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He could by a Mandalong Super Elephant son!

Just a poor picture of a very good bull!  Amateur photographers need to remember this as these kind of images stay around forever and give good cattle a bad press.

Wishing you and Chris a speedy and complete recovery from your respective challenges.  Maybe now you will have time to write that book on Shorthorn History that we have all been anticipating.  Martin

One of the greatest Holstein sires of the early 20th century was the result of breeding a bull to his twin sister.    I am sure the breeder assumed that the heifer was barren as most free martins are, and had them together in the pasture.  But this one proved to be fertile and the result was...

Sir Loin,  you need to visit some modern dairy operations before  you continue to spout off about something of which you know so little.

The truth,  the whole truth and nothing but the truth.  Taking sides doesn't belong in scientific discussion.  Just be aware that you will have now plastered a big target on  your back because groups like PETA don't like the truth.  Good luck in your undertaking.  It should be a great...

Good question!  I have wondered the opposite -  just how much do they loose in the first 24 hours.  Human babies always loose weight initially and I have expected that calves do the same,  but don't have any data to back up my belief. 

Socks are fairly common in older Shorthorn genetic lines;  This has occurred for at least 140 years in the breed and long before the introduction of outside breeding into the breed.  This apparantely and is a typical Shorthorn trait.  Maybe the Maine got it from the Shorthorn?    One of the...

The designation of "Native" was developed a few years back by the American Milking Shorthorn Society to preserve Shorthorn cattle of genetic purity.  It is defined as those who will trace in all their lines back to Coates' Shorthorn Herd Book of England or to the  Cox Importation.  The Cox...

Nice to see real pictures of real cattle!

For those of you in the ET business,  is anybody familiar with  a new transfer tool for deep deposition of the embryo in the uterine horn?    In addition,  it is claimed to make passage of the cervix in heifers easier.    They also market an AI gun for deep deposition of semen in the horn on...

They get them too fat trying to make that "eye-popper".  This restricts thermoregulation in the testicles because of fat deposition and makes them sterile. 

On dairy cows,  they are routinely hoof trimmed as needed without regard to pregnancy status and analysis of records indicates no effect on pregnancy retention.    This is on many thousands of dairy cows per year. 

Well, so is the next marketing idiocy "polled long horns"?   

Waukaru Forward 4003 has 15 calves in 2 herds.    This suggests that a healthy dose of skepticism should be applied to evaluating his EPD's at this time,  regardless of how impressive they may appear. Most of it is based on pedigree averages and not actual performance. 

If you are interested in a full pedigree for Lazy H J Classic  12C,  go to the Canadian Livestock Records website and you can see a full 5 generation pedigree on this bull.  I don't know why ASA can't get that right!?

It is totally amazing to me that if you are this concerned about this bull,  that  you have not had a veterinarian examine him.    Get some professional help for this animal now!

Lots 85,  a b and c all went for 400X4

79A and 79B both went for 150X4

I know a shorthorn breeder who used a DS carrier bull on up to five generations of his own daughters,  grand-daughters,  etc.  and never produced a calf which he identified as having DS.    Now,  there are about three possible conclusions that can be drawn from this.  First,  maybe the test...