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<blockquote data-quote="cotton1" data-source="post: 1396503" data-attributes="member: 14689"><p>HDRider-check PM sir</p><p></p><p>I would stay away from anything that has known birth defects. In today's world you can buy a great improvement, or a complete disaster for $20 a pop. If the genetic problems are laid out for you, then the responsibility is yours as the breeder. Just like used cars, there are cattlemen willing to push any old clunker on you if they put a few bucks in their pocket.</p><p></p><p>Investigate the pedigrees of the bulls you are interested in buying. If there are a lot of genetic problems in any segment of that pedigree, run away fast would be my suggestion. Identify the bulls in your breed that have high accuracy, and breed true without genetic problems and find progeny off of those criteria as much as is reasonably possible.</p><p></p><p>The right bull is out there, you just have to find him. Getting the grain from the chaff as far as EPDs and actual performance data, and matching up the genetic requirements and phenotype is a big chore but worth the effort if you find what you need and want.</p><p></p><p>I hope you find a trouble free bull myself.</p><p></p><p>Cotton1</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cotton1, post: 1396503, member: 14689"] HDRider-check PM sir I would stay away from anything that has known birth defects. In today's world you can buy a great improvement, or a complete disaster for $20 a pop. If the genetic problems are laid out for you, then the responsibility is yours as the breeder. Just like used cars, there are cattlemen willing to push any old clunker on you if they put a few bucks in their pocket. Investigate the pedigrees of the bulls you are interested in buying. If there are a lot of genetic problems in any segment of that pedigree, run away fast would be my suggestion. Identify the bulls in your breed that have high accuracy, and breed true without genetic problems and find progeny off of those criteria as much as is reasonably possible. The right bull is out there, you just have to find him. Getting the grain from the chaff as far as EPDs and actual performance data, and matching up the genetic requirements and phenotype is a big chore but worth the effort if you find what you need and want. I hope you find a trouble free bull myself. Cotton1 [/QUOTE]
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