rackranch said:We like ours, he has decent body hair but better than average leg hair. We did rinse twice a day during the summer and keep him in front of misters as much as possible. Not the easiest feeder in the barn but does have a soft fleshy look in the show ring. Plenty of body but I would like to power him up a bit. His strongest characteristic is his freaky front and awesome show ring look. He will catch your eye as soon as he walks into the ring. very sound and soft in his pasterns but will pop every now and then when he isn't excercised properly. Overall I would give him an 8 out of 10. He will be at the Fall Classic showing in the chi deal if anyone wants a peek...
My Troubadours were all in 65-70 lbs range at birth and have really good body hair , these two calves are ET full sibs and are weighing about 900 lbs @ 1 year old . The calf below is a steer and i kept the calf to the left for a bull , very pleased with both .SouthWest said:How are his calves birth weights?? Any pics?
DBL J1 said:My Troubadours were all in 65-70 lbs range at birth and have really good body hair , these two calves are ET full sibs and are weighing about 900 lbs @ 1 year old . The calf below is a steer and i kept the calf to the left for a bull , very pleased with both .SouthWest said:How are his calves birth weights?? Any pics?
SlickTxMaine said:rackranch said:We like ours, he has decent body hair but better than average leg hair. We did rinse twice a day during the summer and keep him in front of misters as much as possible. Not the easiest feeder in the barn but does have a soft fleshy look in the show ring. Plenty of body but I would like to power him up a bit. His strongest characteristic is his freaky front and awesome show ring look. He will catch your eye as soon as he walks into the ring. very sound and soft in his pasterns but will pop every now and then when he isn't excercised properly. Overall I would give him an 8 out of 10. He will be at the Fall Classic showing in the chi deal if anyone wants a peek...
So, rackranch - have you found more excercise to be helpful in keeping the pasterns from popping? I did a search on here, but don't recall excercise being mentioned. I was wondering if it would help. I gave ours a selenium bolus, but did not see any improvment. I am having my son walk him a consideralbe distance as often as possible and have started him on MSM. I always have good luck with that for horses with joint problems. Can't hurt him.