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<blockquote data-quote="Frankie" data-source="post: 447586" data-attributes="member: 13"><p>Let me throw this to you, RR, and I'll leave you alone to make your decision. We used an Angus bull named B/R New Design 036 a lot on Angus heifers. Calves generally ran in the 70-75 lb range, very few problems with calving. At an Angus sale one year we were selling a couple of 036 heifers and a gentleman came by and asked about calving ease. I told him our experience; he said 036 had been a disaster for him. They had lost heifers, pulled lots of calves and had several born dead. As we talked, he said they used 036 on <strong>a breed other than Angus.</strong> I believe heterosis reared it's ugly head there because he was one of the easiest calving bulls we ever used. On Angus. Heterosis starts in the womb. IMO, you can throw the CEM on your heifers out the window if you use another breed bull on them. I may be wrong, but it's something you might want to think about. Good luck....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Frankie, post: 447586, member: 13"] Let me throw this to you, RR, and I'll leave you alone to make your decision. We used an Angus bull named B/R New Design 036 a lot on Angus heifers. Calves generally ran in the 70-75 lb range, very few problems with calving. At an Angus sale one year we were selling a couple of 036 heifers and a gentleman came by and asked about calving ease. I told him our experience; he said 036 had been a disaster for him. They had lost heifers, pulled lots of calves and had several born dead. As we talked, he said they used 036 on [b]a breed other than Angus.[/b] I believe heterosis reared it's ugly head there because he was one of the easiest calving bulls we ever used. On Angus. Heterosis starts in the womb. IMO, you can throw the CEM on your heifers out the window if you use another breed bull on them. I may be wrong, but it's something you might want to think about. Good luck.... [/QUOTE]
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