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Breeding / Calving Issues
Calving ease my ass........
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<blockquote data-quote="Katpau" data-source="post: 1666168" data-attributes="member: 9933"><p>By doing an internet search using your description, I believe I identified the bull you used as a Shorthorn by the name of Waukura Cash. He does not seem to have had enough proof for much accuracy, but his Birth weight EPD is shown as -.2. If I convert that to an Angus BW epd using MARC's across breed table, he would be +3.2, if he were he an Angus bull. That would have put him in the top 10% of the Angus breed for heavy birth weights. Definitely not a heifer bull. If you bred him to a cow that was not Shorthorn, he also likely received the benefit of hybrid vigor, meaning even more birth weight. Shorthorns are probably a poor choice for heifers, if this is representative of the breed. I'll bet he will grow like a weed and you'll be happy with him from now on. I hope your heifer recovers quickly.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Katpau, post: 1666168, member: 9933"] By doing an internet search using your description, I believe I identified the bull you used as a Shorthorn by the name of Waukura Cash. He does not seem to have had enough proof for much accuracy, but his Birth weight EPD is shown as -.2. If I convert that to an Angus BW epd using MARC's across breed table, he would be +3.2, if he were he an Angus bull. That would have put him in the top 10% of the Angus breed for heavy birth weights. Definitely not a heifer bull. If you bred him to a cow that was not Shorthorn, he also likely received the benefit of hybrid vigor, meaning even more birth weight. Shorthorns are probably a poor choice for heifers, if this is representative of the breed. I'll bet he will grow like a weed and you'll be happy with him from now on. I hope your heifer recovers quickly. [/QUOTE]
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