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First calf spring 2011
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<blockquote data-quote="waihou" data-source="post: 852862" data-attributes="member: 6511"><p>Yes, the forecast looks bad down south and the weather forecaster on the TV mentioned it will be severe for newborn lambs.</p><p>Let's hope it has fizzled out by the time it gets up to the North Island. Sorry to hear about the loss of a best mate.</p><p></p><p>Do dairy sires have any figures for easy calving or low birth weight amongst their indexes, or is it all based on production?</p><p></p><p>Do you use Simmental over your cows, just the low producers-do you check the beef bulls BW figures?</p><p>If you keep one of your own bred bulls for the heifers I assume you are looking for mainly Jersey blood then. I can see if you keep a bull out of your best cows then the calves will be worth keping rather than putting on the bobby truck. What are bobbies worth this year?</p><p></p><p>There should be plenty of good Angus bulls around with low birth weight EBV's and there should be an outlet for Angus bred calves, but the white faced ones always seem to be the sought after ones for some reason!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="waihou, post: 852862, member: 6511"] Yes, the forecast looks bad down south and the weather forecaster on the TV mentioned it will be severe for newborn lambs. Let's hope it has fizzled out by the time it gets up to the North Island. Sorry to hear about the loss of a best mate. Do dairy sires have any figures for easy calving or low birth weight amongst their indexes, or is it all based on production? Do you use Simmental over your cows, just the low producers-do you check the beef bulls BW figures? If you keep one of your own bred bulls for the heifers I assume you are looking for mainly Jersey blood then. I can see if you keep a bull out of your best cows then the calves will be worth keping rather than putting on the bobby truck. What are bobbies worth this year? There should be plenty of good Angus bulls around with low birth weight EBV's and there should be an outlet for Angus bred calves, but the white faced ones always seem to be the sought after ones for some reason!! [/QUOTE]
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