Recent content by Showkid48

After my pig breeder told me he preferred Glide over InMotion and other products of the like, I ordered a 3/4 lb deal of the stuff from Champion Show Stock. After about a week of no confirmations or shipping info I recieved a personal letter from Jordan Leatherman saying they had ran into some...

I agree, I feel that a lot of these clubby calves end up with little bitty feet that begin to suffer when you started putting all that weight on them. That probably has something to do with it also, when we get these calves so stout and massive you need that big boned frame to keep him sound...

http://jas.fass.org/content/42/5/1077. "Correlations calculated over-all breed crosses indicated that cannon bone size scores were positively correlated (P<.01) with birth weight, 200-day weaning weight, feedlot ADG and slaugther weight (range, .21 to .60). Cannon bone size was positively...

I think y'all may be missing the point, then again I could be wrong. To me, it would seem like big bone in market cattle would be a desirable characteristic from a carcass standpoint. It's really simple, the more surface area of bone, the more surface area of meat. Think about it, which are you...