Crimson Tide on Heifers

I had good luck using Crimson Tide on first calf heifers.  Has anyone else used him on heifers?  I had four that way.  Three were bulls and one was a heifer.  Here is one of the bull calves born Sept 1st out of a Monopoly X Sim heifer.

Thats a badass calf being out of a heifer

DiamondCattleCo said:

Thats a badass calf being out of a heifer

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Thanks.  He is the chubbiest of the three.  Here is a side view of him.  One of the others is solid red like a shorthorn and the other is solid black.

good calf  <beer>

I've never heard of any calving nitemares fromm this bull so can we assume he is a calving ease bull?If you can get calves like that out of first calf heifers thats awesome.How come Lautners don't promote him as calving ease?

ROMAX said:

I've never heard of any calving nitemares fromm this bull so can we assume he is a calving ease bull?If you can get calves like that out of first calf heifers thats awesome.How come Lautners don't promote him as calving ease?

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Actually, Phil did recommend Crimson Tide to me right here on Steer Planet.  On one of those on-line forums, I asked him what would be a good choice for some of my SimAngus heifers and he recommended CT.  Not sure why they don't promote him more.

We have two heifers due to him in March.  Thanks for posting your success with him (clapping)

were the cows you bred him to plainer made? does he add bone and muscle exspression to plainer cows?

I don't think he would help a plainer cow.  I used him on clubby heifers, two of which were TH carriers.  I think he adds lots of look, hair and reduces frame. The red and white calf in the photos is out of a Monopoly X Sim heifer that is a TH carrier.  She is bred back to Yellow Jacket but I wish I had bred her back to CT.  Hindsight, right?

Possum Trot Ranch said:

I had good luck using Crimson Tide on first calf heifers.  Has anyone else used him on heifers?  I had four that way.  Three were bulls and one was a heifer.  Here is one of the bull calves born Sept 1st out of a Monopoly X Sim heifer.

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We have used Crimson Tide on first calf heifers, each cow we have used him on was a purebred shorthorn. he worked well. i can post a pic of a Crimson Tide Calf we had 2 years ago if ya'll would like.

phil did promote him a couple years ago. he said to use him on heat wave daughters. ive used him and never had any calving problems. the ones that i have had are very good haired, pretty sound, and good thickness to them and he stretched the neck out really good. they werent the deepest in the world but i would tend to blame the cows for that, they were not overly deep. imo he is under used. he also died last summer.

My brother lease Crimson Tide a two years ago, I think he a pretty good set out of him.  I can find photos.

Jason said:

My brother lease Crimson Tide a two years ago, I think he a pretty good set out of him.  I can find photos.

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Would be nice to see those photos.  Thanks!