If you have actually seen BIM in person Carlson, you would know that he isn't small framed. I've seen him at the Hawkeye Breeders and he is anything but small framed.
You've said before that you spend around 3 grand breeding your cows. It's gonna cost money to ship the semen you want on those cows. So what's the difference in shipping embryos, it depends on how far you ship them shouldn't be over $200
I saw Texas Tornado at the stud, his feet toe out some but I didn't think it was any worse than any other bulls. The main problem I have with him is that he is still very small.
You have to think about a few things also. Is your cow good enough to even flush? Has she been proven? What are you going to do if you get no eggs from her? Also do you have a market for these calves if you get a bunch of these calves? This is going to cost you a good amount of money to do, you...
Carlson, How old are you? You need to learn how to spell right, if need be use spell check before posting. Also like people have said no one can predict what the calf is going to look like exactly when it is born and what it will turn out like. YOU just need to make a decision when the spring...
I saw that the Chill Factor semen sold for $85/straw on the Top Sires sale. It's listed at $50/straw on Griswalds website. Has it gone up from what is on their site?
Paying over $2000 for a pregnant recip really isn't that expensive if you really look at it. The embryo place has to buy the open cow and feed her for a while till they usually put the embryo in her. They have to do all the heat watching and preg checking on them to make sure they are bred. They...