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<blockquote data-quote="TCRanch" data-source="post: 1528296" data-attributes="member: 24027"><p>Now I'm on a roll. Following is a copy/paste from one of my threads a couple years ago about why I always have my heifers pelvic measured. And BigBear, keep in mind these heifers were 10/11 months old at the time, wouldn't be bred until 15 months so still a low of growing (referencing your neighbors' 800 lb gauge). Big heifers & big butts don't always equal a big pelvic measurement:</p><p></p><p>Sometimes small things come in big packages. Vet was out yesterday to BANGS, pelvic measure & administer the 5 way VL5 on our replacement heifers. </p><p>Rear end #1 is almost 11 months old, weighs appx 720 lbs, scored a solid 160 & comes from a lineage of easy, early calving.</p><p>Rear end #2 is almost 10 months old, weighs appx 665 lbs, scored a pitiful 121 but is from a 1st calf heifer from the same lineage as #1. Obviously she didn't make the cut.</p><p>Rear end #3 is 11 months old, appx 710 lbs & also scored 121. What????!!! Vet measured a 2nd time because even he was surprised. Her lineage is awesome: always has the highest scores of the replacement heifers and generally the first to calve, great bags, raises great calves . . . the whole package and I've retained every heifer. Until now. And what's really puzzling is last year her sister scored 170 & they have the same sire.</p><p></p><p>So my $.02: pelvic measurements are absolutely worth it! I would have kept that third heifer without giving it a 2nd thought and ended up with a train wreck.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://postimg.cc/image/xla4b75up/" target="_blank"><img src="https://s8.postimg.cc/xla4b75up/P2210004.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TCRanch, post: 1528296, member: 24027"] Now I'm on a roll. Following is a copy/paste from one of my threads a couple years ago about why I always have my heifers pelvic measured. And BigBear, keep in mind these heifers were 10/11 months old at the time, wouldn't be bred until 15 months so still a low of growing (referencing your neighbors' 800 lb gauge). Big heifers & big butts don't always equal a big pelvic measurement: Sometimes small things come in big packages. Vet was out yesterday to BANGS, pelvic measure & administer the 5 way VL5 on our replacement heifers. Rear end #1 is almost 11 months old, weighs appx 720 lbs, scored a solid 160 & comes from a lineage of easy, early calving. Rear end #2 is almost 10 months old, weighs appx 665 lbs, scored a pitiful 121 but is from a 1st calf heifer from the same lineage as #1. Obviously she didn't make the cut. Rear end #3 is 11 months old, appx 710 lbs & also scored 121. What????!!! Vet measured a 2nd time because even he was surprised. Her lineage is awesome: always has the highest scores of the replacement heifers and generally the first to calve, great bags, raises great calves . . . the whole package and I've retained every heifer. Until now. And what's really puzzling is last year her sister scored 170 & they have the same sire. So my $.02: pelvic measurements are absolutely worth it! I would have kept that third heifer without giving it a 2nd thought and ended up with a train wreck. [url=https://postimg.cc/image/xla4b75up/][img]https://s8.postimg.cc/xla4b75up/P2210004.jpg[/img][/url] [/QUOTE]
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