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Breeding Decisions -- how far in the future do you plan?
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<blockquote data-quote="Putangitangi" data-source="post: 1091653" data-attributes="member: 5956"><p>I used a selection of different bulls in my first few years and found that I produced a real range of calves, rather than the sort of uniformity I was eventually wanting. I found it was better to use a good bull or two which would suit most of the cows. The daughters were more similar than they'd be with different sires and so bull selection in the next generation was simpler again. It got easier still when I bred the sort of bulls I really wanted to use and could use them over most of the herd. I found trying to rectify a weakness in one cow with an apparent strength in a particular bull was often a track to nowhere good.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Putangitangi, post: 1091653, member: 5956"] I used a selection of different bulls in my first few years and found that I produced a real range of calves, rather than the sort of uniformity I was eventually wanting. I found it was better to use a good bull or two which would suit most of the cows. The daughters were more similar than they'd be with different sires and so bull selection in the next generation was simpler again. It got easier still when I bred the sort of bulls I really wanted to use and could use them over most of the herd. I found trying to rectify a weakness in one cow with an apparent strength in a particular bull was often a track to nowhere good. [/QUOTE]
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