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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 7232"><p>Where can i find information on ankina cattle i have to write a paper on them and cant find any information. Thanks</p><p></p><p>> EPD discussions alwasy remind me</p><p>> of years ago when we used a</p><p>> Lincoln Red bull on a lot of</p><p>> clients cows and heifers. One</p><p>> client bred a couple of dozen cows</p><p>> to the bull and all the calves</p><p>> were in the 65-70 lb range. Except</p><p>> one cow that dropped a 100+ pound</p><p>> calf. The next year we used an</p><p>> Angus bull on the same cows and</p><p>> all the cows, including the</p><p>> monsters mom had calves that ran</p><p>> around 75-85 lbs. The next year we</p><p>> used the Lincoln Red bull again,</p><p>> every cow had a nice small calf,</p><p>> except the one. Her calf was even</p><p>> bigger that year then the earlier</p><p>> one. For some reason that cow and</p><p>> bull combination just didn't work,</p><p>> or maybe worked too well. The nick</p><p>> is always the question. Some</p><p>> matings just don't work no matter</p><p>> how accurate your data. In</p><p>> subsequent years we used different</p><p>> bulls and this one cows calves</p><p>> alwasy fell within the range of</p><p>> all the others. Most of these cows</p><p>> were what at that time called</p><p>> Ankina, Angus X Chianina.</p><p></p><p>> dun</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 7232"] Where can i find information on ankina cattle i have to write a paper on them and cant find any information. Thanks > EPD discussions alwasy remind me > of years ago when we used a > Lincoln Red bull on a lot of > clients cows and heifers. One > client bred a couple of dozen cows > to the bull and all the calves > were in the 65-70 lb range. Except > one cow that dropped a 100+ pound > calf. The next year we used an > Angus bull on the same cows and > all the cows, including the > monsters mom had calves that ran > around 75-85 lbs. The next year we > used the Lincoln Red bull again, > every cow had a nice small calf, > except the one. Her calf was even > bigger that year then the earlier > one. For some reason that cow and > bull combination just didn't work, > or maybe worked too well. The nick > is always the question. Some > matings just don't work no matter > how accurate your data. In > subsequent years we used different > bulls and this one cows calves > alwasy fell within the range of > all the others. Most of these cows > were what at that time called > Ankina, Angus X Chianina. > dun [/QUOTE]
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