Mature bulls

[Hopster1000]

This is the first bull I've owned and bought him last year to sweep up after AI. Just thought I'd throw him into the thread when I had a mature pic. He's 32 months. Think he's grown well, although he isn't tall by Irish standards. He is standing a bit funny but he wasn't for moving. Bred from Sprys Patents Ace and an Irish bred cow (from a bull, Bushypark Enda 4th).

 

[Wildmustang777]

Awesome!!! Love him!!  (angel) <beer> (thumbsup)

 

[RyanChandler]

New herd sire, Saskvalley Editor 75E

 

[Wildmustang777]

Very nice bull  How are his calves?

 

[CRS]

This guy has served us well he's 6 1/2 in this picture and still getting it done like a 2 year old.  Throws good heifers and pretty decent steers with some performance to him.  He's a Sooner out of Wisnefski's 2012 Reserve Champion Maine at Denver.  Disposition is an A+, still can walk up to him, throw on a halter and load him, but is an aggressive breeder.

 

[Wildmustang777]

Very nice!! Good bloodlines too!  (thumbsup)
Looks like my herd bull, but mine has more power
Mine is super sweet too.... his name is low and slow for a reason  (lol)

 

[mark tenenbaum]

This is the first bull I've owned and bought him last year to sweep up after AI. Just thought I'd throw him into the thread when I had a mature pic. He's 32 months. Think he's grown well, although he isn't tall by Irish standards. He is standing a bit funny but he wasn't for moving. Bred from Sprys Patents Ace and an Irish bred cow (from a bull, Bushypark Enda 4th).//// Ive been going on the Societies issues and have seen a couple phenominal animals in Ireland-Its like the old days-Where does that magic come from? I wish the powers that be over there and or here would have a few beers or whatever and resume the back and forth on some of those genetics again O0

 

[Wildmustang777]

(thumbsup) (thumbsup)

 

[Hopster1000]

This is the first bull I've owned and bought him last year to sweep up after AI. Just thought I'd throw him into the thread when I had a mature pic. He's 32 months. Think he's grown well, although he isn't tall by Irish standards. He is standing a bit funny but he wasn't for moving. Bred from Sprys Patents Ace and an Irish bred cow (from a bull, Bushypark Enda 4th).//// Ive been going on the Societies issues and have seen a couple phenominal animals in Ireland-Its like the old days-Where does that magic come from? I wish the powers that be over there and or here would have a few beers or whatever and resume the back and forth on some of those genetics again O0

Ireland has been using North American and Australian genetics to improve the cattle here, however there are some great tradition Irish lines still here and when crossed with the imported semen the next generation are really improving. It takes both sides of the genetics pool to really impress. We have used some UK genetics as well, but the resulting crosses don't always hit the high levels seen with the North American and Australian crosses.
The 100% Irish lines are getting rarer now however and there is an additional herd book to record them. It's important to keep these lines and increase these numbers again because of how well they cross with the other genetics.

 

[Gargan]

Snapped this of Penny Stacks this evening in his working clothes

 

[Wildmustang777]

He's nice!!  (thumbsup) (clapping)

 

[BroncoFan]

One of the clean up bulls at Burch Livestock. Yellow JacketxDragor Donor 501

 

[justintime]

I enjoy seeing mature bulls either in pictures or better yet, in the flesh. I think they tell you so much more than a calf picture does.
I have several mature bull pics in my picture files and I have attached some of them:

picture 1 is a picture I snapped of Alta Cedar Ultimate 130K as an 8 year old at Muridale. This was taken after he had been pulled from the breeding pasture.
Picture 2 is a really old one. This is Highfield Irish Mist at 12 years of age, after breeding over 60 cows that summer. He oftentimes bred cows at 3 farms every year and oftentimes bred 90-100 cows each year naturally. I consider him to be my " once in a lifetime" bull.
Picture 3 is HC Free Spirit 6Y at 5 years of age. He had been breeding cows for 5 weeks when this picture was taken
Picture 4- NPS Improver 948 -  pictured here at 9 years of age. He was a TH free son of Deerpark Improver and Ka'Ba Rose T90.

 

[mark tenenbaum]

Snapped this of Penny Stacks this evening in his working clothes

//// DITTO hes a really good looking "Hereford"=saw him yesturday after he went for a swim in the pond O0

 

[mark tenenbaum]

This is the first bull I've owned and bought him last year to sweep up after AI. Just thought I'd throw him into the thread when I had a mature pic. He's 32 months. Think he's grown well, although he isn't tall by Irish standards. He is standing a bit funny but he wasn't for moving. Bred from Sprys Patents Ace and an Irish bred cow (from a bull, Bushypark Enda 4th).//// Ive been going on the Societies issues and have seen a couple phenominal animals in Ireland-Its like the old days-Where does that magic come from? I wish the powers that be over there and or here would have a few beers or whatever and resume the back and forth on some of those genetics again O0

