Recent content by kkomma

The cows we had this happen on are executive x Cunia son. I think the touch of Cunia might have brought in the set of alleles or possibly it truly becomes a perfect storm of structure. It's an awful disease/condition to watch.

After reading some of the related posts, I believe this condition is Spastic Paresis. Seems to fit with everything I've seen. Terrible disease that seems to be a recessive trait that just catches up to you every now and again. Some bulls may have it more then others. Thanks everyone for your...

I've never heard of it. We're in Wyoming, so I'm not sure that is around but I can look. The trouble with this ailment seems to be a permanent condition. I have never seen one recover. I've seen about 10 of them now. Does this beef steak weed cause a permanent issue? These calves hobble along...

Calves drink from an irrigation canal, so it's a great question. We have had a couple do this, born in march sent to pasture in June and in those months of summer a few of their joints swell and lock up. We have another breeder near us that has the same issue with different cows but similar...

Have any of you had calves come with stiff joints after they went out to pasture? I have only had it a couple times but is it a late THC characteristic?

I'm glad someone else has noticed this No Surprise bull. I've been contemplating using him this Spring, he's one of the few bulls with a video walking. I plan on breeding him to 5 or 10 head. Why hasn't he been heavily promoted?

My family has owned and run a Meat Processing plant for 30 years. The safest and best operations take animals to a facility live to process them as fast as possible. If you don't have a trailer, a neighbor does. As for bleeding, that is an important first step to prevent the meat from souring...

Kind of a followup subject but when is the earliest you've had a cow come in when you pull the CIDR? Usually is 2 days before one shows heat for us. We're synchronizing 30 at a time usually.

I have always done the 7 day Select Synch with a CIDR & TAI at 72 hours. I did some AI work for a ranch and they did the Select Synch with a CIDR but just heat detected for a total of 96 hours. They got 14/15 to show heat. So that opened my eyes for an extra 12 hours of heat detection you get...

I usually use the http://www.iowabeefcenter.org/estrus_synch.html to calculate exact dates. It also has a tool to calculate cost of your AI program. It may help you with timing and gives predicted gestation

I.E. look at the picture and look at the video http://lautnerfarms.blogspot.com/2011/12/gold-rush-monopoly-bull-consigned-in.html

As far as color them up, I mean if you see pictures of them as calves and then those same animals as bulls in person, there is a distinct difference in color. The "orange color" very rarely is a true color. The diluter gene your talking about applies to charlois and simmentals but maybe a really...

How do they color up bulls like Texas Twister and Gold Rush? We have a lot of Yellow and white and they don't have that more orange look that I've seen in those bulls. Do they spray them with a light coat of red? Thanks

I'm looking at Breathe Easy as a heifer bull this year. Are WAG Harrietta genetics that good?  Let me know what you think?

So is Bojo really in the courts or is this just an attempt to artificially inflate his semen price? For such a young bull when the trouble occurred (whatever that is) there seems to be no end to the collection.