"Deacon"
#18185141 ESF Deacon J697 Born 9/7/2014
How do you know if a bull truly is a good one?
First, your calf crop gets better. More uniform, growthy, problem-free calves.
Second, your pastures start to get overcrowded, because you aren't culling his daughters.
After two years of trying to convince my Angus friends that Deacon is a truly good one, I have finally realized that improving their cow herds is their department, not mine. In fact, it may not even be in my best interest. Deacon semen will not be offered for sale. It will be okay. Just do an internet EPD search, pick a bull on the list and go flush a cow! You will forget you ever even heard of Deacon.
Seriously, in a time where a maternal bull is defined first by calving ease and second by limited mature size; Deacon is not going to find popularity in the Angus breeding world. However, we see him as a unique breeding bull. Breed average birth weights with well above average growth. Daughters that add a bit of frame and power, but are very good at both fertility and fleshing ease. As a bonus, they are docile, attractive, feminine and have well above average udders and feet. So Deacon will be our breeding piece and be overlooked by the rest of the world, he seems happy enough with that. Maybe if that flush mating doesn't work out as well as expected you should come see what his grandsons and granddaughters look like.
First, your calf crop gets better. More uniform, growthy, problem-free calves.
Second, your pastures start to get overcrowded, because you aren't culling his daughters.
After two years of trying to convince my Angus friends that Deacon is a truly good one, I have finally realized that improving their cow herds is their department, not mine. In fact, it may not even be in my best interest. Deacon semen will not be offered for sale. It will be okay. Just do an internet EPD search, pick a bull on the list and go flush a cow! You will forget you ever even heard of Deacon.
Seriously, in a time where a maternal bull is defined first by calving ease and second by limited mature size; Deacon is not going to find popularity in the Angus breeding world. However, we see him as a unique breeding bull. Breed average birth weights with well above average growth. Daughters that add a bit of frame and power, but are very good at both fertility and fleshing ease. As a bonus, they are docile, attractive, feminine and have well above average udders and feet. So Deacon will be our breeding piece and be overlooked by the rest of the world, he seems happy enough with that. Maybe if that flush mating doesn't work out as well as expected you should come see what his grandsons and granddaughters look like.
