Menu
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
New profile posts
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Forums
Cattle Boards
Breeds Board
For the EPD Naysayers
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Help Support CattleToday:
Message
<blockquote data-quote="George Monk" data-source="post: 292699" data-attributes="member: 3545"><p>I am a rookie in this game and need every bit of help to select bulls. We have bought bulls from a breeder that is six hours away and has 175 bulls. The distance and the sheer number of bulls make this a difficult selection process. To <strong>HELP</strong> in the selection process I "ranked" the whole list of bulls. I gave each bull a number based on the range that a certain epd fell in. ie the best YW was 96 so a bull that fell in the range of 85-96 got a 1 for that epd. the other epd's that I selected for were ranked in this fashion. After that process I selected the top 20 bulls with the lowest score. We did the same for ultrasound data. <strong>THEN</strong> we looked at the bulls. They had to "look" good to make the final cut. <strong>AND</strong> I took the best Hereford breeder in our area and had him evalute my selections. (The first time we went there my banker, who raises charlois) even went so I had a lot of great experience)</p><p>I can't imagine how much I would second guess my selections if I didn't have these available tools. I valued the opinion of my friend as much as I did my elimination process. </p><p>don't know if this is pertainent but I believe in predictable genetics.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="George Monk, post: 292699, member: 3545"] I am a rookie in this game and need every bit of help to select bulls. We have bought bulls from a breeder that is six hours away and has 175 bulls. The distance and the sheer number of bulls make this a difficult selection process. To [b]HELP[/b] in the selection process I "ranked" the whole list of bulls. I gave each bull a number based on the range that a certain epd fell in. ie the best YW was 96 so a bull that fell in the range of 85-96 got a 1 for that epd. the other epd's that I selected for were ranked in this fashion. After that process I selected the top 20 bulls with the lowest score. We did the same for ultrasound data. [b]THEN[/b] we looked at the bulls. They had to "look" good to make the final cut. [b]AND[/b] I took the best Hereford breeder in our area and had him evalute my selections. (The first time we went there my banker, who raises charlois) even went so I had a lot of great experience) I can't imagine how much I would second guess my selections if I didn't have these available tools. I valued the opinion of my friend as much as I did my elimination process. don't know if this is pertainent but I believe in predictable genetics. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Cattle Boards
Breeds Board
For the EPD Naysayers
Top