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<blockquote data-quote="Dylan Biggs" data-source="post: 882743" data-attributes="member: 14282"><p>Gale in the multi sire breeding we run 1 bull to ~40, so there isn't usually much fighting early on, past the 30 day mark they do their fair share of fighting. These two knuckle heads below were fighting quite regualrly this fall. No injuries though, so we were lucky. I had a bull stifled this spring though that had to be put down. The natural selection pressures in multi sire groups for servicing ability in a competitive setting and enough intelligence for self preservation is valuable. Most bulls sold to commercial herds compete in multi sire breeding groups and often I wonder what effect the use of multi generation AI sired bulls has on their ability to breed in a competitive setting. Especially when the AI sires themselves probably never bred in a competitive setting. Those old bulls that breed successfully in a competitive setting for years surely must be passing on some trait or set of traits conducive to their breeding success.</p><p> </p><p></p><p><img src="http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/319528_227137260668817_100001176351705_606866_1684268366_n.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/310439_227137287335481_100001176351705_606868_83413467_n.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dylan Biggs, post: 882743, member: 14282"] Gale in the multi sire breeding we run 1 bull to ~40, so there isn't usually much fighting early on, past the 30 day mark they do their fair share of fighting. These two knuckle heads below were fighting quite regualrly this fall. No injuries though, so we were lucky. I had a bull stifled this spring though that had to be put down. The natural selection pressures in multi sire groups for servicing ability in a competitive setting and enough intelligence for self preservation is valuable. Most bulls sold to commercial herds compete in multi sire breeding groups and often I wonder what effect the use of multi generation AI sired bulls has on their ability to breed in a competitive setting. Especially when the AI sires themselves probably never bred in a competitive setting. Those old bulls that breed successfully in a competitive setting for years surely must be passing on some trait or set of traits conducive to their breeding success. [img]http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/319528_227137260668817_100001176351705_606866_1684268366_n.jpg[/img] [img]http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/310439_227137287335481_100001176351705_606868_83413467_n.jpg[/img] [/QUOTE]
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