Cool fronted?

[shorthornboy]

what does cool fronted mean? and what do you want to see in the shoulders of a prospective calf?

 

[afhm]

Cool fronted refers to a calf with a long extended neck with very little to no dewlap and brisket.  This term is synomynous with goose fronted, so think about what a goose's neck looks like and that will give you an idea.  Bulls that exhibit this include Full Throttle, Full Flush, XRAy Vision, and  Gizmo to name a few.  On the shoulders you want them smooth and have about a 45 degree angle.

 

[garybob]

From a performance-oriented viewpoint, it means cattle that wean 75lbs lighter, and weigh 350lbs too light at a year, and, mature into hoard-doing, high maintenance cattle.

 

[shorthornboy]

afhm, talking of the 45 degree angle is this where the neck goes into the shoulder?

 

[afhm]

From the top of the shoulder to the point.

 

[shorthornboy]

Do the the shoulder flat with no dimension?

 

[afhm]

   
                 
    top of shoulder           
_________
              \
                \
                    \
                      \
                          \  point of shoulder
                          /
                       
Please excuse the crudeness.

 

[Telos]

afhm, that's ingenious! Cool diagram...How difficult would it be to do the whole profile like that;  head, neck, body, legs, top, rear, even the tail?  Heh,Heh,Heh...

                                            ;D (clapping) ;D (clapping) ;D (clapping) ;D (clapping) ;D (clapping) ;D (clapping)

 

[afhm]

Very, I tried to do a neck and head on there for demo purposes and stopped when the headache started.