gizmom":ky4wv7dt said:Back 18 to 20 years ago I set up a genetic criteria. The goal was to have each of the following bulls in each of my cows pedigrees. EXT, 707,Traveler 71 or 8180 bando 155 or 598. Once I accomplished that I could try different paths but before I bred a cow she had to have that basic make up. 20 years later I am stilusing the same criteria, it seems to have worked pretty well for us.
I have a 707 daughter we are flushing she is a beast about as thick deep and wide as you can get one. Her milk EPD sucks but she weans her calf at 672 pounds. I just don't buy her milk #'s. Three daughters in production all heavy Milker's sure one to make you scratch your head over. She has been dna tested as well.
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Angus Rocks":21juxhf3 said:Couple of you talk of 707 is there semen around for him yet?
gizmom":3hr1kjif said:Bse
The 707 daughter we are flushing has horrible epd's reg# 15366604 most people would run away from her because of the epd's. I confess the bulls are hard to market because of numbers but they are the first ones picked when folks come to look. I understand numbers matter but you can't go by numbers alone especially on those older genetics.
I tried to find a picture of the cow but couldn't. There is one one our donor page of her. I flushed her to SAV Reign and Coleman EXT 6149 so plan to put those eggs in this year. I have one heifer and four or five bull calves on the ground out of the Coleman EXT 6149 mating and they are really good
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bse":3u4v474o said:gizmon your cow has great epds, this is one were flushing 17427729.(gotcha on milk) flushed her to Response will have a few females hitting the ground in about 30 days or so. will flush her a couple of times this year, maybe Extension and something else. Sexed semen has made it a lot more interesting to flush a cow like this, because your right couldn't move a bull out of her no matter what I used couldn't get numbers up for several yrs.
Alright I have a question for you and Mrs Debbie. Why would a seedstock producer flush a cow that the offspring isn't highly desirable? And why would someone buy embryos from a cow that doesn't have top of the breed numbers? To me it makes no sense for a commercial cowman to spend that kind of money for a calf to have it's head cut off in 20 months.bse":2izzr88k said:gizmon your cow has great epds, this is one were flushing 17427729.(gotcha on milk) flushed her to Response will have a few females hitting the ground in about 30 days or so. will flush her a couple of times this year, maybe Extension and something else. Sexed semen has made it a lot more interesting to flush a cow like this, because your right couldn't move a bull out of her no matter what I used couldn't get numbers up for several yrs.