Shorthorn breeding decision

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kndcattle

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This cow of mine is a Jack Frost daughter. Dam is by Waurkaru copperfield. Registration #4105052.  We keep getting some of her calves that are either stiff on front or back legs.  All of them are good on length of stride.  Just stand with legs little straight when stopped.  I can see a little of it on cow when standing.  She walks fine though.  All of the calves have fed out with out any problem too. Flushed once to paddy I malley and storm chaser.  One calf from each would be little tight.  Others were sound.  Calf by our simmy herd bull was sound.  And had a eye candy born this week this show some stiffness on from leg but hoping it clears up.  I'm stumped of wat to breed her to to get sound calves.  Wanting shorthorn daughters to keep or can go Maine or simmy. I like old school proven bulls  but am open to anything. 
 

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mark tenenbaum

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I would say: NBS Lowrider-(Steve French has the semen), Hotcommodity, Jakes Sultan of Jazz-(way oldschool triple clean) one of the Wolfridge bulls (RN Reed on here) Sue partially bred a Kolt bull that Schragg has forget the name,Mitches Diezel if ahe has some butt on her,The new Muridale Red bull on SEK,and a relatively unknown ez calving double bred Cumberland bull called UB DMCC Topfuel owned by Brad Davis in Iowa O0
 

OH Breeder

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Are you wanting a plus calf? Are you wanting a purebred calf? It seems interesting with the purebred Simmi you had structurally sound calf. The dam side of your cow are some pretty good lines. Which Storm Chaser? There are a couple. One more clubby. Paddy clubby, Eye Candy Clubby.
what kind of calf do you want first. I like the cow. She has alot of good things about her. Definitely think she is feminine and angular in her design. If you are going purebred- ultra masculine bulls crossed with ultra feminine cows make for good calves. If you follow that research if you follow Gerald Fry bovine research. linear measurement allows you to breed cattle to meet your form and function.
 

kndcattle

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Thanks we like her a lot.  Fir as genie as she is she is pretty stout also. We had bred her clubby those couple times to get show steers.  But now I want to get sone purebred a to keep for replacements.  But I just need something maternal and sound.  Friend of mine suggested sin city.
I used the storm chaser of lautner's ohio breeder.
The eye candy born this time's front leg buckles over bad.    He was a big calf 90-95+  Hoping it straightens up.  Some parts of day he is straighten out more walking around and others he buckles over.
 

mbigelow

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Marc T has some good suggestions I think you would like and have good luck with saskvalley imperative 33x.  Wiseguy is on here and has semen on him for $25.
 
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