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ABrauny

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Since you've asked... I think you need to rethink your type (possibly your stocking rate too) and buy the best bulls you can afford. Get some bone, capacity and backfat bred back into your cows, paying close attention to hindlegs and easying down on performance numbers.
 
KNERSIE":17jcat26 said:
Since you've asked... I think you need to rethink your type (possibly your stocking rate too) and buy the best bulls you can afford. Get some bone, capacity and backfat bred back into your cows, paying close attention to hindlegs and easying down on performance numbers.
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By bone do you mean thicker bones or what? I would fault my cows for being too posty in the hind legs, if that's what you're after. I might disagree with you on the back fat part only because of the drought we had, and the poor quality hay they were getting, but then again maybe that's the true test of fleshing ability. would you say that 276 is pinched in the heart girth?
 
One more question, would it make any difference that they are 2.5 years old and not yet mature or is that really not a valid excuse?
 
276 isn't the strongest through the strongest through the heart girth and there is room for improvement, but you can still work with her. She isn't postlegged, she is actually quite sickle hocked.

By bone I mean a heavier flat bone as that gives more surface area for muscle attachment without adding to calving problems. What you want to avoid is heavy, thick round bone.

Age certainly plays a role as does the drought, but the right type will go a long way to offset that. Don't get me wrong, its not a useless bunch of cows at all, I just feel that if you improve on the areas I mentioned you could be more profitable by reducing the input cost considerably and have a more productive herd as a result.
 
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KNERSIE":26mhdg4r said:
276 isn't the strongest through the strongest through the heart girth and there is room for improvement, but you can still work with her. She isn't postlegged, she is actually quite sickle hocked.

By bone I mean a heavier flat bone as that gives more surface area for muscle attachment without adding to calving problems. What you want to avoid is heavy, thick round bone.

Age certainly plays a role as does the drought, but the right type will go a long way to offset that. Don't get me wrong, its not a useless bunch of cows at all, I just feel that if you improve on the areas I mentioned you could be more profitable by reducing the input cost considerably and have a more productive herd as a result.
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Alright I see what you're saying. Thanks for the input. What would you think about using the following bull them, do you think that he would help shore up those areas? http://genex.crinet.com/beef/index.php? ... 29&lang=EN
 
For what it's worth I used Mushrush Impressive over my first calf heifers and the calves are thick, easy doing and well put together - I like them a lot. I'll try to get some photos of them.
 
He looks pretty good, just don't like his front end at all. I'd rather use Julian's bull, Steadfast Boaz on them.
 
The heritability of most foot and leg genetics is fairly low so don't be disapointed if you don't see imediate change after one AI mating.
You do have uniformity in your favor so i think I'd try to find bulls that would maintain that in the calfcrop so that you don't have a mixed crop when the heifers join the herd.
 
I just got off the phone with Julian about his bull Boaz, I'm going to take a gander at him when I head out to Kansas in a few weeks, if I like him and he's a good bull like Knersie suggested I think I'll use him next breeding season.
 
ABrauny":id4uo1fe said:
I just got off the phone with Julian about his bull Boaz, I'm going to take a gander at him when I head out to Kansas in a few weeks, if I like him and he's a good bull like Knersie suggested I think I'll use him next breeding season.
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I hope it works out for you.
 
Baldie Maker":e3d2iodb said:
How are your cattle breed? Just out of curiosity
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this particular group is high % Red Angus with some Mushrush bulls in the gene pool in a few places. I bought this group as bred heifers last winter. they came out of a group of 400+ I got the last ten, in other words the left overs. :lol:
 

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