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CHOOSING BULL FOR CALVING EASE OF 1st TIME HEFIERS
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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 15267"><p>Hello,</p><p></p><p>I also agree with Frankie</p><p></p><p>The bulls conformation, individual performance and EPD's all play a factor in the calf, as well as the nutritional plane the heifer is on in her 3rd trimester. The calf does the greatest growing in the third trimester, and if she is in a high plane of nutrition, the calf could still grow to be quite large and increase calving problems can result, even if you have used a bull with low birth weight EPD's and a small actual birth weight.</p><p></p><p>ANY breed can have bulls that produce small calves. You have to find one with a low Birth weight EPD's and a low actual birth weight.</p><p></p><p>We have to look at the reason we raise cattle, BEEF. We want a product that is useful and marketable. Breeding a beef animal to a dairy or Longhorn Bull does not produce a marketable calf. Longhorns make good pasture ornaments, but I recommend breeding them to Angus bulls to get something worth selling, unless you are raising roping calves, and have sa stable market for them.</p><p></p><p>If your heifer is worth saving, and is from a cow family that has been productive, I would hit her with 5cc Lutalyse and use a different and safe calving ease bull on her. Look at actual Birth Weight, and an EPD value of 0 or -1 or better to indicate calving ease. +1 > indicates a birth weight of +1 or > over the contemporaries of the calves that bull was born with, for the breed.</p><p></p><p>Good Luck</p><p></p><p> <a href="mailto:kemilimo@tca.net">kemilimo@tca.net</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 15267"] Hello, I also agree with Frankie The bulls conformation, individual performance and EPD's all play a factor in the calf, as well as the nutritional plane the heifer is on in her 3rd trimester. The calf does the greatest growing in the third trimester, and if she is in a high plane of nutrition, the calf could still grow to be quite large and increase calving problems can result, even if you have used a bull with low birth weight EPD's and a small actual birth weight. ANY breed can have bulls that produce small calves. You have to find one with a low Birth weight EPD's and a low actual birth weight. We have to look at the reason we raise cattle, BEEF. We want a product that is useful and marketable. Breeding a beef animal to a dairy or Longhorn Bull does not produce a marketable calf. Longhorns make good pasture ornaments, but I recommend breeding them to Angus bulls to get something worth selling, unless you are raising roping calves, and have sa stable market for them. If your heifer is worth saving, and is from a cow family that has been productive, I would hit her with 5cc Lutalyse and use a different and safe calving ease bull on her. Look at actual Birth Weight, and an EPD value of 0 or -1 or better to indicate calving ease. +1 > indicates a birth weight of +1 or > over the contemporaries of the calves that bull was born with, for the breed. Good Luck [email=kemilimo@tca.net]kemilimo@tca.net[/email] [/QUOTE]
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