My advice, this is not meant to be a bully, just trying to help. I dont always have perfect grammar or spelling on here. Sometimes it is an honest typo. Sometimes I am tired. Sometimes I am just in a hurry and not paying attention. However, even though I am not always succesful, I always try and make sure my point comes across clearly. I agree with some of the others on here. I don't know what your goal is in this industry. Are you just trying to produce calves for you and your family to show? Are you trying to sell calves? Is this something that you would like your career to be centered around? The answers to those questions make a big difference in how much your grammar matters. If you want to sell show cattle, or if you want to have a career somehow based around this industry, then yes, your grammar and spelling needs to be better. If this is just a hobby and you are not trying to make an impression on others, then I guess you don't really have to worry about it as much. If you are trying to make a living doing this or sell something, then every impression you make matters, even bad grammar and spelling on a cattle forum. If you dont take yourself and what you are doing seriously enough to take the time to present yourself here in a professional manner, then most potential customers or employers are not going to take you seriously enough to consider buying from you or hiring you. And you never know who may be sitting across from you in a job interview someday, it just may be one of us. Again, I wasnt trying to be a bully, I was trying to give some good, constructive advice.
Now on to the questions you have been asking about cattle. My first advice, this comes purely from observation of things you have said on here, find someone you trust and someone that you feel like you can build a learning relationship with to help you out. I dont know how old you are, how long you have been involved with this, or what your knowledge level truly is, but from some things you have posted I think there is a large part of the basics of breeding and raising show cattle that you still need to learn. That is my first advice.
Advice on this heifer, I tend to air on the same side of the fence as Chambero. I know a lot of people hat Heatwave females. Yes you have to help them sometimes, but I have seen plenty of them that perform just fine in the pasture producing calves. My advice with most clubby type females is to always try and stay away from any monster BW bulls, the cow is going to bring enough of that herself. Have you had her tested for TH and PHA? If you dont know her status I would also recomend that you stay towards clean bulls. It doesnt sound like you are a big enough breeder to endure the potential loss of having a lethal calf and possibly losing the cow. I think this heifer is the type that could produce some pretty good steers. I would want a bull that is really extended in his design, clean fronted, and stylish on the profile. This heifer isnt necessarily bad in those areas, but she does tend to have a slightly more terminal look than I generally like my heifers to have. I would worry that bred to a bull that tends to be a little coarser, you would really run a risk of a coarsely put together calf. As far as what to breed her to next year if she is already bred, I would say to wait and see what this calf does. I 80 has a lot of Maine influence, as does your cow. If it clicks and works well and you like the calf, then going back with more Maine influence may be the decision for you. If you dont like the calf, then you may go for something totally different. It is hard for any of us to make solid recomendations on this heifer, we havent seen how she has developed in the past 6 months, which could majorly influence our opinions, we also dont know what you find desirable in calves. The most important thing is not to try and please everyone else at this point, just produce calves that you like, if they are good someone else will like them to.
