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Birth to weaning weight ?
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<blockquote data-quote="Ann Bledsoe" data-source="post: 121322" data-attributes="member: 60"><p>The size of the udder really doesn't relate to milking ability -- a big bag could be mostly fat with very little working mammary tissue, while a small bag can be all mammary tissue with no fat at all. </p><p>I've seen many, many dairy and beef cows with huge udders that produced very small volumes of milk. On the other hand, I've also seen many, many dairy and beef cows with very small udders that were milk factories.</p><p></p><p></p><p>With dairy cows, we milk them, we know how many pounds/liters/gallons of milk they're giving in a day -- but it's not quite so easy with a beef cow. About the only way to judge milk production in a beef cow is the growth/weigh gain of the calves. I have on one occasion even resorted to weighing the calf before and after nursing for several days to try to get an estimation of the mother's milk production -- of course, that approach is not feasible for most.</p><p></p><p>Ann B</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ann Bledsoe, post: 121322, member: 60"] The size of the udder really doesn't relate to milking ability -- a big bag could be mostly fat with very little working mammary tissue, while a small bag can be all mammary tissue with no fat at all. I've seen many, many dairy and beef cows with huge udders that produced very small volumes of milk. On the other hand, I've also seen many, many dairy and beef cows with very small udders that were milk factories. With dairy cows, we milk them, we know how many pounds/liters/gallons of milk they're giving in a day -- but it's not quite so easy with a beef cow. About the only way to judge milk production in a beef cow is the growth/weigh gain of the calves. I have on one occasion even resorted to weighing the calf before and after nursing for several days to try to get an estimation of the mother's milk production -- of course, that approach is not feasible for most. Ann B [/QUOTE]
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