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<blockquote data-quote="inyati13" data-source="post: 1222782" data-attributes="member: 17767"><p>That heifer is a 5/8 Sm amd 3/8 Angus. Bred AI to Top Hand, a Select Sires Bull with a CE of almost 20 and a negative birth weight. But I am having big calves. I have built my herd with heifers. They range in mature weight from 1150 to 1600. Several have had nearly 100 pound calves. I have had no problems with the exception of one event. I had a heifer that I AIed to In Force, a Select Sires simangus bull with very good calving ease numbers. The heifer was a Milestone daughter. The calve was over 100 pounds. I base that on the vets estimate. After losing her, I started weighing my calves. She severed a uterine artery during a difficult delivery. I think part of the fault was mine. If I had it to do over, I would have had the calf delivered C-section. But that calf should have been much smaller.</p><p></p><p>BTW: The little heifer pictured, had the calf unassisted. I am new to this so don't base too much on me. I will say based on more trained eyes than mine, that I have showed the above heifer and her calf to people who know and they are surprised she got that calf out on her own.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="inyati13, post: 1222782, member: 17767"] That heifer is a 5/8 Sm amd 3/8 Angus. Bred AI to Top Hand, a Select Sires Bull with a CE of almost 20 and a negative birth weight. But I am having big calves. I have built my herd with heifers. They range in mature weight from 1150 to 1600. Several have had nearly 100 pound calves. I have had no problems with the exception of one event. I had a heifer that I AIed to In Force, a Select Sires simangus bull with very good calving ease numbers. The heifer was a Milestone daughter. The calve was over 100 pounds. I base that on the vets estimate. After losing her, I started weighing my calves. She severed a uterine artery during a difficult delivery. I think part of the fault was mine. If I had it to do over, I would have had the calf delivered C-section. But that calf should have been much smaller. BTW: The little heifer pictured, had the calf unassisted. I am new to this so don't base too much on me. I will say based on more trained eyes than mine, that I have showed the above heifer and her calf to people who know and they are surprised she got that calf out on her own. [/QUOTE]
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