I've thought about this topic a lot today as my kids worked in the barn on their heifer projects. green8911 - I would ask you to put yourself in my place for a moment:
1) my kids show heifers, so are not allowed to even sell in the "bonus" 4-H livestock auction. The fact that your son has the...
We have 2 litters of aussie pups...17 total! Figured the best way to contain them for a photo was in the sled...so on Christmas day, they all went sledding :)
Ordered something from them a couple years ago but never received the item and they never replied to my multiple calls and emails. Finally figured I'd invested more time into trying to contact them and get the issue resolved than the item was worth so I just wrote it off as a loss.
Highly recommend...not only for the fitting, but even more so for the clipping. My two boys attended the one in Muscatine in December and we were super impressed. Lots of hands-on, one-on-one instruction.
That's awesome! They're a great family and took three cool steers to the IL State Fair. Happy that they came out on top this year! The 10% donation is very fitting indeed.
The Mercer County Fair in Aledo has to be one of the toughest in Illinois. Three steers in the grand drive at IL Beef Exo were from Mercer County (Champion & Reserve were from Mercer). And the Champion Shorthorn Jr Show Heifers at the Illinois State Fair the last two years were from two...
Highly recommend Twisted Stitch:
http://twistedstitch1.com/
They're at a lot of major shows. Their designs appear more dimensional than just the view of the side of a calf on a cap. Very creative and professional!
Firesweepranch-we had same issue last night. Calf was back feet first but after using the jack, the calf still wouldn't budge. Vet did a c-section. Mama is fine today but calf is still fighting tight tendons and back pasterns buckling, plus his back legs are folding sideways. Last night calf...
I agree with shortii...Myrtle Bo is our all-time FAVE cow family. Our two best show heifers have been Myrtle Bos. And one of them was flushed...39 eggs from 3 flushes. "Fertile Myrtle" :-)
The Asset/Myrtle Bo daughters were absolutely BEAUTIFUL at the Maternal legends Sale this fall. 8 of them sold, averaging $32,031 each.
We're expecting 5 Asset/Myrtle Bo babies this spring!!!!!!!!!!!!