Not quite there. If you have used Angus bulls fora number of years you could have been buying carriers before it was told and promoted. The problem would be if you retain your own heifers or buy replacements from someone who might have also used a carrier or two.kilroy60":s48uhusb said:DD is not a problem if you're only running commercial cows. The chances of a development issue is very rare. We've got a bull that is DDC and have many calfs and never a problem. We also have one cow that is also DDC and she's thrown good calves over the years with no problems. The problem comes in if you're running registered cattle. Most people who run all registered cattle do not want any cattle with any DD potential mainly due to resale value of calves.
Why mess with it?ccr":1045j42z said:Couldn't read the registration, but if DDC why mess with it. There are others available.
Ebenezer":3b4qundu said:Not quite there. If you have used Angus bulls fora number of years you could have been buying carriers before it was told and promoted. The problem would be if you retain your own heifers or buy replacements from someone who might have also used a carrier or two.kilroy60":3b4qundu said:DD is not a problem if you're only running commercial cows. The chances of a development issue is very rare. We've got a bull that is DDC and have many calfs and never a problem. We also have one cow that is also DDC and she's thrown good calves over the years with no problems. The problem comes in if you're running registered cattle. Most people who run all registered cattle do not want any cattle with any DD potential mainly due to resale value of calves.
Not a thing to do with registered or commercial differences. You have been fortunate that you did not get a DDC earlier in the program.
Doesn't solve economic losses to anyone who has them. That is the bottom line.Son of Butch":iiubrk05 said:Full term DD calves are very rare.
#1 problem with dd is embryonic death, natures way of dealing with undesirables and most often goes unnoticed.