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Rockstar semen is now available from Cattlevisions as well as the owners. http://www.cattlevisions.com/Shorthorn/rockstar9x.php

We have enjoyed some good rains here lately which has really brought the grass on, we had very little moisture from last July until recently. These rains have come at an excellent time for the pasture and hay crops but has delayed seeding for many guys. It's interesting to hear comments like "...

If it's in decent shape it could still be a good truck. Transmissions can be an issue but I think there were fewer issues with the V10 as compared to the torque of the diesels. You will need to pull an oil well behind it to keep fuel in it though.

I used to work on a large ranch that had a purebred Charolais cow herd as well as a large commercial herd of Angus and Shorthorn cows. We used to see rat tailed calves now and then, they were always off of the Char bulls and black cows. We wrote down tag numbers when sending calves to the...

Lot's of people are figuring this calf is a crossbred, I would not be at all surprised to find that she is a purebred Shorthorn. Calves that express the double muscled trait to this extent are fairly rare, but I have seen a couple show up over the years. And they came from "Old School" Scotch...

Haha. Thanks Ranke, the sisters arecertainly awesome.  (thumbsup)   We're pretty confident that Rockstar is going to leave daughters just like them, which is what makes him so appealing. He is a fantastic bull from a very maternal line of cattle.

"We're basicaly PETA with suits, and deodorant". (lol)

Just to add an update to Rockstars progress, Rockstar was named Grand Champion Bull at the 2011 Canadian Western Agribition and has developed into a very impressive two year old. Rockstar and his full sister Shady Lane Melba Niam 3Y were also named Champion progeny of dam. He just got back...

Shady Lane Rockstar 9X Semen Now For Sale! Shady Lane Rockstar 9X, th 2011 Canadian Western Agribition Grand Champion Bull has just returned from Stud on wednesday and is now headed to the pasture for natural service. Rockstar has developed into a massive  bodied, easy fleshing and huge ribbed...

Mark, I think you are probably thinking of Shady Lane Rockstar 9X, He is at stud right now and just finished his quarantine requirements for export semen so we are shipping semen to the U.S as we speak. We also recently got DNA verification that Rockstar is in fact Homozygous polled. We will...

Mark, Glad to see Touchdown working so well. I'm getting some Touchdown calves here right now as well and they look awesome. I can see Touchdown himself from my kitchen window and he is still one of the most impressive Shorthorn bulls a guy can lay his eyes on.

The largest calf I've ever seen was a 165# Charolais ET heifer calf. I was born unassisted from a gigantic black simmental recip. It looked like a great pyrenese dog trotting around the calving pen.

Thanks Garrett.

Some great sugestions so far, I would add another that has been posted here on SP several times, HC FL Touchdown 123T. You can see him here. http://www.shadylaneshorthorns.com/sires.html

No heated barn here, I do have a small uninsulated barn with a few pens that pairs can be put into if need be, So far I have used vey little. I preffer to calve outside and bring the pair in out of the weather after birth if the weather requires. Some cows that are not used to being inside...

After hearing talk about slight genetic variations in clones, different markings of identical twins etc. being the effect of DNA contributed by the recip, Do similar effects occur in ET calves? Can the recipient dam affect a colour pattern or other variables? Do these genetic variations occur...

??? According to your results the 7+ frame score bulls had the highest average feed conversion at 5.8 lbs of feed/ lb gain How does that not make them the most efficient average group?

Still not following your logic here??? According to the numbers you have provided, the largesr frame score bulls posted the lowest Feed per pound of gain numbers, making them the more efficient animals???

Gonewest, Thanks for taking the time to write such a concise post.   I agree with many of the things that you have posted here. One thing I don't understand though, is why everyone in this business seems to always talk about extremes?  On one hand we have groups of people that are talking...

This is definitely not the first time that Scot has beed reffered to as a Stalker.  (lol) Or atleast that's what the restraining orders say! (thumbsup)