preston39
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Bama,
Interesting point. What is the smallest pelvic you want before using a heifer bull?
Interesting point. What is the smallest pelvic you want before using a heifer bull?
Birthweights
- Thread starter MikeC
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I understand that you are using Pelvic M as a tool - just wanted to point out to other "eyes" that it is just that - a tool to be used along with all the others. No offense taken.
greenwillowherefords
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A friend worked for an Angus ranch. He said they single trait selected for low BW until they were pulling 60 pound calves out of cows with pelvic areas too small.
I want my cows to be able to have a 100 pound or larger calf. I just don't want that to be the average weight of those calves. I have a cow that as a first calf heifer birthed a 95 pound bull unassisted, bred back the night after I put the bull back in the pasture after two months, and had a second bull calf that weighed 92#. Her third calf went two weeks overdue, and weighed 107#. All these were unassisted. She weighs around 1200#. I am glad she is able to have them, but I don't want calves that heavy on a regular basis. I've also had calves as small as 55 pounds that weaned over 500.
I want my cows to be able to have a 100 pound or larger calf. I just don't want that to be the average weight of those calves. I have a cow that as a first calf heifer birthed a 95 pound bull unassisted, bred back the night after I put the bull back in the pasture after two months, and had a second bull calf that weighed 92#. Her third calf went two weeks overdue, and weighed 107#. All these were unassisted. She weighs around 1200#. I am glad she is able to have them, but I don't want calves that heavy on a regular basis. I've also had calves as small as 55 pounds that weaned over 500.
Bama
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At 1 year old or 600 pound I expect a heifer to be about 180. These numbers indicate she can have a 85 pound calf. 210 gets the bigger bull as she is large enough for a 100 pound calf to pass. Less than 180 shes gone. These are just indicator's I use in culling.
