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<blockquote data-quote="xbred" data-source="post: 720188" data-attributes="member: 5873"><p>i bred 6 heifers to a bull i raised..virgin bull with low to no accuracy rate but low btw epd... in every case the calf was representative of it's granddam (which i raised and still have and are aslo bred to this same bull) all crossbred heifers and cows..purebred bull...the heifers are not all necessarilly the same size/frame as their mothers...i'm thinking that heterosis in crossbred cows may go farther in determining birthweight than a purebred sire..</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="xbred, post: 720188, member: 5873"] i bred 6 heifers to a bull i raised..virgin bull with low to no accuracy rate but low btw epd... in every case the calf was representative of it's granddam (which i raised and still have and are aslo bred to this same bull) all crossbred heifers and cows..purebred bull...the heifers are not all necessarilly the same size/frame as their mothers...i'm thinking that heterosis in crossbred cows may go farther in determining birthweight than a purebred sire.. [/QUOTE]
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