We are currently searching for show help while we are at the NILE for the Red Angus show in October. Duties will consist of typical daily work, Washing, blowing, fitting etc. Experienced individuals please. Message me if you are interested. RW
We traditionally offer a summer internship working in the show barn. As luck would have it, the individual that we had selected this year cannot fulfill the internship. So now we are once again in search of someone to fill the position. The job includes halter breaking calves, daily care of our...
For an EPD to be a valuable tool it has to be based on the belief that the data used to obtain that EPD is accurate and not manipulated. Our Association does not require a BW to be turned in. If there is not an actual BW turned in the Association assigns them "breed average" BW EPD. I fail to...
I really don't understand how we have arrived at the point where people are convinced an 80 - 85 lb calf is a calving issue especially for mature cows. My heifers will routinely have calves in that weight range without incident if the position of the calf is normal. This is a product of...
The "old cowboys" all used the 8% rule. The idea was that any cow/heifer should be able to have 8% of her body weight in a calf assuming it is a normal presentation without complication. Example - a 1000 lb heifer should have an 80 lb calf without and complications if presentation is normal. The...
For the 35+ years that I have been involved with Red Angus cattle, they have been known as a calving ease/maternal breed. In the past several years it has become fashionable in no small part thanks to the major AI studs and the association to pursue and promote extreme calving ease. It seems...
I hear you, things were alot easier 30 years ago than now. Things that were alot of fun back in the day just plain hurt now! Invitation is open if you get back over here in the future.
I'm a little late to the party here. We get the opportunity to see thousands of Red Angus cattle all over the United States and some in Canada every year. I can tell you that there are cattle in nearly every region of the country that will likely suit you. At this point it is a matter of how far...
There is a section of permanent tie out rails but it is not nearly big enough to handle all of the cattle that are there. Some build pens along side of their trailers with corral panels. We usually tie to the side of the trailer and bed them down there.
After you find a place to tie them out, you will be able to go to the NAILE office to get everything else you need. We generally tie to the side of our trailer for tie outs. We leave Wednesday morning to head down there.
We had two herdbulls come down with this at the same time. We had just showed them both in Denver as two year olds and I wondered if there was a connection with that. They both shared some of the same genetics and at the time I wondered if there was a connection there as well. It was a bad day...