What is a good shorthorn bull to use

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CWshorthorns

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We have a heifer and are going to breed her this spring just wondering what is a good bull to use. Like i said we are just starting out in the shorthorn breed and have a few older cows and and this heifer.
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                            SHADYBROOK CENTURION 187L
JCC CENTURION
                            MM IRISH BUTTERYFLY THD99

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CWshorthorns

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And our older cow if ya'll have a min or to to help me with.



                                          AF DIVIDEND'S IMPACT
                SS EASTWOOD
BFS HEIDE
                                    PA DO PROUD PONCHO
              BFS HEIDE 7
                                      PA DO HEIDE BLUE 046

SHE WAS A HEIFER WHEN MY WIFE WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL AND DID SHOW HER AND AFTER SHE GRUADUATED THEY NEVER KEEP UP WITH REG. THE HERD BUT HAVE ALWAYS LOVEED THE SHORTHORN BREED AND WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOMETHING FOR THE KIDS TO SHOW AND ALSO HAVE GOOD NEW BLOODLINES.
 

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What would you like to change about these females? Just from the pedigrees, I'd say that something along the lines of Double Vision or a son would work great on the cow, and maybe something like Studer's Prince James always worked on our Centurion bloodlines, and he was pretty easy calving too.  I'd really like to suggest Ace of Diamonds for the cow especially. I know I suggest him a lot, but he can do a lot of things right, and he works on a variety of bloodlines, and he is also outcross to virtually everything that is popular now.
 

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Also, just a kind of wild thing here, but the Ka'Ba lines have always crossed well with the Centurion and Dividend's Impact females in my opinion, so something like Ka'Ba Legend 102 (pretty old school, but we sold a darn good heifer out of him this year), or Vegas and his brother Sin City (both Trump x Mirage 544 sons) might work pretty well.
 

CWshorthorns

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Thank you for that input we are just looking to get some new bloodlines and also have some good show cattle and will turn out to be good cows.With the cow we are tring to get a heifer out of her before we remover her from our herd as she was the first shorthorn that my wife had ever got. I am not against any bulls as i as still learning and checking and with all the good bulls that are out there. I have noticed that ya'll give plenty of ideas for a person to start with.
 

CWshorthorns

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With the older cow we are thinking about getting something that had a little more bone and some width. and not hurt her in the milk. i will get a few pictures maybe that will help with some ideas of bulls to use in ya'll eyes.
 

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Take a look at Gncc Sull Upfront.  I haven't seen any of his offspring.  He has an awesome mother-Maggie's Mirage. His sire is Solution. Do your own homework and you decide.
 
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