chaded
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What about high calving ease and low birth weight bull that has high calving ease maternal?
And then there's the lineage:Nor the environment, energy intake and there was even a research study correlating colder weather during gestation to increased
birth weights by increasing blood flow to internal organs.
That would be Johnson, in my earlier post.What about high calving ease and low birth weight bull that has high calving ease maternal?
And yet, many like to criticize "carcass" bulls because they aren't maternalBecause you wouldn't select for maternal traits when your goal is terminal production.
That would be Johnson, in my earlier post.
See how they grow. Disposition (in my world) is huge. Have them pelvic measured before making a final decision. I would also base my decision on how well you like the dam. Any udder issues? Maintaining condition? Docility? While we all like a pretty cow, I don't base my decision on looks; I have a couple butt uglies that are phenomenal mamas and raise surprisingly pretty calves.The bull I have now is +17 CED, -1.9 BW and has +13 CEM. I have having a run lf heifer calves this year and need a few more cows so I am thinking about keeping some of the earliest heifers born this season. I don't have any history with bull (or cows fornthat matter) so everything is to be determined of course…
Explain why terminal please...My idea of a terminal heifer calf. And of course, all steers are. 15 hours old, 90ish lbs
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That would be a Brahman.I want cows designed to deliver 120 pound calves. I'd rather have them than a calving ease or low birthweight bull.
Give me cows with the hips to birth whatever they are bred to.
For the simple reason that all Char x progeny should go straight to the feedlot. This calf is broad backed and has the ability to grow and produce an excellent carcass.Explain why terminal please...
I don't necessarily agree, but thanks for the explanation.For the simple reason that all Char x progeny should go straight to the feedlot. This calf is broad backed and has the ability to grow and produce an excellent carcass.
A cow that is "capable" of delivering 120 pounds of calf... not that I would be breeding them to have big calves. 90 pounds is the average I would be targeting. But I want capable cows, not cows that I have to be afraid if a calf is five pounds above average. This is why I like cows with a track record when breeding for replacements. Ten year old or better cows with a history of unassisted births.Don't you need a pretty big cow to consistently deliver 120 lb. calves (without assistance)? Does it pencil out, spending more money to feed them?
Edited for clarity...Any cow that raises a 600 pound calf that looks just like every other cow in the herd is what I'm looking for regardless of what she weighs. It's the product she produces that's important.