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Bull calves and birth weight ???
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<blockquote data-quote="redcowsrule33" data-source="post: 645491" data-attributes="member: 8629"><p>I agree that oversized calves can cause dystocia, but I have helped guys pull a lot of 80-90# calves and seen alot of 110# calves slide right out. There is more to it than just birthweight. When I was starting out with purebreds I had a breeder (40+ years in the business) tell me to baby your heifers and challenge your cows. I a lot of respects he is right - I have some animals that are several generations of high CE/lowBW and I would like to see more structure to them. I won't use bulls with extreme BW or CED issues. But I won't use a bull any more that has maternal CE problems, either, because the cow has as much to do with it as the bull in many cases. Do many of you do pelvic measurements on your heifers or at least palpate them during the selection process?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="redcowsrule33, post: 645491, member: 8629"] I agree that oversized calves can cause dystocia, but I have helped guys pull a lot of 80-90# calves and seen alot of 110# calves slide right out. There is more to it than just birthweight. When I was starting out with purebreds I had a breeder (40+ years in the business) tell me to baby your heifers and challenge your cows. I a lot of respects he is right - I have some animals that are several generations of high CE/lowBW and I would like to see more structure to them. I won't use bulls with extreme BW or CED issues. But I won't use a bull any more that has maternal CE problems, either, because the cow has as much to do with it as the bull in many cases. Do many of you do pelvic measurements on your heifers or at least palpate them during the selection process? [/QUOTE]
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