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[ShowmanQ]

Would you use Tonic on heifers? I have a blue roan appendix heifer i was thinking about him on, she had a 95lb bw. What do you think of his calves?

 

[shortdawg]

In your other post I asked about frame size but as far as Tonic, I would think he wouldn't change a frame size too much. I have one due out of Tonic within the next two weeks. I did breed him to a few heifers. He is not a huge, massive bull and I think he will work on lots of different types of cattle. If your heifer is upper - moderate or large framed I would use Jake's Proud Jazz on her.

 

[NHR]

I have not used Tonic, but of the calves I have seen he works best on Trump bloodlines.

 

[afhm]

From the Tonics I have seen, if you have a really powered stout featured cow that needs alot of refining, a flatter muscle pattern and prettying up he would work there.  The calves I have seen are pretty fronted but other than that they narrow based, lack muscle, bone and guts. 

 

[gocanes719]

The heifer in my profile is an Eskimo Joe, we bred her to Tonic and had to c-section the calf.  We havent got her bred back yet, a year later.  I am not saying he won't work, I would be careful though.  The tonic calf was a heifer, mostly red average bone and thickness.  He is not going to add muscle.