Yellow Jacket
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nck21
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I saw a Yellow Jacket steer this fall that was really powerful and I know he brought over $10K.
nlgriff
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There was a post in the classifieds awhile back about some heifers i think? I have never seen any in person though.
BIGTEX
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A bred heifer sold at Kris Blacks' sale for 30,000. He sold for 41,000 for 1/4 semen interest. Chambero has used him some with good results, I think. I've heard he needs to be used on smooth fronted females.
He is one heck of a bull. Possession actually sold on him this fall and there was a mature video of him up on Collins web site.
I've seen calves out of him for three years now and have seen plenty of good ones, black and yellow. I've been told to make sure to use him on clean fronted, good structured females. He adds plenty of muscle.
I had one calf out of him this year and he's pretty nice. I clipped him last week and weaned him and will get some photos up later. There are some baby photos of him here on a previous post I made. I don't think there's a better halfblood Charolais-sired bull out there.
I've seen calves out of him for three years now and have seen plenty of good ones, black and yellow. I've been told to make sure to use him on clean fronted, good structured females. He adds plenty of muscle.
I had one calf out of him this year and he's pretty nice. I clipped him last week and weaned him and will get some photos up later. There are some baby photos of him here on a previous post I made. I don't think there's a better halfblood Charolais-sired bull out there.
I was going through a guys fall borns yesterday and had a half dozen or so of them and they all looked pretty damn good. I'm think about using him on a HW female.
How does the color transmission work with say a bull like yellow jacket? On black cows will the calves either be yellow or black? Will he throw smoke?
And another thing, why is it so hard to get hairy ears on char cross calves? It seems like every good one i see even when they are shaggy haired has ears that are damn near naked..
How does the color transmission work with say a bull like yellow jacket? On black cows will the calves either be yellow or black? Will he throw smoke?
And another thing, why is it so hard to get hairy ears on char cross calves? It seems like every good one i see even when they are shaggy haired has ears that are damn near naked..
TJ
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Yellow Jacket looks like he's working very well. I think breeding him to clean fronted cows is the key. I've never used him, but I've seen enough that I'm pretty impressed.
Yellow color "more or less" means that he's a "red smokey". In other words, he has 2 red genes instead of a black gene or he would be a smokey. The gene that causes white in Charolais turns red to yellow, orange or white & it turns black to light smoke/ or smokey grey. It's similar to the diluter gene in Simmi's, but it's not the same gene. The way you tell if the animal is black is if it has a dark nose. If it's red it will have a pinkish nose. Charolais are white in appearance, but they are really red gene animals.
Anyway, bred him to homo blacks & you should get black & smokes. Bred him to hetro blacks & you could get black, red, smoke, yellowish or possibly even white. Breed him to red cows & you will get red, yellow, orange or white. I've heard that bred to Shorthorns that you can end up with "peach", because they have a different gene that effects color too.
Yellow color "more or less" means that he's a "red smokey". In other words, he has 2 red genes instead of a black gene or he would be a smokey. The gene that causes white in Charolais turns red to yellow, orange or white & it turns black to light smoke/ or smokey grey. It's similar to the diluter gene in Simmi's, but it's not the same gene. The way you tell if the animal is black is if it has a dark nose. If it's red it will have a pinkish nose. Charolais are white in appearance, but they are really red gene animals.
Anyway, bred him to homo blacks & you should get black & smokes. Bred him to hetro blacks & you could get black, red, smoke, yellowish or possibly even white. Breed him to red cows & you will get red, yellow, orange or white. I've heard that bred to Shorthorns that you can end up with "peach", because they have a different gene that effects color too.
Jill
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We've found on the near naked ears even if they have hair as babies, they don't once they loose that baby hair, may not work on Char, but it sure has been a pattern on the rest we've had.
olsencattleco
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We bred about 10 or so of ours this year to Yellow Jacket. After seeing chambero's yellow jacket and several of the females in Kris's last sale we are looking foward to seeing how they turn out this next summer and fall. I am thinking about using him in a flush this spring to get a few replacement females. If anyone else has pics of his calves we would love to see them
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