KA Shakedown

[markh]

Anyone heard of Shakedown?  What are all your thoughts and what is semen bringing?

thanks

 

[CAB]

IMO, the bull was ahead of his time. Calves will be consistently very good, deep bodied, good bone, thick,hairy, and the ones that I had were good cows. Will be just overall big, Not exactly tall, but all the same big good cattle. I would say to call Kenneth Bremer, Blakesburg Iowa about semen availability & price.

 

[shortyjock89]

Hey CAB, do you think that Shakedown would do better on Trump X genetics, or better back on Calberta stuff?

 

[CAB]

OFS, I think that he would work on both. The Trumps would be powerful, big cattle. The Calberta cattle may pretty up the Shakedowns.

 

[Bert88]

If you are looking to sell some i would be interested.  I don't know what it bringing.

 

[OH Breeder]

JM Vortec (semen) -  ASA#: 4001704
Sire: Ka'Ba Legend 102 MGS: K&A Shakedown 

 

[AAOK]

Shakedown's Sire was Poplar Hvn Red Alert, whose daughters always had a bad rap about mot milking.  However, his Dam was a
Epinal X Cunia.  As previously stated, he did display very heavy bone, and tremendous hair.

As I remember, there were a lot of real nice Red/Wht calves in the early '90s Sired by Shakedown, out of Calberta cows.

 

[aj]

Does anyone know the pha status of legend or shakedown?

 

[DL]

aj - Shakedown (if his pedigree is his pedigree and his daddy is his daddy) does not send up any red flags re PHA - no Dalton or Paramount - I don't think he has been tested,,,,,If I remember Red Alert was show bull of the year and used fairly heavily - I believe I have a picture....(somewhere) ....,can't tell you about Nobodies Fool either ...don't think she has been tested 

 

[aj]

Thats what I can't figure out on the Vortec bull. By pedigree he should be pha clean but no one seems to know this for sure.

 

[shorthorns r us]

have you called joe metzger or kevin kimmerling?

 

[aj]

sru....I don't really have a dog in this fight(I don't have vortec breeding) but I am trying to stay on top of the defect thing. I always hear that pha tests pending. What does that mean? I guess I could call Kevin. I just always felt that these boards were a great place to exchange information. Seems like I was the last one to figure the pha deal out.

 

[DL]

sru....I don't really have a dog in this fight(I don't have vortec breeding) but I am trying to stay on top of the defect thing. I always hear that pha tests pending. What does that mean? I guess I could call Kevin. I just always felt that these boards were a great place to exchange information. Seems like I was the last one to figure the pha deal out.

aw aj - you are not one of the last, actually one of the first - I still get calls/emails from people who had a PHA calf out of known carrier blood lines and can't figure out why this horrible thing happened to them. They probably wouldn't understand your moon either   I love the pending thing too - now we all know Dr and BR can do these tests in less than a month so why should they be pending for years?  must be that darn moon   

 

[aj]

DL....I can moon with the best of them. ;D

 

[red]

most of them have blood already in for TH. Are they just waiting for the go ahead? Thought all AI bulls had to be tested for both?

Red

 

[aj]

I know goofy things can happen. I know we had a herd bull that had a goofy reading for th. It turned out since he was a twin it was harder to test somehow. And then we actually got a th defective calf out of him so it cleared up real fast.  I would use Vortec except he is horned and I am not crazy about his color. Also our herd bull was clean by pedigree so it was doubley confusing. I finally figured out which bull I got it from way back out of Nebraska cause I had had a goofy calf a couple years before the th deal was publicized. I am not trying to start trouble I just think the journey can be as interesting as the destination sometimes. I don't do much of a show circuit so it seems I am not a insider on alot of stuff. Kumba ah my friends Kumba ah......everbody now Kumba ah my friends Kumba ah! :-*

 

[red]

after seeing where you live, it all makes sense AJ!

Red  (lol)

 

[CAB]

Pic. of K&A Shakedown on page 6 from last year name that bull thread posted by DL. I tried to copy & paste it here , but as some of you know I'm almost PC illiterate, amongst other things.

 

[red]

here you go CAB.

 

[aj]

In the words of the great philosopher Rodney King......."can't........can't.........can't we all get along? ;D