Recip Now... possible donor later???

[justintime]

Here is a picture of a recip we got from our ET center in Alberta. She is a Red Angus X Shorthorn/Charolais. We got 6 of these cows and we are really impressed with them all. This cow is a 4 year old, and she is carrying a Dunbeacon Venture X Prairie Lane Sparkle 1K ET heifer calf and is due in September. I love this cow and think she could be a potential donor herself. This picture does not show how thick she is, but she cannot fit in our squeeze chute now. By the time she is ready to calve, I hope she will fit through a gate! She has tremendous thickness especially through her lower quarter. She is a real ground sow. All six cows we got, as recips are excellent, but this is my favorite of them.
I would be interested to hear what bulls you think might work with her. Unfortunately, there are only a few  clubby bulls available in Canada. I am wondering about using Ivy League on her.

 

[shortyjock89]

HANNIBAL!  Ivy League would work well too I think, but Hannibal would make some wicked steers outta her.  Dr. Who, Monopoly, and AberTees The Professor are a few more I would think about. 

 

[Cattledog]

Wow!  I need to get some recips from them!  She looks really nice!

 

[OH Breeder]

As sound as she looks, Ol Who himself would be a great hit on her, Hannibal also. Calberta Black Impact would give some stretch. She is quiet a breeding piece. Heat Seeker too. There are alot of club bulls that could benefit from her style and thickness.
Others off the top of my head I would try My Turn, Point Taken, Heat wave

 

[cdncowboy]

From what's available to us my first thought is Monopoly.  Then I think she looks the type that might really mate well to Jigsaw.  With the Hannibal suggestions- and no Hannibal in Canada - Manchild, limited experience using him says use him on big, stout cows!!

 

[farmboy]

that is a cow manchild would work on hands down no questions asked, you would get a pretty colored calf too. Another choice i think would work would be naughty pine. i think along with heatwave and sunseeker, naughty pine has been the best clubby bull out there and i can't argue with his calf crops.

 

[ROMAX]

my vote would be HEATWAVE

 

[Ric]

I would try monopoly

 

[beefy08]

What clubby bulls are available to you guys?

 

[creativecattle]

I would say you hit the jackpot here. I have seen many ET centers recip cows before and many have been lower quality or crazy! Who do you use?

 

[simtal]

not trying to sour the punch but just because she looks good doesn't mean she'll throw great ones.  I'd be skeptical, if she's in the recip pen, maybes there's a reason, who knows, just IMO.

 

[Jill]

We purchased a recip at the Broken Lance dispersal several years ago, and she turned out to be one of our most productive cows, sometimes you just get lucky!

 

[JSchroeder]

One of Mimm's top donors came to him as a SimAngus recip.

 

[clubcalve]

Monopoly Or Dr Who would make some pretty awsome steers out of her but I think she could make a good calf with just about anything. I also think that Ivy league would be pretty awsome.
The options are pretty wide for a cow like that good luck (cow) 

 

[okcc]

What about Carpe Diem? I have heard he works wonders on commercial type Charolais females.

 

[knabe]

breed her up.

 

[justintime]

These recips come from Davis-Rairdan Embryo Transplants Ltd, Crossfield, AB.  They are very selective as to quality of their recips, and I have never seen any that they have supplied that were poor quality or crazy.The ones we got are much above average females.

 

[linnettejane]

wow!  very nice!  id say pretty much anything would work good on a cow that good... <cowboy>

if she were mine, id  probably stick with something in the breeds she already has in her...red angus, char or shorty...just to accentuate whats already there...i like jpj real well...

 

[herefordfootball]

I would go monopoly on her. Thats just me though. I think that mating would make some pretty cool colored calves!! Nice Cow!!!  (thumbsup)

 

[vet tech]

Ill take 10 recips please!! . But what about the char. bull Troubador