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Pretry sure most of those bulls you mentioned Mark are not exportable  (the Rawe bulls for sure). Rome you may get a hold of but from experience they aren't very showy. Lots of performance - bulls better then females. Double Vision is a Zeal. Haven't used any Zeal (thought he didn't have enough...

Nice heifer. She is bred to a heifer bull so you can go for some performance on the 2nd calf. If you want show females I think u can't go wrong with Turton on her. I do like those Outsider females that were in Denver. Just concerned the bulls might not have enough to them. But an IVF cycle to...

Thanks Mark. I was hoping it meant he would not break coat. I just wasnt sure what this test proved. He is off an old red cow by Contender and the Fired Up bull. He will be in a purebred operation I'm sure.

So this year I have a pretty good red purebred charolais bull calf. I was asked to test him for the dilutor gene. He tested non-dilutor which Im told is good. Im not too familiar with the red gene in Charolais so I was wondering what this actually means in simple terms? Does it mean he will not...

Yup he is owned solely by Horseshoe E in Sask. Cederlea Farms also of Sask had quite a few Legend sons in their sale. Sparrow bred all their heifers this year. Springside had a high seller who was a Legend. Circle Cee does not have a bull sale but I know their high seller privately was a Legend...

Zeal has some bigger Birthweight bulls in his pedigree (Survivor) but everyone who has used them have said he calves without issue on heifers and the calves are quite good. Xplorer calves are not big but they can be a bit blocky. Friend did have to pull several out of his heifers. Others say no...

Sometimes after an animal bloats, it takes awhile to get their system back on track. I have had a few over the years and I give them one of rumensin boluses. https://www.elanco.co.nz/pdfs/Rumensin-Capsules/Rumensin_Capsule_label.pdf It is awful big and requires a special gun, but it slowly...

There is one word to describe that pair of Mcleod's. Awesome. That is all.

I dont think its a "breed" question but rather a question of finding genetics within a breed that will work. Im sure there are Simmentals who will do great and some not as great. Id be looking more at some of the genetic markers to attempt to isolate the animals which will work better in the...

Thanks for the information. What is done is done. The tech did not wash the 5 eggs for export so I guess the ones he excluded will stay in the US. Just seems odd. At least we got 9 and hopefully we can get some good unique calves in the near future up here. Thanks again

First nice looking Shorthorns. no matter what color they are, they are good cattle and I appreciate that. Just one thing you guys keep mentioning that is a little off to me. You keep referring to his birthweight and his recept mother. You should never consider the birthweight on an et calf as...

Interesting information Dr. Elsden. I flushed a cow recently in the US and she produced 9 #1 - code stage 4 and 5 embryos for export to Canada. Yet on the recovery form there were 14 #1 embryos listed. When I enquired I was told that the 5 embryos were #1 code 4 but had extruded blastomeres and...

Nice udder on your cow Show Stopper. Curious to see how your calf turns out. Its alive and healthy - that is what is important right now. I like your idea to try the Bohannan calf. Looks pretty cool. I like that Bronco bull too that Lindskov-Thiel and Wild Indian Acres bought. Unique pedigree...

You cannot tell the difference between a CC bull and a TT bull or cow by looking at a picture. Like I said before you can feed CC cattle to be fat. It just takes longer

Here is a link to a simple paper by the University of Saskatchewan. http://homepage.usask.ca/~schmutz/leptin.html Unlike the others posting and bashing the test, I can attest that I do believe in the marker and I have seen increased profitability when I use TT bulls on my herd of simmi/angus...