Total Play?

aarcher8774 · Apr 27, 2014

So I have a quite a few straws of Total Play, so I decide to use a few on some smaller framed cows... I was just looking for a pic of him, must not be smart enough to find on the net...

CAB · Apr 27, 2014

That's a great bull. His semen can bring good $

CRS · Apr 28, 2014

He will add a lot of frame and a lot of crazy. Most of our older cows have him in their pedigree, they are awesome mothers that milk really well, so it kind of trumps the crazy. Crowe Farms in West Alexandria, Ohio owned him when he died, Steve or Doug I am sure have pics they would share. SEK or Top Sires occasionally has his semen for sale and I think they post a picture of him in their offerings. Good bull if you have a short cow with lots of guts, he makes em leggy and kind of tubular.

JDP · Apr 28, 2014

I agree totally on the great mothers and attitude! I have 2 grand daughters left that have an attitude. They always have our top calves year after year and I have never had any trouble with the attitude of the calves come breaking time. But until their calf is a couple of weeks old watch your back around them. I have a picture of Total Play but can't find it tonight I will keep looking and post it. GOOD LUCK!!

ai er · Apr 28, 2014

I never had a problem with Total Play adding a lot of frame or attitude. They were some good cattle.

aarcher8774 · Apr 29, 2014

Thanks for your opinions, I figured high strung, same as playboy sugar ray and the rest of the old chi sires... I think breeding some of these old bulls is going to make great momma's and become popular in the next few years...Just trying to become a trendsetter!
The frame size is getting a bit small in my opinion and Total Play will work great on these small club calf cows,,,?

JDP · Apr 29, 2014

I am not 100 percent but I saved this picture some time ago and named it Total Play. There are several sons of Total Play that look just like this so this could be one of them.

CRS · Apr 30, 2014

That is him. He works well on a good big middled Angus cow too. Cows have lots of power, big hipped and are clean in their front with still being very feminine. Once they are broke, they are pretty easy to deal with, just start them as soon as they hit the ground or as soon as momma lets you around them.

JDP · Apr 30, 2014

I bought a bred heifer that was out of him some 15 or so years ago and bred her to different Simmental bulls and had great luck with her. Like I mentioned only have 2 grand daughters of him left but they still produce our top end calves year after year. Rocky Balboa on one produced these calves last year was the black calf and the baldy was the year before.