Walks Alone and Believe in Me calf temperament

[parkerqb7]

I wanted to know how the temperament on the walks alone and on the believe in Me calves.
    Thanks in advance,
                  Parker Rust

 

[Clubby24]

Both bad. I am a fan of both bulls but usually the calves are hot.

 

[chambero]

I've had a bunch of WAs.  I put them in butthead category, not crazy category.  They aren't little kid calves in my experience.

 

[Diamond]

My BIM steer was shown at side of his dam, handled daily and he still nuts. Super nice calf, great hair, structure and has that presence. However, hes not something a kid could ever lead, and that kind of defeats the purpose imo.

 

[Warrior10]

Have had two WA's. One was puppy dog tame from birth (heifer). And one was decent but then went crazy (steer), granted his mom is wild.... and no longer in the herd.

 

[Davidsonranch]

Great, my little girl has her best cow bred to WA due in April.  I hope the mother's docility will carry over and help out.  After this darn Two Tone calf she has this year (horrible, nasty, disposition) I doubt she wants another one.

Not to pirate the post, but is there any reports on the MAB calves disposition?  I'm putting him a couple cows this spring.

 

[parkerqb7]

Ok thanks for all of the posts. One more question. What about Two Tone and Man Among Boys calves temperament.
      Thanks Again,
                    Parker

 

[GoWyo]

Had two WA calves out of purebred commercial Angus cows.  The steer has been friendly and loves being around people and has been a pet from day 1.  The heifer would prefer to be left alone and is on the sensitive side, but not spooky, so she pretty much is a replica of her dam in the attitude department.  The steer is constantly wiggling in the chute when clipping and the heifer stands still and is really easy to work with.  We Bangs vaccinated the other day and the heifer definitely has some explosive potential as she showed when getting an ear tattoo and new ear tag, but otherwise is good to work with.  I think it will help a lot to try to work with these calves from the time they are babies.

 

[Davidsonranch]

Parker,
As mentioned earlier, our Two Tone is not so nice temperment wise.  He use to actually lower his head and take after us like a Mexican fighting bull. Kick you whenever he can, etc. Hardest breaking steer, heck cow in general we have ever had.  I have a friend who has been helping a couple kids with three other Two Tone calves and he said that they are by far some of the nastiest calves he has worked in years. I love the looks he threw, but doubt I would try another.
I plan on using MAB this spring and really curious if there are any reports on disposition as well.  Of course we all know mamma's attitudes must be considered.

 

[seaj]

We have a MAB steer this year. Got him the first of October and he had his week of getting used to his new home and since then he has been a puppy dog. My daughter who is 8 can get right in the pen with him halter him and lead him right around. Only knock on him is, is he loves to lick you and has gotten my daughters pony tail a couple of times while she brushing him. Haha Hope he doesn't change.

 

[johnmetzger]

My daughters first steer was a Walks Alone x Maine. 1340 lbs won her class. Puppy dog broke. Did I mention the county fair show was 5 days prior to her 9th birthday. Also o <party> (clapping)wn a WA bull (4 year old) that you can pet in the pasture as many of his heifer calves are docile as well.

 

[KSanburg]

I had 4 Two Tones this spring, one of them concerned me just by the look he had, but to my surprise he has been calm as the other 3 have been as well. All 4 are broke and will be shown this year. I still don't trust the one calf but he has not shown his bad side, but when you get him by himself he is heads up.

I also had 5 Deadliest Catch calves and they are all puppy dogs.

 

[pds]

We had a Freestyle cow that we flushed to BIM and Walks out of 6 WA calves we had 1 puppy dog 2 that we were able to show but took a big kid with experience defiantly not showmanship but made it to the ring as feeders and 3 that we were unable to break just plain mean and nasty. We put in 5 BIM eggs this year and all were kid broke within a week my 7 yr old daughter was holding them for pics.

 

[parkerqb7]

Ok thank you all very much. One last question. Which Bull do you recommend crossing on an angus x Sunseeker. I was thinking maybe I would try BIM but I don't want a bad temperament calf. So I am open to opinions. I don't really want to breed to Monoply or relatives, or Irish Whiskey and relatives. The cow will be bred to have her third calf when we AI.
                            Thanks in advance,
                                          Parker

 

[vc]

The 2 Unforgiven calves I had experience with were the dog gentle, easy feeding type, they both were bigger framed calves and finished out on the heavy side, but carried it very well.
Anyone else have any experience with Unforgiven, I never like to go off a small sample. We had a Full Flush that was a complete gentlemen, but there were more reports of calves on the hot side then the gentle ones.

 

[Chap]

We've never had a Walks born on the farm, but have had numerous by BIM and some can be a little fiery, but not any worse than any of their ancestors.  From what I have heard, I would say BIM is better on disposition than WA.  MAB calves we had were very gentle. I have had as much issue with Monopoly attitudes as I have BIM, and I would guess that most people would tell you the Monopoly attitudes are just fine.  Remember that nearly all of these bulls go back to Heat Seeker and that attitude can and will show up from time to time. Cull accordingly and remember that the cow and environment lend their share to the disposition trait

 

[GoWyo]

The 2 Unforgiven calves I had experience with were the dog gentle, easy feeding type, they both were bigger framed calves and finished out on the heavy side, but carried it very well.
Anyone else have any experience with Unforgiven, I never like to go off a small sample. We had a Full Flush that was a complete gentlemen, but there were more reports of calves on the hot side then the gentle ones.

VC - we had an Unforgiven last year.  He put on 3.5#/day until the last month.  He was in the heavy weight jackpot classes all year long and finished out at about 1420 and we sucked him back to 1380 for his county fair terminal show.  He was like dynamite, literally, when we got him.  He would just panic and either kick when in the chute or just run if he got spooked on the lead.  He had never been touched until we got him.  He was easy to halter break but was explosive.  He never connected with anyone, but he was lightning fast.  After a couple of shows he mellowed out and was very gentle.  He would have been a problem for anyone who did not know what they were doing.

 

[vc]

My older boy broke both the calves we had but he was working at the ranch, prepping calves for their sale, working 20 to 30 head a day. Neither of them stood out as bad to him but with that many calves the real bad nut jobs are the ones that stand out, they also make the borderline ones seem better.

 

[Goldie Bishop]

I'm a FFA student and I raised a Believe In Me. I got the steer in November and sold it in July. From the day I got the calve it was a sweet heart. I put over 100 hours working with it and it did everything i asked it to. I went to 4 different fairs and won Grand Champion and 1st place in showmanship. And for my senior year I plan on getting another Believe In Me calve. They are great calves, any steer needs to be worked with a lot, especially if a smaller kid is planning on showing one. 

 

[_carterrrr_]

I had a BIM and he was never mean or crazy. He was a little stubborn and got lazy but nothing bad.