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Most of those "bulls" are Angus/Salers cross. Those pedigrees are from the Simmental database. (Simmental association allows recording of pedigree/data for crossbreds and other breeds.) Those animals are dna verified to the sire, but no info listed on the dams other than breed composition...

My experience is that most pit bulls are gentle friendly dogs. How many have you owned?

Pictures don't always reflect reality. Videos come much closer. People can try to look good for a snapshot, but a video tends to better show reality.

Kids that had breast milk are probably healthier than those that sucked on a plastic nipple on a plastic bottle filled with a liquid made from some powder. That bottle has an endless supply of calories. Way I see it is that I will probably be at my best performance level (mentally and...

My daughter is the owner/vet. I am just the handyman, grass cutter, facilities crisis manager, sometimes banker, computer tech, parking attendant, and such. Just everyday stuff that any cattle or farm person is accustomed to. She treats just about any species. She went to vet school at...

Painted "bony" horse with bones showing on one side and internal organs on the other side. Pony and horse rides for the kids. The little guy on the pony has a terminal illness. This is his first pony ride. Funds were raised to assist his mother with expenses. He had a great time, but a...

Had an open house at the vet clinic on Saturday. Lots of things to see and do for kids and adults as well. Lots of work to plan and execute. Lots of anxiety about the weather. The date was set a couple months ago. Then forecast was heavy rain and thunderstorms for Saturday. But the bad...

Can't really blame an insurance company for having rules and requirements for third party (vet) confirmation of death. I am aware of an instance several years ago. A high-flying purebred outfit purchased an old donor cow. She was a well known cow in the simmental breed, but old. This outfit...

Cow's epd is in the 70 percentile for weaning weight (bottom 30% of breed). So, the cow was not picked for her epd's or to chase numbers. She was picked because she reliably settles to AI, and has produced some nice calves. Her first calf went to the Clemson bull test. Second calf was...

I looked today at the epd's for progeny of the 38 year old 600U bull. The simmental database only displays the most recent 500 animals in a search. The most recent 500 progeny from 600U go back to 2006 (when the bull was only 20 years old). So those last 500 progeny cover 18 years. I sorted...

That is a good reason to keep replacements out of your herd or at least heifers from a similar environment and management style. Cattle raised for generations in conditions that are similar to your own - just seems like they are more likely to do well in your herd. Independent of epd's. In...

Catalogs are usually produced so that animals all face the same direction, so some pictures will be mirrored to fit that criteria.

Need to consider the definition of the epd. ADG epd is related to post weaning gain (stocker and feedlot situation). It is not based on gain to weaning or gain from birth. If a calf weans at a good weight, it does not need as high of an adg post weaning to reach a particular kill weight as...

It don't work that way. The epd numbers do not define a hard weight number. Actual weight is defined by environment (nutrition) as well as genetics (epd). The epd number is more about comparing two animal's expected performance in the same environment. Put a purebred angus calf on a dairy...

EPD's before genomics: CE BW WW YW ADG MCE MLK MWW STAY DOC CW API TI EPD 10.6 2.3 71.8 109.6 0.24 6.8 25 60.8 17.5 11.1 40 125.5 71.9 % 60 70 80 70 55 35 40 60...

95 percentile is bottom 5% of the breed. 50 percentile is breed average. 5 percentile is top 5% of the breed.

Anyone who selects ONLY on epd's is likely to have very poor cattle. Do you guys think that the people who do not use epd's AT ALL are likely to produce better cattle than the people who include all the tools to select their cattle (and hopefully know how to apply all those tools)?

My thoughts - epd's for a calf are initially calculated based on the epd's of the sire and dam. As additional measured data on the individual is submitted (actual birth weight, weaning weight, yearling weight, marbling, height, etc), that data is used to update the epd's. Then as progeny come...

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Here is the scoop from the Dr. Fauci of backyard chickens. Among the conclusions: "Free range chickens are more at risk than those kept in an enclosed/covered pen because they're more likely to come in contact with wild birds. And in fact, if the avian flu is found in your area, your best...