Cut the BS said:
alot of points for me to cover-- but I'm sure I'll miss some.. Breeding females are judged in order to reproduce and come momma cows-- not in order of merchandisable calves... merchandisable, is very broad... produce calves is straight as an arrow...
First-- if you post a picture-- and ask for opinions.. you'd better be ready for the bad with the good.. and not be searching for "o you have a great one.. o your a stud.. o i'll give you 10--000 for tha theifer... that's BS, grow up...
2nd- exactly what I said.. you can't read structure if you can't see it in my cow- and I'm guessing you can't see it in your heifer either.. My cow IS STRAIGHT__ straight as ****-- but she can still hit her tracks... She lacks FLEX. She's great for making steers- and quite honestly the only way she went undefeated at the 6 shows I took her to as a senior heifer calf-- was b/c she was so DIFFERENT-- and the shorthorns are all slab sided, and suck.
3rd. I agree with WJ, 100%, plus 100.
4th. Breeding females, can have too much muscle-- although there is no direct correlation b/w muscle and pelvic width.. any breeder will tell you the whale assed ones, will have problems calving, lambing, or farrowing... TRUTH Be told... Breeding females, need to be FEMININE=-= your heifer is not... you heifer would be what I would call a wrestler- something like WWE's Beth Phoenix-- yes she was a prom queen.. but she's still to manly for my taste... Now, too much muscle in steer-- is a differnt thing.
nobody ever said not to keep her-- that the type that produce good winning steers-- not live for 15 years like heifer show champions should..
1st point- I'm not sure what I said that made you feel like I wasn't taking the opinions well? I am pleased to hear everyone's opinions. If I wanted to price her or get compliments I would have posted this in the classifieds section.
2nd point- I thought I said I honestly wasn't sure about how she flexed? I don't remember posting anything that disagreed with what you said. Sorry if it came across that way. I was saying "hey, I'm not sure about that, maybe that's what it is." I'm asking these questions because, like I said earlier, "I really just don't know." Sorry for not being as knowledgeable as you would like for me to be.
3rd point-Maybe she was hurting. I was just telling you what I saw. I'm not sure why she doesn't look like she roaches in her top in any other pictures, but that's okay. I understand. Mark may be right, she may have got hurt on the trailer, who knows.
4th point- Thank you. Now I know.
And I can see your point about the main purpose of a cow--produce calves. Good, bad, or ugly. Get live ones on the ground. It actually clears up more of my questions than anything anyone has said, so thank you.
I want you to know that I was thoroughly offended by both 1) your inability to read my posts and see that I am honestly trying to learn and 2) you telling me to grow up. If I was being immature about the situation I wouldn't use any of these posts as learning opportunities, and I sure wouldn't listen to your opinions. Not after you said that I needed to grow up. But I am taking your comments and trying to learn from them. So thank you.