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    final choice on bulls

    My heifer is horned so I think ur right the offspring would be horned.  Ive had a few posts on here in the past saying that their whiplash cows were the best they ever had.  Ive only seen calves out of the irishman in perso, out of the bulls I mentioned, and they have all been great.  I think...
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    final choice on bulls

    Getting ready to order semen the semen is for a second calver she is a shiver out of a shorthorn plus.  Im stuck on the irishman, the black russian, whiskey bent, whizard, and the full brother to whiplash real deal.  Im hoping for a heifer.    Any thoughts?
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    Shiver

    Does anyone have any experience with shiver heifers as far as what to breed them to.  I have one that is out of a  maine shorthorn cross.  She will freshen in about a month to captain obvious.  Any suggestions on what to breed her to I was thinking something with some simmi influence or a...
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    Dr. Who

    ive seen all over that dr who is a calving ease sire what have been everyones experience with him in that respect and what kind of cows does he work best on?  I have a grizzly I thought about using him on she is due in february to I80 for her first calf so does anyone think that birth weight...
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    trying to start a herd

    I am trying to raise females to use in a club calf program.  I have two purebred limi's , a maine shorthorn cross and a grizzly.    Right now the grizzly is bred to I80, the maine shorthorn cross is bred to captain obvious, and the limi's are bred to starburst and optimus prime.    what are...
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    determining whether a heifer is a freemartin

    Thanks everyone ill probably get the blood test done and if she cant breed I might still show her but I will just keep her for beef
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    determining whether a heifer is a freemartin

    I found a blue roan irishman by a double vision cow she was a twin with a bull the vet checked her with a pencil and said she will breed.  How can I check if she can breed, because I was always told a twin heifer with a bull calf would be sterile.  Any thoughts?
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    breeding thoughts

    What does irish whisky semen go for top sires told me 650 per straw does that seem average or high.  Now griswolds have a full brother to irish whiskey i think his name is the black russian.  Has anyone used him.  I was told by top sires that irish whisky a good bull but not worth the money...
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    breeding thoughts

    You said jakes proud jazz son on the heatwave i have some starburst semen in my tank and some optimus prime too ive got calves coming by them out of my limousin cows, im not too sure how starbursts bw would be for a second calf though.  Now what about frisky whisky on my shiver cow?  And what...
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    breeding thoughts

    I have a shiver out of a maine/shorthorn cross and im thinking about breeding her to steel force in the spring she is not very feminine looking she is fairly stout and deep bodied this will only be her second calf.  The griswold sale catalogs are full of great looking heifers by steel force out...
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    Dream On x PB Limmi

    I will admit Dream On was not my first choice but last year was my first year breeding and without a semen tank I was limited to the semen on hand that was heifer safe, that my ABS breeder had and he would not order semen.  I did get lucky and got her bred on the first try and the breeder only...
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    Dream On x PB Limmi

    What are your thoughts on him he was born April 10
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    breeding a shiver heifer

    I have a shiver heifer out of a Maine x Shorthorn cross cow and I want to breed her to the shorthorn bull Captain Obvious.  Does anyone have any calves by CO he is supposed to be in the top 1% for low BW he should be a safe bet JMO.  Any thoughts?
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    fitting up a year old heifer for a show in may

    I  will take some pics tomorrow night and post them I am from western new york.  So just to get started here what % fat and protein should I be striving for ? I will bump her up to 7 pounds per feeding in the morning.
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    fitting up a year old heifer for a show in may

    I have a heifer that I want to fit up for a show in may.  I have never shown cattle, but I have a grizzly x heatwave heifer that i'd like to take to a couple shows.  Im looking at differant supplements and i am not sure if it is cost effective to buy supplements if i cant mix my own rations. ...
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    breeding limousin cow

    I ended up using dream on for my limmi heifer and walks alone on my limmi cow The heifer is due april 1 and the cow is due in june
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    breeding advice

    I can understand what you're saying about final answer i have not seen any calves sired by him in the show ring.  The other bull changing time is a son of lutton who was reserve champ angus bull at the NWSS i think in 2011.  The grizzly heifer and shiver heifer are both black and i plan on...
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    breeding advice

    I am trying to get started raising show calves on just a small county fair level.    I have 2 red registered limousin, a grizzly heifer, and a shiver heifer.  I have one limi bred to walks alone and the other to dream on.  I am trying to decide on bulls for breeding all 4 this spring.    The...
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    thoughts on my new heifer

    She is a Grizzly heifer out of a Heat Wave / Maine Anjou cow.  Any breeding advice I was thinking SAV Final Answer.
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