Fern Hill Beefmasters -- Bulls

Fern Hill Bulls

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On this page, we feature the bulls we've used in our breeding program.

FH Chernobyl II 01-6. Purebred rich dark red bull born 4/26/06. He's got a good underline, great bone and frame, and carries a lot of muscle. Nice disposition, too. He's a fine young bull from a great cow family, classified U, and became fertile at barely 12 months of age. All our cows are bred by him for 2008 and he has two very nice looking 2008 heifers on the ground already. He has been sold to Steve Oakman of Pennsylvania, and we wish him all the best with this great young bull. Take a look at his full sisters Shiloh and New Orleans.

FH Chernobyl II (17 months)
(Summers x St. Patty)

FH Lawrence 08-5 #930008 U is a young bull of our breeding that we used for several months following the sale of Summers. We weren't sure he was old enough to breed, but figured if he managed to catch our young open heifers we wouldn't lose a year while waiting to buy a new bull. Lawrence is a classy purebred brown paint born July 20, 2005. He was classified as U by the BBU rep in August 2006, with the comment that "This is a really nice young bull!" He was apparently a very fertile young bull too, as his first calf, a brown paint heifer, was conceived when he was barely 12 months old. See our calves page for pictures of his babies. Lawrence was the third full brother out of our poster cow Richland, and it's been an outstanding cross. If she continues to have only bulls, Lawrence's heifers may be our only chance to continue her bloodlines in our herd. We sold Lawrence in October 2006 to Jerry & Jodi Ragsdale of Chuckey, TN and wish them all the best with this fine young bull.	FH Lawrence at 13 months, August 29, 2006 (Summers x FH Richland)
Summers U1/3 was our herd bull until April 2006. We purchased him from G.E. Summers and Jackie Fuchs of Virginia in August 2002 at 14 months. His sire, L Bar (Lasater)5502, U1-2 is one of the Beefmaster breed's premium sires, topping the performance tests for carcass quality held at the University of Texas for a number of years, and siring a number of show ring winners as well. "Summers" is out of a Lasater-bred cow purchased at their annual production sale in January 2001. Cattle from the Lasater herd are famous for their fertility and ability to grow lots of meat on grass alone. His calves have great bone, long frames, are very smooth and carry lots of meat. You can see pictures of them on our Calves page.	"Summers" U1-3 (L Bar 5502 x L Bar 9219)
Secret Weapon (Spartacus x Tee Pee 061 LE)	This is "Secret Weapon," a purebred Beefmaster son of Spartacus out of a Tailor Made daughter. We purchased him as an aged bull in August 2001 from his breeder, Tommy Barnett of Athens, Tennessee. We loved his size, squareness, length, and bone, as well as his gentle disposition. We only had him for one season, and a total of 8 calves. He was an excellent cross on our Flash daughters, and we retained three of his heifers for our herd. He is still represented by his daughter Mayfly, a pretty paint brindle. See our Calves page for pictures of his babies in 2002.
Flash (Cherokee Flash x 287-0 Seven Lazy Eleven)	To the left is "Flash" (TBB 323/6, BBU # 708198). This fine son of Cherokee Flash was awarded the highest conformation rating of "1" by BBU, with an underline score of 3 (average). Not only was he big with lots of bone, he had an extremely gentle disposition. Best of all, he passed everything on to his calves! Our herd sire from 1998 - 2001, he sired a total of 20 calves for us. We kept 8 of his fine daughters for our herd before swapping him back to his breeder, Tommy Barnett, who used him for several more years as his herd sire. For some pictures of his offspring, look at our Cows and Calves pages.
This is "Chernobyl" BBU#792754. This good looking 1999 red paint son of Flash sired two nice steers for us before being sold as a coming two year old to a local commercial herd. Pictured here at 14 months. See his babies on our Calves page.	Chernobyl (Flash x Easter Clown)
Redson (Oak Creek 45-9 x Lasater Queen)	Fork Creek 2-77, "Red Son," BBU#517152, was our herdsire from April 94 to September 97. His sire was Redman, below, and his dam was the famous cow Lasater Queen, who sold at auction for $17,000. Redson sired a total of 15 calves for us, and is still represented in our herd through one 1X daughter, Midnight, who is one of our best producers, and a purebred granddaughter, Richland.
This is Oak Creek 45/9, "Redman," BBU#407338, U2/3. He was a grandson of Ranger's Pride, Levi, and a double grandson of the great cow *Jungle Red. We bought him as an aged bull at a SEBBA auction in April 93 and swapped him a year later for his son Red Son. His sperm count was fine but he didn't breed for us -- low libido or too much arthritis in his back end, as he was a very large bull. He is still represented in our herd through Red Son's progeny (see above).	Redman