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<blockquote data-quote="lithuanian farmer" data-source="post: 1794523" data-attributes="member: 19683"><p>Thank you. My one of the main goals is improve calving ability in our herd, so very easy calving bulls aren't really wanted. Rarely an easy calving bull produces daughters with better calving ease. There are some, but it's very uncommon.</p><p>Culards are terminal sires, as they reduce pelvic area for their daughters, but some people do keep crossbred daughters as cows and they do well. If I'll get any heifers and wi decide to keep them, plan to use something like salers on them, for abit easier direct calving and improved pelvic area to the offspring.</p><p>Never wrote something like that here, but I do agree on the lack of calving capacity. If I got a calf of 60-70lbs I would think that something isn't right, that either I need to search for the second calf or cow is sick.</p><p>Our average birth weight is somewhere in 100-110lbs range I would say. It did increase with time, but cows became more capable as well. 13 years ago 110lbs calf was big to us, now it's normal size. Of course I would rather do not have calves at 120lbs and above, but as long as they are managable for cows and aren't unwilling to live themselves it's not a big problem.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lithuanian farmer, post: 1794523, member: 19683"] Thank you. My one of the main goals is improve calving ability in our herd, so very easy calving bulls aren't really wanted. Rarely an easy calving bull produces daughters with better calving ease. There are some, but it's very uncommon. Culards are terminal sires, as they reduce pelvic area for their daughters, but some people do keep crossbred daughters as cows and they do well. If I'll get any heifers and wi decide to keep them, plan to use something like salers on them, for abit easier direct calving and improved pelvic area to the offspring. Never wrote something like that here, but I do agree on the lack of calving capacity. If I got a calf of 60-70lbs I would think that something isn't right, that either I need to search for the second calf or cow is sick. Our average birth weight is somewhere in 100-110lbs range I would say. It did increase with time, but cows became more capable as well. 13 years ago 110lbs calf was big to us, now it's normal size. Of course I would rather do not have calves at 120lbs and above, but as long as they are managable for cows and aren't unwilling to live themselves it's not a big problem. [/QUOTE]
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