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Why not just breed and feed them right? Sometimes you just can't make a silk purse out of a sows ear.

Thanks.  I can't find a pic at the moment but there is a steer in Arkansas sired by FP that's been doing a fair bit of winning.  The calves sired by him that have been in our barn spend most of their show life on a diet..  Just good doing cattle.  His first heifers are certainly doing their job...

I'll chime in on this thread.  We are the breeders of Fire Power and depending on what your goals are with your heifer here is our assessment on Fire Power. If you are wanting to make show heifers that make cows use him If you are wanting to get real feed efficiency in your cattle use him and he...

One more photo of a FirePower daughter.  This is a November heifer we raised that was Reserve Champion Female in the open show at the Missouri State Fair last week.  SHF Bonnies Fire 1446

Thanks guys for the positive remarks about SHF Firepower 0080.  Go to our FB page Shaffer Cattle Company to see pictures and videos of Firepower and also of a bull called Rehab.  Both are out of our best cow families.  First photo is of the Reserve Champion B & O at 2015 Jr Nationals sired by...

Prayers sent your way from Carthage.

I sent you a PM.

pm'd you with some breeders close to you.

I call the livestock office this morning and they said that for exhibition cattle this year only the tattoo is ok to be used for identification purposes but that immediately following the National Western they will begin enforcing the new rules.  The lady was a bit abrupt.  I would suspect that...

I am not happy with the new Clostrex.  They changed their formulation and packaging last year and it does not appear to be a good colostrum replacement now.  They are marketing it as a supplement not a replacement now. 

Questions on Cedardale Tyrant for those of you that have used him.  What kind of frame score does he have?  How many of his calves are dish faced?  tyrants sire appears to have quite a bit of frame to him.  How are Tyrants daughters performing in the field?

I agree 100% with Jeff.  I have never regretted pulling a live calf.

When you order things from companies to arrive by a certain date several things have to happen. First and foremost the shipper must ship the item in a timely manner.  UPS and FedEx cannot deliver a package that was shipped from the supplier late.  Second,  UPS and FedEx guarantee their packages...

I agree it is the relationships that you build with your customers that matter.  But you did not answer the question as to how much compensation that you are willing to withstand. There are going to be many more recessive genes out there that will be identified I agree.  But as Okotoks said it...

Beautiful cows - My favorite was the jersey but then I am no dairy person.  ;D World Dairy Expo 2013 - Program Supreme 10:5 Web

OK, so how much responsibility does the bull breeder have as opposed to the person that sold the females that were also carriers?  How does that responsibility get split.  Or if he has retained females from a previous carrier bull?  How do you go about making it right?  Just curious  as the...

One of my neighbors runs a small commercial herd of black cows.  These cows are angus based and he bought a simm/angus bull to use on them.  This fall he had a hydra calf that had to be c sectioned out.  When asked he was not aware of the genetic issues that are cropping up in the angus and...

http://www.heimerhamps.com/blog/?p=176. Very insightful blog no matter what species of animals that you raise.

Where are his Parents?  Parents are ultimately responsible for raising their children and responsible for the actions and inactions.  That is why our countries kids are in the shape they are in.  Their parents are not holding their own children accountable.

I believe you would have to be registered in the composite registry.  There is no way to "breed up" to a purebred charolais using a percentage bull.  But double check that with the association.