Shown below are our consignments to the Canadian Western Agribition Shorthorn Sale,
Thursday, November 26 at Regina, Saskatchewan.
Click on the animal’s photo or name for more information.
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| Diamond Way Cool 7W | Frimley Whiskey Clare 6W |
Northern Legend 3N is one of the bulls being used in the Australian Durham Development and Research 2009 intake of sires. Northern Legend 3N has now been used in the 2009 breeding program. As well he has been used in Belmore Shorthorns, Naracoorte, SA 2009 AI breeding program. A special thanks to Andy Withers for purchasing the Australian semen rights on Northern Legend 3N. We look forward to Legend’s first calves in Australia in 2010.
We would like to thank Gordon Fraser, Fraser’s Shorthorns, West River Station, Nova Scotia
for his purchase of Frimley Union Rising 13U. We wish you all the best.
Past Sale Catalogues
Click on the cover or the name of the sale catalogues below to view them in pdf version.
Catalogues are approximately 1 MB in size.
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| 2008 Sale Catalogue | 2006 Sale Catalogue | 2005 Sale Catalogue |
Diamond Shorthorns Tibial Hemimelia (TH) Policy
At Diamond Shorthorns we recognize the importance of testing and identifying carriers of the genetic defect Tibial Hemimelia (TH). We have started getting results back on our herd. We first tested the AI bulls and walking bulls that have an influence on our current fall sale cattle as well as the cattle themselves. We will be testing the balance of the herd this fall. Our policy regarding carriers is the following - We will not sell carrier cattle for purebred or commercial breeding stock. At the recent "All That Glitters" sale we withdrew three lots identified as THC from our consignment. Any top end THC females will be bred to non carrier bulls, the resulting offspring tested and again only non carriers will be offered for sale. All bull calves kept to be sold for breeding will also be tested and again only TH free bulls will be sold. Many good animals that could not previously be tested can now be identified and their TH Free offspring can still benefit the breed. We are pleased that Northern Legend 3N, Diamond Captain Mark 27C, Emerald Bigtime 49B, Diamond Northern Gold 5N and Diamond Regal Legend 4R have tested TH free. Gafa Captain Macbest 6G has been identified as a TH carrier. We have several top producing daughters of 6G in our herd that will be tested. We have already tested some TH free offspring from these cows and the 6G influence will continue to be felt in our herd through his TH free daughters and the TH free offspring of carrier daughters. We feel it is of utmost importance that carrier bulls are never offered as breeding stock for commercial herds.
| Dan & Jill Stephenson | Billie Stephenson |
| Jaimie and Jacqueline | Frimley Shorthorns |
| Box 165 | |
| Okotoks, Alberta, Canada | |
| T1S 1A5 | |
| Telephone: (403) 938-4112 | |
| Email: 2diamond@telus.net |