Ireland has been using North American and Australian genetics to improve the cattle here, however there are some great tradition Irish lines still here and when crossed with the imported semen the next generation are really improving. It takes both sides of the genetics pool to really impress. We have used some UK genetics as well, but the resulting crosses don't always hit the high levels seen with the North American and Australian crosses.
The 100% Irish lines are getting rarer now however and there is an additional herd book to record them. It's important to keep these lines and increase these numbers again because of how well they cross with the other genetics.//// Very important JMO-I was over in 1992 and went to meet Kevin Culhane, Paddy Omally, John Mcnally-Highfield, Edward Quane-Deerpark, and the breeder of the Irish Ballyart bull that sold semen in the US the following year-I took some pictures of the cattle bulls etc-They were the originals-And every one seemed unique from the next one at some places.There will never be a genetic base like them again O0

 

[justintime]

This is the first bull I've owned and bought him last year to sweep up after AI. Just thought I'd throw him into the thread when I had a mature pic. He's 32 months. Think he's grown well, although he isn't tall by Irish standards. He is standing a bit funny but he wasn't for moving. Bred from Sprys Patents Ace and an Irish bred cow (from a bull, Bushypark Enda 4th).//// Ive been going on the Societies issues and have seen a couple phenominal animals in Ireland-Its like the old days-Where does that magic come from? I wish the powers that be over there and or here would have a few beers or whatever and resume the back and forth on some of those genetics again O0

Ireland has been using North American and Australian genetics to improve the cattle here, however there are some great tradition Irish lines still here and when crossed with the imported semen the next generation are really improving. It takes both sides of the genetics pool to really impress. We have used some UK genetics as well, but the resulting crosses don't always hit the high levels seen with the North American and Australian crosses.
The 100% Irish lines are getting rarer now however and there is an additional herd book to record them. It's important to keep these lines and increase these numbers again because of how well they cross with the other genetics.

I am really looking forward to my trip next week to Ireland and then on to England. I arrive in Dublin Saturday morning, August 10th and I will spend the next 4 days there.  I will also  be attending the Tullamore show which hosts the National breed shows for all breeds. I have heard the entries for most shows are some of the strongest ever, so I expect to see a lot of interesting cattle. Then on to England for another several days. Almost two weeks isn't enough to see everything, but it is a good start!  Hoping to see as many Shorthorn herds as I can. I expect to see some excellent cattle.

 

[BroncoFan]

Burch Livestock is also using a Blue Roan son of this bull.

 

[Wildmustang777]

Nice!! Love blue roans  ;D

 

[mark tenenbaum]

ME TOO _I AM ALWAYS INTERESTED IN KNOWING WHERE ANY BLUES COME FROM PEDIGREE WISE PLEASE KEEP ME POSTED FOLKS-ITS HARD TO PIN DOWN THE WHEN AND WHERE BUT TO ME AND SURPRISING AND MOUNTING NUMBER OF OTHER BREEDS-BREEDERS THEY ARE SOMEWHAT OF A HOLY GRAIL-THE NO MANS LAND OF CATTLE COVETED TO THE POINT THAT THE COLOR CODES OF THE SALE BARN MORONS AND SLICK MARKETING OF SO CALLED ANGUS BEEF VANISH INTO THIN AIR AND THEY KICK ASS AT SHOWS TOO O0

 

[mark tenenbaum]

This is the first bull I've owned and bought him last year to sweep up after AI. Just thought I'd throw him into the thread when I had a mature pic. He's 32 months. Think he's grown well, although he isn't tall by Irish standards. He is standing a bit funny but he wasn't for moving. Bred from Sprys Patents Ace and an Irish bred cow (from a bull, Bushypark Enda 4th).//// Ive been going on the Societies issues and have seen a couple phenominal animals in Ireland-Its like the old days-Where does that magic come from? I wish the powers that be over there and or here would have a few beers or whatever and resume the back and forth on some of those genetics again O0

Ireland has been using North American and Australian genetics to improve the cattle here, however there are some great tradition Irish lines still here and when crossed with the imported semen the next generation are really improving. It takes both sides of the genetics pool to really impress. We have used some UK genetics as well, but the resulting crosses don't always hit the high levels seen with the North American and Australian crosses.
The 100% Irish lines are getting rarer now however and there is an additional herd book to record them. It's important to keep these lines and increase these numbers again because of how well they cross with the other genetics.

I am really looking forward to my trip next week to Ireland and then on to England. I arrive in Dublin Saturday morning, August 10th and I will spend the next 4 days there.  I will also  be attending the Tullamore show which hosts the National breed shows for all breeds. I have heard the entries for most shows are some of the strongest ever, so I expect to see a lot of interesting cattle. Then on to England for another several days. Almost two weeks isn't enough to see everything, but it is a good start!  Hoping to see as many Shorthorn herds as I can. I expect to see some excellent cattle. ??? PLEASE TAKE ANY KIND OF CELL PICTURES NO MATTER HOW MUNDANE THEY MAY SEEM _ESPECIALLY THE BRITISH WHITEBREDS IF THEY HAVE A  DISPLAY-ITS A GOD$%%&*()m travesty that cattle that thick EZ calving and historically useful  for 200 years could be almost extinct They created the ORIGINGAL GRASS FED BLUE GREYS-that pompous wanna bes like Pharo cattle dont want to recognize because they arent his so-called- idea -nor do they conform to the sale barn moron color codes O0