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<blockquote data-quote="rocket2222" data-source="post: 542833" data-attributes="member: 5362"><p>Maybe I do, but I think picking out the right genetics is important too. You know darn well <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> that there are plenty of 1100 lb cows as well 1600 lb cows that you throw all the feed you can at them and they still look like crap, and don't perform as well as they should, thats genetics. Even though I have given people a hard time about cow size, I have no problem with small cows, I just don't believe just because a cows smaller it makes her more efficient. My last bull has sired calves that look like in all but one heifer to be smaller framed than their dams. I don't have any problem with it.. Will these heifers eat less than their dams, probably. Will these calves be more efficient than their dams. That will depend on how well the genetic make up of the bull blends with the genetic make up of the cow. The genetics not their size will determine if these heifers will be more efficient. My new bull is a little smaller yet, looks like he going to be about a 5.5 frame. I chose him because of his muscule shape, thickness, how well he moved, epds and breeding, not really for his frame size, although I do have limits. If he was less than a 5 or more than a 7, I would have past on him. So I will more than likely lose some frame with him too on my older cows, as long as his calves are overall better quailty than their dams, I'll be happy. It would be pretty funny if every calf he sired ended up with a fully grown weight of between 1100/1200 lbs whether they are good ones or not. From what I read on here, I could make a fortune selling semen to the folks on this forum alone, apparently that all it takes is a 1100 lb cow and you have a super efficient money making machine. In the future as dna testing becomes more accurate and reliable we will find out for sure which cows are the most efficient. I may be in the market for a bunch of 1100 lb cows, maybe not. :lol:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rocket2222, post: 542833, member: 5362"] Maybe I do, but I think picking out the right genetics is important too. You know darn well :) that there are plenty of 1100 lb cows as well 1600 lb cows that you throw all the feed you can at them and they still look like crap, and don't perform as well as they should, thats genetics. Even though I have given people a hard time about cow size, I have no problem with small cows, I just don't believe just because a cows smaller it makes her more efficient. My last bull has sired calves that look like in all but one heifer to be smaller framed than their dams. I don't have any problem with it.. Will these heifers eat less than their dams, probably. Will these calves be more efficient than their dams. That will depend on how well the genetic make up of the bull blends with the genetic make up of the cow. The genetics not their size will determine if these heifers will be more efficient. My new bull is a little smaller yet, looks like he going to be about a 5.5 frame. I chose him because of his muscule shape, thickness, how well he moved, epds and breeding, not really for his frame size, although I do have limits. If he was less than a 5 or more than a 7, I would have past on him. So I will more than likely lose some frame with him too on my older cows, as long as his calves are overall better quailty than their dams, I'll be happy. It would be pretty funny if every calf he sired ended up with a fully grown weight of between 1100/1200 lbs whether they are good ones or not. From what I read on here, I could make a fortune selling semen to the folks on this forum alone, apparently that all it takes is a 1100 lb cow and you have a super efficient money making machine. In the future as dna testing becomes more accurate and reliable we will find out for sure which cows are the most efficient. I may be in the market for a bunch of 1100 lb cows, maybe not. :lol: [/QUOTE]
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