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About a year ago, I posted a picture of HC Cruiser 59C and I received a fair bit of abuse including being called a liar etc etc. A couple regulars on this site accused me of tampering with the photo with photoshop. ( obviously they didn't realize that I don't know the first thing about doing...

I had our first calf of  2019 today from a first calf heifer that was purchased last fall. Since arriving here, this heifer grazed a fall pasture with the rest of the cows until early December, and she had been on good quality grass hay since then. She had not had any grain since arriving here...

This is HC Cruiser 59C, who will turn 3 years old in May this year. He was the top selling bull in our 2016 Sun Country Shorthorn sale at $16,500. As a yearling bull he bred 21 females, most of which were heifers. In 2017 he bred over 30 cows many of which have some clubby blood and a few were...

What can anyone tell me about the offspring of FSF Starburst 058?  I have only seen a couple of his calves and they were pretty good, but I haven't heard much about him lately. I see he has over 1350 calves registered by him so I would think I would be hearing more about them. I have found a few...

For once I think I made a decision using my head instead of just my heart and we have decided to disperse most of our cow herd on October 18th at Johnstone Auction Mart, Moose Jaw, SK. There are several reasons for this decision but the main ones are recent health issues and Mother Nature's...

We now have the videos of the bulls and heifers selling in the Sun Country Shorthorn Sale, which will be held on March 7th at Johnstone Auction Mart, Moose Jaw, SK at 1 PM CST. You will find a link to the videos on the "Sales" tab on our website www.horseshoecreekfarms.com. This is 10th year we...

I thought I would post a picture of a female I purchased in a major US sale ( Cyclone Trace) as a bred heifer. She was bred here in our herd and was the result of embryos we sold to John Hagie. When I went through the bred heifers at the CYT sale a couple years later, I thought this female  was...

A few pasture pics taken yesterday while doing pasture checks. The first pic of HC FL Sparkle Delight 2X ET, who has proven herself to be one of our best donors and producers. She is a daughter of Saskvalley Pioneer 126P and Prairie Lane Sparkle 1K. 2X is the dam of HC Bluebook 22B who topped...

I snapped a couple pics of a couple of our herd bulls while checking pastures this morning. The first picture is HC Free Spirit 6Y. He is now 5 years old and is our senior herd sire. He has sired our best sire group again this year. We had two assisted births in 2016, with both being...

I saw a sale report for the Langco/ Krueber Angus and Shorthorn sale at Viking AB and I thought the results were pretty interesting. The Shorthorn bulls were all 2 year olds and they averaged $9150 ( the lowest price was $7500). The two year old Angus bulls averaged  $5745 and the yearling Angus...

Here are a few of the bulls we are developing this winter that will be offered in the Sun Country Shorthorn Sale on March 8th at Johnstone Auction Mart, Moose Jaw,SK. 1) HC Cha-Ching 51C - smooth polled, born April 19th. BW 90 lbs unassisted. Sire: HC Free Spirit 6Y ET  Dam: SULL Dazzling...

I mentioned in another post about losing two herd sires to testicle degeneration. The vets I have talked with have told me they are seeing more and more of this problem developing in recent years and they have no real idea of what is causing it. They have said it seems to be happening in all...

Here is a picture of HC Bluebook 22B ET that was taken today at Maple Stone Farm in Ontario. Bluebook topped the Sun Country Shorthorn Sale in March at $32,000. Since then he has spent over 2 months in stud followed by a 2000 mile truck ride to Ontario. He seems to have adjusted to his new...

Yesterday morning, while doing my pasture checks, I saw a calf sucking a cow that is not it's mother. I wondered why he would be sucking something other than his own mother when she has an abundance of milk. I found out soon afterwards, as while I was driving through the herd, I saw this calf's...

Last week I decided to sell a couple of heifer calves born from our late fall calving cows. One was a red neck roan born on November 5th and the other was an even roan born on December 8th. I had just weaned my fall calves and with it being on the dry side and possibly too many heifers to grass...

I am pleased to announce that the Australian rights in HC Free Spirit 6Y have been purchased by Sprys Shorthorns, Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia. We are extremely pleased to have Spirit work in one of the best Shorthorn operations in the world. We have semen available in Canada and the US but the...

In recent times, I have seen many cattle producers getting pretty hot and bothered over an animal that was a DS carrier. One case in particular, that comes to my mind, was a good heifer that sold recently. I never saw this heifer myself, but I have been told several times that she would have...

Bluebook was the top selling bull in our Sun Country sale this year at $32,000. He had an actual BW of 85 lbs unassisted. He had an actual 365 day wt of 1312 lbs and has not been pushed. He probably has the best disposition I have ever had, as he led from the moment a halter was put on him. A...

Here is a picture of a calf born here a couple days ago. He is 100% Shorthorn with a non appendix pedigree. His sire is Birdtail G Gus 1W and his dam is a double bred grand daughter of Deerpark Dividend. The dam is in the background of the picture. Neon Leon has dark red googles, ears and legs...

About 10 days ago I received a phone call from a potential bull buyer, and he asked me why I did not have any bulls in our sale that were over 100 lbs at birth. I was not 100% sure why he was asking this question, so I answered him by saying that we believed in keeping our BWs moderate and we...