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It's kinda funny how many people sound like they know exactly what they're talking about and yet they don't. And I don't mean that to sound condescending, but if you don't know, maybe say you're not sure instead of sounding like an expert. Some of the feedback is correct (HCG, Cardinal...

I can't answer that question for Shorthorn, but I would be very, very surprised surprised if that required of every sire. I would think a lot of people out there would see that as a hassle and a reason not to buy, sell, raise, or run Shorthorn bulls, and the association wouldn't want that! I...

I don't think the confidence level would be as high IF they could even use a grandsire's DNA on file. The highest level of confidence you could have would be to submit samples from all the calves, all the dams, and both sires. Since you just need to verify the calves to their sire, though, all...

I would go pick up anything that isn't paid for. I've done it before...and I drove 14 hours one way to get there! I had tried everything I knew to work with the guy, and he kept giving me one new story after another. After he had agreed to send this heifer back to me on a truck from Denver, he...

I like that calf, and I wouldn't have guessed he had that much ear in him at all! I would think he would do ok if he doesn't start to show more ear or if he ends up somewhere where classes get divided by breed types or where judges won't discount him too bad if he does start to show some of that...

If he's "running around" and nursing good, it sounds like he may just be feeling good, playing hard, and getting tired. Cattle are kinda like us...when they get sick, they usually show the signs: labored breathing, lethargic, depressed appetite. Pneumonia is a concern as well as other bacterial...

Going into the uterus at this stage is an old school treatment, and I don't know know any vet who recommends that as the first route of therapy or intervention for not cleaning off after calving. The lutalyse shot should work to cause enough uterine contractions to expel any tissue that should...

Yep...we would give her 5 cc of lutalyse. Penicillin won't hurt to fight infection, but it won't help with the actual cleaning out. Uterine boluses and infusing the uterus with antibiotics are last resort options...the thinking is you'd rather not go inside her from the outside if you can get...

Nice babies...

Our Tennessee Simmental Association started a state junior futurity show just last year. In order for heifers to be nominated, they have to sell in either a state sponsored sale (we have one in the spring and one in the fall), or they can sell in a state association member's production sale. No...

Who is Open Bar?...I'm not familiar with that name. Maine or Charolais?

They DO look alike! We had a set of twin heifers one time back in the 80s...spotted all over...and COMPLETELY identical...they had the same face! I've never been not able to tell two animals apart, even when I was a kid, until we had them. They looked alike from the time they were babies until...

I agree! ASA's TraitTrac system makes things a LOT easier. I don't know if it's a 100% guarantee that an animal's status might not be what it says, but it helps, and I do trust it quite a bit based on the genetic defects we know about. Because we've always had an open herd book, we HAVE to be...

I'm not even a shorthorn breeder, and I wanna hear this discussion! Lol

Hopefully, somebody will have some good advice for you that might help with this calf's issues; unfortunately, I'm not sure you're gonna change him enough to be as competitive you might wanna be against cattle that are sound and comparable from a carcass standpoint. I think the real lesson here...

We also feed in rings. Some winters are nastier than others, and this year hasn't been bad at all for us. Some mud...yes...but that's expected. We try not to feed in areas where pasture is better...we typically keep rings around the edge of the field. You could also go to the trouble & expense...

Decent kind of bull calf. I like the flush sisters.

I talked to our embryologist this morning, and since I had him on the phone, I asked about the possibility an embryo splitting after implantation... He said it does happen occasionally, but not often. He also said he had noticed fertilized eggs under the microscope that appeared to be likely to...

Congrats on the sale. Always fun to sell a bull, and even more fun when they load up more than one! Hope the buyers have good luck and come back for more!

I wasn't worried about that one, but glad it went well. Thanks for the update and the picture. That dude ought to grow like crazy!