Calving Ease Guarantee: We guarantee the calving ease of every heifer we sell and many of our bulls are guaranteed for calving ease. So, what does that mean? We think every heifer we sell should be able to calve unassisted. However, in practice we know that doesn’t happen, absolutely, in every instance. In our operation if we must assist a heifer at calving, she is culled from the herd. We would recommend checking the heifers at least twice/day as we do. We calve on grass and aim to check them in the morning, at noon and in the evening. You could obviously check them more often if you want. For our guarantee, if you check your heifers at least twice/day and have an issue, we are willing to pay a vet call. If you take care of the issue yourself, we will pay you $100. Every heifer has bred-in calving ease and is bred to a calving ease bull. We don’t like problems in this area and don’t want you to deal with them either. I believe many think that calving ease is only an issue for heifers, and that’s generally true. But, we believe it’s most important for calves to grow on the outside of the cow and thus aim to bulletproof calving ease in all our herd. Though our calving ease bulls are great for heifers, we believe they are great for cows, too. Breeding Soundness Evaluation: Experience has shown us that semen testing in December, when we evaluate the bulls, is of little value in August at turn out. Bulls that test well in December may not in August and vice versa. We will pay for a BSE at whatever time before turnout that you wish. If the bull fails, we will make arrangements to make it right for you, though we will likely not have a replacement bull. To receive reimbursement for the BSE, we will need a copy of the invoice.
Dam Age: The age of the dam listed is the age the cow was on that animal’s birth date, and every dam has had a calf every single year before that.
*Although we strive to be as accurate as possible at the time of printing the catalog, as we become aware of changes or errors, these will be made public through email updates and onsite announcements the day of the sale. If you have not already signed up for the email updates, you can do so on our website.
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