Recent content by ferkj

Choctaw Bingo.  McMurtry version not Ray Wylie Hubbard version

Amen

Premier 4000 with clipper head and fine to surgical blades depending on the type of hide your lambs have. We generally use fine/extra fine on the paper thin hided ones and surgicals on the heavier hided ones.

Was the mating I80 bred to a crowd favorite heifer/cow?

What are you trying get? Steers or Mainetainer females?

That real shiny glossy paper he uses makes really good fire starter I've found.

With him, who knows.  ::)

When it comes to "best one" that all depends on your cows and what areas they need improvement. What may be my best one isn't necessarily your best one. If you are considering using one of them call and ask what are the strong points of each one and then look at your cows to match up their weak...

I saw some Monopoly1 semen bring over 100.00/straw in an online the other day. The other Monopoly clones 4 & 5 are 25.00 bulls. Question is why the difference in price.  I can see original vs clone but the science should say clone 1,4,5 & on and on should be genetic identicals.  Or am I missing...

It looks like the bulls listed are simply ones that have been used in large numbers for TAI.  I would think good technique and proper handling of the semen is more important than using a TAI designated bull.

I'll second the Dave Guyer video.  My daughter got that one for Christmas a few years ago.  She watched it in the house a couple times through and then took it to the barn on a portable player and actually watched each section then clipped on her steer section by section. this is the best time...

Are you looking for bulls to make steers or replacement females?

If you search on here you will find many posts on this question. Some go back 4-5 years.  Lots of good info and different protocols used. 

Not sure what you mean by no name.  Do you mean hasn't had the daylights promoted out of him? Anyone who knows much about cattle should recognize 734 and Panda. Just because a bull isn't plastered on every website banner doesn't disqualify him from being a good one.  Disclaimer- I have no...

The problem with the next best thing is it could easily turn into the next worst thing. If you have a couple hundred cows and use 30-40 straws of the latest greatest you still have plenty of cows left for the proven bulls so if the new stud turns to a dud there's still a good size calf crop.  If...