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<blockquote data-quote="Putangitangi" data-source="post: 1261697" data-attributes="member: 5956"><p>The bad-luck families are an odd thing. My one remaining in one was a second-time calver last year who got bashed in the side which, I believe, caused her calf to die and we had to pull it out as she went into premature labour. Her family has been pretty good, overall, so I've kept her. She could go either way, probably badly.</p><p>The other single-line family still has mother and daughter. She's had three very nice daughters, one with a poly-cystic ovary issue (nice beef!) and the latest I sold to a friend for breeding. I'll keep the next one, if I get one and she's any good ... Daughter could produce replacements too, I hope.</p><p></p><p>I've been using my own bulls for several years, because I don't have to answer to anyone else. The main influence is by three bulls from one really nice cow I bought several years ago. She had Neospora, so the only way I could get her influence into the herd was to use her sons. That's still an experiment in progress. Most of them have been pretty good so far.</p><p></p><p>I do this because I love it. I like that I can do it without anyone else looking over my shoulder, too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Putangitangi, post: 1261697, member: 5956"] The bad-luck families are an odd thing. My one remaining in one was a second-time calver last year who got bashed in the side which, I believe, caused her calf to die and we had to pull it out as she went into premature labour. Her family has been pretty good, overall, so I've kept her. She could go either way, probably badly. The other single-line family still has mother and daughter. She's had three very nice daughters, one with a poly-cystic ovary issue (nice beef!) and the latest I sold to a friend for breeding. I'll keep the next one, if I get one and she's any good ... Daughter could produce replacements too, I hope. I've been using my own bulls for several years, because I don't have to answer to anyone else. The main influence is by three bulls from one really nice cow I bought several years ago. She had Neospora, so the only way I could get her influence into the herd was to use her sons. That's still an experiment in progress. Most of them have been pretty good so far. I do this because I love it. I like that I can do it without anyone else looking over my shoulder, too. [/QUOTE]
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