Purebred breeders

[15444]

cswilson:

I have to agree with whiteface on this one all the way. Cheque is a favourite of the breeder I purchased my first Hereford from. He liked every cow that he got off of that bull. Cheque is much like Nick the Butler in that he is a real cow producer. And yes, that is some very valuable semen you have there. Unfortunately, I am pretty bulked up on semen right now, having purchased the remaining units left of Kilmorlie Steel 359S last fall in the Duralta Dispersal, 23 units in all, as well as many other bulls in the tank. I'll definately keep it in my memory bank and will check to see if you want to sell it in the future after I finish off some of the near-empty canes in my tank in the next year or so.

whiteface:

You'll have to let me know what size of cattle you are breeding for. The cow is about 1400-1450 lbs and about a frame 5.5? (have never measured her), so she is not super big but quite functional for our climate and conditions (NW Ontario). She had her first calf (heifer) in spring of 2002 and raised the best calf out of all the first-timers. I switched her over to fall breeding in 2002 and she raised one monster of a heifer calf this past winter. She is currently bred to Kilmorlie Baron 211X to calve about mid-August. Both Sportsman and Baron are very athletic bulls so the combination will be interesting. As far as flushing, I am for the idea, but would have to find out more info as the whole process would be new to me.

[cswilson]

Ohh Western Breeders used to market him at one time and thats how I got ahold of it. I tend to speculate abit on some bulls that I think are better than the company does lol.

[ALICIA]

Whiteface & 15444 - 45th herd reference issue page 108 Last bull I bought when he was 2 days old, picked him up at 6 months and sent him to bull test station. KOO top half of page.
47th annual herd reference issue page 112 bottom of page. This is my herd sire now koo Y131 radar 2L. His dam I bought as a yearling and she made the disticton list last year.

Whiteface- Do you know Mr Harrison, & George. Am I warm?
15444-Cow's are Stick, Much More, Tradewind,McGyver, Wrangler, GHC Miss Broadview, Fortress, Steel12P, Rebel, a couple of 3yr old from FB Banner Victor 63M, GHC Keyman,Optimum, and last year I bought Wilgor 31L Carla 29N at Bill's Sale.

[15444]

Whiteface & 15444 - 45th herd reference issue page 108 Last bull I bought when he was 2 days old, picked him up at 6 months and sent him to bull test station. KOO top half of page.
47th annual herd reference issue page 112 bottom of page. This is my herd sire now koo Y131 radar 2L. His dam I bought as a yearling and she made the disticton list last year.

Whiteface- Do you know Mr Harrison, & George. Am I warm?
15444-Cow's are Stick, Much More, Tradewind,McGyver, Wrangler, GHC Miss Broadview, Fortress, Steel12P, Rebel, a couple of 3yr old from FB Banner Victor 63M, GHC Keyman,Optimum, and last year I bought Wilgor 31L Carla 29N at Bill's Sale.

Alicia:

Don't have the herd reference issues on me, but I will take a gander at those pages in the near future.

Used Tradewind, Optimum as well as a McGyver son in the past.

Have a few units of Tradewind left, although not sure when he will fit my program. Had one purebred heifer off of him in '96 and that was enough for me. That calf took just about every first place ribbon and banner at our local Hereford show with Doug Allison judging in '96, but she had super wacky heat cycles as a yearling, was a poor one to catch with AI and lived up to the common notion that real big cows bring home real small calves. Quickly changed my breeding philosophies to focus more on the commercial man's needs and less on the ring, which, as you can guess, has made me pay dearly for in the ring. Oh well.

Main herdsire is a Optimum son out of a Louada Voyaguer 4W cow. My pride and joy for sure. Shares the same little problem as Tradewind in putting a little too much masculinity in the females for me, but his heifers don't have the same reproductive flaws as Tradewind.

Used a horned son of McGyver through AI from Dorrances in SK. Way too extreme for my needs. Big calves and big frames. Make good stocker steers, but none to impressed.

Had wanted to use alot of the bulls that you have in your cowherd, but as with all things, it is hard to sample everything over the years. I know Stick and Rebel were highly used bulls in Southern Ontario. Nick the Butler, Race and Trustmark were the foundation of most herds in Northern Ontario.

[15444]

Alicia:

Don't have the herd reference issues on me, but I will take a gander at those pages in the near future.

Used Tradewind, Optimum as well as a McGyver son in the past.

Have a few units of Tradewind left, although not sure when he will fit my program. Had one purebred heifer off of him in '96 and that was enough for me. That calf took just about every first place ribbon and banner at our local Hereford show with Doug Allison judging in '96, but she had super wacky heat cycles as a yearling, was a poor one to catch with AI and lived up to the common notion that real big cows bring home real small calves. Quickly changed my breeding philosophies to focus more on the commercial man's needs and less on the ring, which, as you can guess, has made me pay dearly for in the ring. Oh well.

Main herdsire is a Optimum son out of a Louada Voyaguer 4W cow. My pride and joy for sure. Shares the same little problem as Tradewind in putting a little too much masculinity in the females for me, but his heifers don't have the same reproductive flaws as Tradewind.

Used a horned son of McGyver through AI from Dorrances in SK. Way too extreme for my needs. Big calves and big frames. Make good stocker steers, but none to impressed.

Had wanted to use alot of the bulls that you have in your cowherd, but as with all things, it is hard to sample everything over the years. I know Stick and Rebel were highly used bulls in Southern Ontario. Nick the Butler, Race and Trustmark were the foundation of most herds in Northern Ontario.

[whiteface]

I'm at about the same place as 15444, cswilson, certanly don't dump the semen out and he is bull I will seriously consider in the future, probably for a flush or two as I don't A.I., my program is built mainly on the best quality walking bulls I can buy or raise and then new genetics frequently enter in the form of embryos, whether mine or purchased. Breeding is done for this year, but more transplant to be done next year...
My website address is www.dynamiteacres.com now I'm out of the bag! 15444, I'll send you an email as soon as I'm off the forum, let me know if it makes it to you and we'll talk more. Alicia, I travel a lot and study a lot and have met a lot or people but I've also had two kids and as my dear friend Alain Decorby said, "womens lives change focus when they have children and no matter how good they were at their job before their kids they'll have lost some of that ability afterward." (referring to his wife, a very prominet breeder of the 70's), "if Karen has anymore kids, we might as well just plant her in the garden..." A sense of humor that I can really appreciate, but no Alicia, my child fogged memory does not recognize the names you threw at me, sorry, another hint, for me to know who you are? After visiting my website, you'll all know pretty much everything there is to know about me. Thanks for the new friendships! :-)

[ALICIA]

15444- The only problem is big calves but all myn have been long and tall. Both the bull and heifers have been feminine in my herd so I steered the bulls. One of my best cows is one I bought, this year she gave me my first heifer after 5 straight bulls. 9F's EPD's are 5.2 42.2 67.4 7.8 tot mat 28.9 The heifer is a keeper.

White face I plan to visit your web sight. I'f you been reading other postings that I have made you will see that I also have switched from AI to going back to using good bulls. But I have no regrets in using AI because I would not have the cow base that I do if I had not.

[whiteface]

Thanks for visiting the website, Alicia, leave me and email if you'd like, we'll visit more then! :-)

[ALICIA]

Whiteface: I seem to have trouble finding web sight. I thought you may be regestered with CHA but couldn't find you their eather. Will try again.
I don't have a web, been plaining to start one, even had one ruffed out but that is as far as it got. Like most things in time.

[ALICIA]

got you web. If 169H, 127G and 27N is missing, they are in Ontario. Also I thought I better not tell you about 302M.