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<blockquote data-quote="SRBeef" data-source="post: 584703" data-attributes="member: 7509"><p>Thanks for your advice. </p><p></p><p>However as I said above, I only use the rear view for a first call on which to look at further in the side view to cull. And attitude/disposition trumps them all. </p><p></p><p>I disagree with the iimportance of pedigree however. I am a beginner and did not buy a lot of my Herefords and BWF with pedigrees. My bull is registered but he is the only one. The rest of the cows came from various private treaty sales locally. So the only thing I have to go by is their performance so far (one set of calves) and their appearance/disposition as I see them.</p><p></p><p>From what I do see so far I am looking to create a herd of grass-efficient, shorter, wide & long body, docile, 1200 lb, more or less pure Hereford cows who calve well on their own. Maybe it is an advantage to not have to rely on pedigree right now but on what I see since I'm not sure the pedigree is going to show what I'm looking for, at least in the price range I have to work within.</p><p></p><p>I don't mean to divert the original poster's thread. I just want to agree with his choice of camera angles. I have a couple animals that look good in the side view but you look at them in the feedbunk view as the photos above and it looks much more obvious which ones go to the processor this fall.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRBeef, post: 584703, member: 7509"] Thanks for your advice. However as I said above, I only use the rear view for a first call on which to look at further in the side view to cull. And attitude/disposition trumps them all. I disagree with the iimportance of pedigree however. I am a beginner and did not buy a lot of my Herefords and BWF with pedigrees. My bull is registered but he is the only one. The rest of the cows came from various private treaty sales locally. So the only thing I have to go by is their performance so far (one set of calves) and their appearance/disposition as I see them. From what I do see so far I am looking to create a herd of grass-efficient, shorter, wide & long body, docile, 1200 lb, more or less pure Hereford cows who calve well on their own. Maybe it is an advantage to not have to rely on pedigree right now but on what I see since I'm not sure the pedigree is going to show what I'm looking for, at least in the price range I have to work within. I don't mean to divert the original poster's thread. I just want to agree with his choice of camera angles. I have a couple animals that look good in the side view but you look at them in the feedbunk view as the photos above and it looks much more obvious which ones go to the processor this fall. [/QUOTE]
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