Talladega

justintime said:

Duncraggan said:

I really like the pictures in the April Shorthorn Country advertisement JIT, keep us posted when the calves arrive!  Which cows did you flush to him?

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I flushed Prairie Lane Sparkle 1K and her daughter HC Sparkle Delight 2X ( by Saskvalley Pioneer 126P).  Sparkle's first calf as a two year old, was Wolf Willow Majpr Leroy 1M, who was a herd sire here for many years and was also used around the world by AI.

These two donors were selected to be flushed by a group of New Zealand breeders last summer and I flushed both to Talladega after they were done their flushes. I have attached pictures of both donors

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aj said:

I have heard this bull may be the greatest bull in Shorthorn history.

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3 Eagles shorthorns said:

I know one owners of these bull really well. He runs several hundred head of reg black angus cattle, and decided to make a run at the shorthorn game. If I'm not mistaken this is the bull he used on the shorthorn cows he purchased at Denver and it was such a calving nightmare that he quit the shorthorn business and turned the cows over to run on shares with Wally Klose .

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-XBAR- said:

3 Eagles shorthorns said:

I know one owners of these bull really well. He runs several hundred head of reg black angus cattle, and decided to make a run at the shorthorn game. If I'm not mistaken this is the bull he used on the shorthorn cows he purchased at Denver and it was such a calving nightmare that he quit the shorthorn business and turned the cows over to run on shares with Wally Klose .//// If he sent showy linebred Solutions etc to Wally Close-that could be a good mix in a generation or 2-Maine and Dual-thats what we did back in the day-but at least the Maine X sides were a LOT easier keepingI may not be remembering if its Talladega-or One of those Sullivan Bulls in Florida somewhere that the owner sold a first calf heifer bred to-one of them. O0

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Pretty common theme and it will continue to be as long as people keep making excuses for these type of bulls. We need to stop worrying about stepping on toes and start dealing in reality. I've seen the bull in person... But even if I hadn't, just by looking at the picture, I can tell you he's a big hard bull... hard doing -as is reinforced by the pictures of his more leg than body chi looking calves.. hard calving-- as apparent by his bulldog phenotype and alligator head--- I'd say anyone with several hundred cows should have had the cattle sense to have seen that coming.  It truly is unfortunate that these type of animals are passed off as commercially acceptable.  Folks have got to quit blurring the lines and as JIT would say, start calling a spade a spade.

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