Saw a bunch of bulls at a sale last March. Decent bulls, moderate, but what struck me was that they were far hairier than the other sire groups. It was a fairly normal day and most of them were panting where the others took the stress far better. Made me think. I personally am staying away...
Three threads on dying cattle and they are all still alive. Amazing.
Dying is the condition of losing one's life.
Dyeing is the act of changing something's color.
It quit being amusing and started making my head hurt. I had to correct it at the risk of being retentive.
Carry on.
Wrap comes off without exception. Trying to get a piece I missed out of the compacted snow/ice is not fun. Waiting to see if we lose something to impaction is a costly experiment. Cattle die of enough things I can't control.
So far I can say with the few I have he will add thickness and bone for a calving ease bull. It seems that he won't improve leg structure, but won't make it worse, since the calves I have this year have basically the same as their dam's. The heifer calved out fine, is likely bred back (PG...
I am always astounded by those who look only at BW and ignore the CED EPD's. There are a lot of low BW bulls in the Red Angus breed with horrible calving ease numbers. You have to look at the big picture! I also won't trust a "fire and ice" mating (very popular lately to make those great big...