I was thinking about using him on a small sunseeker heifer of mine to get some more simmi maternal genes in her. But after hearing a lot of mixed reviews about birth weights, I don't think I'm going to risk using him. There are plenty other proven calving ease bulls out there to use.
I have had really good success with Chill Factor calves out of my maines. He throws very nice heifers that will make really good replacements. Another bull that I like using, though he isn't a maine, is Dr. Who. I find that he adds nice thickness and soundness to the calves without taking...
There are many different things that you can do leading up to before and on the day of the show. For me, I usually keep water intake consistent until the morning of the show. If the show is in the morning, I will then hold of water until around a half an hour until I enter the ring. If it's a...
With your sunseeker cows, what did you breed them with? I have a nice small sunseeker heifer that I am unsure about breeding to. I was thinking about a nice low birth weight maine influenced bull such as shiver or tyson. Any ideas?