf easy.
 

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We have never bred to Monopoly but have used eye candy the past two years and have never touched one of them. They are not small but in the 80-100 lb range out of 1300-1400 lb angus cross cows.
 

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I think that these 2 bulls are a washout as far as which one will calve easier. For me it gets down to whether you are wanting steers or heifers out  of your cow. Heifers = Eye Candy/steers = Monopoly. It would also make a difference as to whether you want a little more angus in the calf or Galloway.
 

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CAB said:
I think that these 2 bulls are a washout as far as which one will calve easier. For me it gets down to whether you are wanting steers or heifers out  of your cow. Heifers = Eye Candy/steers = Monopoly. It would also make a difference as to whether you want a little more angus in the calf or Galloway.
i think eye candy puts enough hip and hair on them to be steers and i also think monopoly makes some of them cowy enough to make heifers it could really go ether way
 

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Cut the BS said:
is that a concern- on a cow big enough for an elephant to slide out?  10% of her Body weight- is 160...  even by pooring the corn and Heatwave to her-- you'll unlikely not get one that big
T first I agreed with BS on this.  We have a herd of larger shorthorn cows, and don't blink an eye at 100# calves.  BUT - what if you happened to get a herdsire type?  Then BW might end up being the swaying factor as to keeping or cutting.
 

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Eye Candy's bw was 90 monopoly's bw was 96.
If u need more hair eye candy would be my choice but monopoly is known to sire some real great muscled ones that r pretty darn hairy too.
 
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