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<blockquote data-quote="TR" data-source="post: 194639" data-attributes="member: 22"><p>Being my first time to AI this year, and having the world at my fingertips as far as quality bulls to select from, I got overwhelmed very quickly with all the choices. So I sort of came up with a process this year to select AI bulls for the girls.</p><p></p><p>I did a search on the Herford Assoc site for bulls with the EPD's I was looking for to compliment the girls' EPD's. Low BW, high WW, more maternal, those sorts of things. Then when I got my search results, I selected those bulls with the bloodlines I like and those that were older and more proven (higher accuracies). Then I went out and googled each and every bull out of that list to see if I could find pics of him, his mother, and his daughters, and get an idea of what the herd was like that he came from. Then if his pic, progeny and ancestry passed muster, I selected and matched the individual bull with the phenotype that would compliment each heifer's phenotype. Then I asked a few select individuals who raise Herefords and whos programs I admire what their opinion and thoughts on each individual bull selected for each heifer were. AND I listened to them! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> </p><p></p><p>Can't tell you how well it worked as the calves won't be here until October, but I had to do something! There were just so many to chose from!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TR, post: 194639, member: 22"] Being my first time to AI this year, and having the world at my fingertips as far as quality bulls to select from, I got overwhelmed very quickly with all the choices. So I sort of came up with a process this year to select AI bulls for the girls. I did a search on the Herford Assoc site for bulls with the EPD's I was looking for to compliment the girls' EPD's. Low BW, high WW, more maternal, those sorts of things. Then when I got my search results, I selected those bulls with the bloodlines I like and those that were older and more proven (higher accuracies). Then I went out and googled each and every bull out of that list to see if I could find pics of him, his mother, and his daughters, and get an idea of what the herd was like that he came from. Then if his pic, progeny and ancestry passed muster, I selected and matched the individual bull with the phenotype that would compliment each heifer's phenotype. Then I asked a few select individuals who raise Herefords and whos programs I admire what their opinion and thoughts on each individual bull selected for each heifer were. AND I listened to them! :D Can't tell you how well it worked as the calves won't be here until October, but I had to do something! There were just so many to chose from! [/QUOTE]
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