CHSC said:
I usually try to stay off these boards but this time I feel I should at least try to set everything or everyone straight. My daughter raised SRV Quiet Man, I am not sure where everybody is getting there data from but that is ok. He is not perfect and in my mind we as breeders have not made the perfect one yet. As far as why we trimmed his feet so short, we have never trimmed his feet. He was not raised in a show barn his entire life he actually was breeding heifers this spring, we brought him in 30 days before jr nationals so we could get him ready for my daughter to show. He is out of a first calf heifer that she raised and showed, his actual BW is 75lbs. Where we live in SD ( not Illinois ) cattle have to be easy keeping and sound so if anyone wants to question his structure they can call Dennis Kennedy in Oklahoma and ask him about the bull as he purchased him earlier this fall. So maybe you can stop bashing a seventeen year old girls pride and joy on a public forum . Like I said he is not perfect and not for everyone but he does have his place in this breed that has way too many hard doing monster cows.
Yeah fair enough.
He is not a bull I could make good use of but I'm sure he will be great for his new owners and many who AI to him. This is not down to his quality, just a difference in type.
We also don't trim feet on any bulls or anything else we keep genetics from.
Where I live, cattle don't have to fend for themselves nearly as much. We don't feed much grain, but lots of hay.
We sold exactly one Shorthorn bull last year. This does not make me a Shorthorn bull selling authority.
We're in the business of raising the best show cattle we can. It is funny how our best show heifers end up being our best doing cows 90% of the time.