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Zach, no we do not have any pictures of Sun Seeker's dam. We sold her to Bob Sunquist as a weaning calf and he raised Sun Seeker. Fred Campbell in Indiana bought her from Bob Sunquist and to my knowledge he still has her. We only have a couple half sisters to Sun Seeker's dam left and are...

We raised Sun Seeker's mother and have used him every year 2005. We have experienced no problems and moderate birthweights, with most of ours coming around 80 to 85 pounds. The gestation length for us is typically 270 days to 283 days, with cows seldomly going over. I know an individual who used...

From my experience they are good cattle. Our last clean up bull was a Habanero son and I would fault him on his pasterns because he wanted to snap them over occasionally, but phenotypically a very good bull. I wish the Habanero bred cattle had a shot more grow and more thickness. Although the...

Shadow is a flushmate to the popular 2009 National Western Stock Show display bull called N Charge. He is a Hannibal x Habanero-Payback,  with a birthweight of 73#. The bull is located in Iowa and can be viewed at any time. He tested PHA and TH Free! Semen is available at $20 per unit and can be...

Thanks Brent! I really appreciate the compliment and I am also hoping she makes a nice cow. Her mother does an excellent job and I am hoping she comes back TH free when we get around to testing her. Although I do wish she had better hair. That good old Simmental hair is pretty prominent in her...

Thank you everyone for your replies and help!

I was just wondering if anyone has used a bull called SS Gold Mine L142 and what they thought. Calving ease, phenotype, growth, etc.?

We currently have some Ildeno in our tank and the top of the cane reads CA09. So, I would agree with Zach that it is probably Ildeno. Hope that helps!

I feel that everyone is entitled to their opinion and we must listen before we can talk. What makes a cow a good cow is consistency whether it is clubby, commercial, or purebred. We strive for growth, phenotype, and so on. I honestly feel Harrietta has proven herself on a number of bulls to...

I believe twinning can be influenced by nutrition, but only playing a limited role. For example, I know an individual who had 17 sets of twins on roughly 200 head of cows (8.5%). These cows are fed well in quantity, quality, and nutritionally. They receive fed daily and free choice Kent mineral...

Swoosh is out of Black Dice and Black Dice is a hard calver, but we had no problems with Swoosh. We used Swoosh the first year Habeger promoted him and have not used him since. The calves were sound, functional, and they grew well. He just did not add much style.

Kanshow, I have worked for a veterinary clinic for the past couple years and we seldomly vaccinated for warts. It is a virus that goes through them as a calf and we did give a select few show calves shots, but most feel it is not very effective. The main issue preventing people from vaccinating...

The source cited above was not "government" based. The source was Iowa State University Extension, therefore please take it all as you will, but as for me there is not enough time in one to day worry about something like this. Although I am glad that some people have concern for the future...

I strongly agree with TJ and Olsun. When you band at a young age, you have to implant them to compensate for the loss of gain that they would have had as a bull. I have also helped a veterinarian band 750 # steers and it would be so much quicker to just cut them and I feel they have less stress...

Brent unless the dam is registered and has Maine on her bottom side, the only option that I know of would be Chianina. In order to be registered as a Maine they have to be 1/4 Maine as a result of the cross.           Who Made Who (28.12% Maine) Wilson            Full Throttle Cow( The dam's...

I do by no means enjoy high gas prices, but please understand the following- Please note: Source (http://www.extension.iastate.edu/Publications/NMEP10.pdf) "The Conservation Reserve program (CRP) was authorized and funded by the 1985 farm bill. The CRP has removed millions of acres of highly...

The government does not want to set back conservation any more. There has been a large number of acres taken out already and ripped up for row crops. We must not only consider the present, but the future. You must also consider that a majority of the ground in CRP, currently, is not very fertile...

We bought our through ABS Global roughly a year ago and it was $112.00. It plugs into the cigarette lighter of a car, but you can also get one that plugs into a regular electrical outlet. So, far we have been very pleased with it.

Fatal Attraction was the sire of my 2007 Ak-Sar-Ben pigs. We had Reserve Champion Division 4 with a Fatal Attraction barrow. He sires good pigs but is hard to get semen on and tends to be costly. We typically get him on overrun and we bred the mother of my pigs back the same way, but she didn't...

Congrats CAB and partners! I wish you guys the best and hope everything works out for you. I feel very confident that Wilson will be a good TH and PHA alternative with a lot of genetic and phenotypical potential. I look forward to seeing some calves out of him. I also heard that the full sibs at...