BC Eagle Eye

[formersteerjock]

Anyone seen or raised any BC eagle eye progeny and what is your opinions? 

 

[Show Steaks]

currently raising our first crop we used sexed heifer semen, these girls are freaks so much muscle and style to there front ends, look slike in a month or 2 we will have a super freak of a heifer  alont with about 10 freaks and 5 just dang good ones no complaints as of yet other than they seem a little shallow bellied but out oldest calf is maybe 3 weeks old ad youngest 5 days old

 

[Freerider]

Here's our heifer calf, she's very thick for an angus and is nicer than the picture shows.

 

[Cattledog]

Good to hear these reports on Eagle Eye!  If there was one thing I was wondering about it would have been the shoulders on his offspring.  I thought that he was very bold shouldered when I saw him.  Is he transmitting this to his calves excesively?  I can handle a little bit of shoulder as I'd be using him on cows that are really nice shouldered.

 

[JCattleCo]

@ Show Steaks, how was your conception with sexed heifer semen over non-sexed??

 

[Show Steaks]

@ Show Steaks, how was your conception with sexed heifer semen over non-sexed??

seeing how it was my first time ever AI'ing my numbers arent quite as good as they could be but i got 16 out of 19 on conventional semen and about 60 % with sexed, later in breeding season i had much better luck breeding about 6 hours later than usual.

Good to hear these reports on Eagle Eye!  If there was one thing I was wondering about it would have been the shoulders on his offspring.  I thought that he was very bold shouldered when I saw him.  Is he transmitting this to his calves excesively?  I can handle a little bit of shoulder as I'd be using him on cows that are really nice shouldered.

every calf we had was unassisted from first calf heifers to mature cows, calves came well and seemed to be made well for calving but really start to explode at about a weekd old

 

[Freerider]

Good to hear these reports on Eagle Eye!  If there was one thing I was wondering about it would have been the shoulders on his offspring.  I thought that he was very bold shouldered when I saw him.  Is he transmitting this to his calves excesively?  I can handle a little bit of shoulder as I'd be using him on cows that are really nice shouldered.

I see no shoulder issues at all with my heifer, she's actually quite clean fronted. I'll try and get an updated picture later today of her.

 

[husker1]

@ Show Steaks, how was your conception with sexed heifer semen over non-sexed??

seeing how it was my first time ever AI'ing my numbers arent quite as good as they could be but i got 16 out of 19 on conventional semen and about 60 % with sexed, later in breeding season i had much better luck breeding about 6 hours later than usual.

Good to hear these reports on Eagle Eye!  If there was one thing I was wondering about it would have been the shoulders on his offspring.  I thought that he was very bold shouldered when I saw him.  Is he transmitting this to his calves excesively?  I can handle a little bit of shoulder as I'd be using him on cows that are really nice shouldered.

every calf we had was unassisted from first calf heifers to mature cows, calves came well and seemed to be made well for calving but really start to explode at about a weekd old

If the current Genex page is right, he's a 3.7 on BW...and he worked fine on heifers?  Perhaps that information is dated?  Thanks....I sure like his look.

 

[showsteerdlux]

Aimed at Husker1. What is wrong with a 3.7 on BW?  Its an Angus bull for gosh sakes.

 

[husker1]

I guess I've always heard people say 2 or lower on BW epd for heifers....My Genex rep suggested that we not use him on heifers; though I'd like to.  Perhaps you said in the thread above what actual BW's were?  I remember you said all unassisted.

 

[flacowman]

with that number, you typically can have a few problems every now and then but we have successfully used bulls in the 4 range on crossbred heifers with no pulled calves

 

[bluffcountrycattle]

I'll chime in with our experience with Eagle Eye...we had 5 calves born in 2010 out of him.  We calved 3 cows...a 89 lb bull calf (pic below), a 95 lb bull calf, and a set of twins that were 60 lbs each.  Sold one cow to a friend and he got a 72 lb bull calf.  My first 2 were 7 and 8 days overdue out of big cows.  Twins were on time, as was the one born at the friends.  They were fairly stout when they were born, and definately had more punch and grow than the Lookouts.  I would be very cautious using him on heifers...you may get along if you watch them and are prepared to help, but there are certainly easier calving angus bulls out there to use on heifers!  I sold the twins as feeder calves, and they certainly had an appealing look.  Both my yearling bulls grew out very well, and one was the first one selected out of the sale pen. 

My other one I did not price, as I was contemplating keeping him for my new herd bull.  I am still undecided, but may offer him for sale!  He is pictured below. His dam is a Famous 7001 X Krugerrand.  He weighed off over 800 lbs for weaning, and over 1300 for yearling, so he grew well.  He's a 6.2 for frame...not too big, not too small.  He's stout!  Gotta cool look, really big hip, lots of bone and a ton of hair!  Disposition is tremendous as well...must get that from BC Lookout.  Don't criticize these photos...I just slicked his front out last weekend to see what was under all the hair, and took these pics from the car coming down the driveway.  We've had plenty of mud, so no time for washing.  I think with a good bath, some final clipping and some time in the picture pen he could look sweet!  Anyways, this will give you an idea of the kind Eagle Eye can sire, and how they look as yearlings.  I have not seen many others, but heard good reports from those in the know...  Hope it helps!  Mark

 

[Show Steaks]

I'll be happy  if ours look like that, definatly have good fronts and butts

 

[bluffcountrycattle]

I'll be happy  if ours look like that, definatly have good fronts and butts

Thanks!  We sure like him...our dilemma is we don't focus, or live in a state, where we can really sell purebred angus steers as show prospects!  I think this is his calling!  We only have 20 angus cows, but could sure find a place for him if we have too.  He'd sure work great on a set of clubby or simmi bred cows as well!    Perhaps I need to move those pics to the classified section and see what other people think...