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<blockquote data-quote="TxSimbrahShower" data-source="post: 214996" data-attributes="member: 621"><p>I know this rancher and his cattle are large frame and he hasn't ever had calving problems like this before. I think the main thing with the calves is that they are getting hip locked. So maybe the bull was just producing some really wide and big hipped calves. I know that the one that my husband helped deliver this past weekend, when they were there, was a big bull calf that was hip locked. I know that he said he had lost about half the calves out of this bull. </p><p></p><p>He isn't having any problems in his other pastures with his other bulls, so, I'm sure it is something to do with this bull. Either he is(now was) producing huge calves or there is something in his genetics. It's good though that you want to get some of his semen to use on some of your cattle to try and find out if it is something genetic.</p><p></p><p>He had a dna test done, because he collected semen. But, this is just a chance that you take with using a bull that is not proven. You just really don't know what your going to get until the calves start dropping or in this case trying to drop <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /> .</p><p></p><p>Sorry JDI, had to put that little pun in there.</p><p></p><p>mom</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TxSimbrahShower, post: 214996, member: 621"] I know this rancher and his cattle are large frame and he hasn't ever had calving problems like this before. I think the main thing with the calves is that they are getting hip locked. So maybe the bull was just producing some really wide and big hipped calves. I know that the one that my husband helped deliver this past weekend, when they were there, was a big bull calf that was hip locked. I know that he said he had lost about half the calves out of this bull. He isn't having any problems in his other pastures with his other bulls, so, I'm sure it is something to do with this bull. Either he is(now was) producing huge calves or there is something in his genetics. It's good though that you want to get some of his semen to use on some of your cattle to try and find out if it is something genetic. He had a dna test done, because he collected semen. But, this is just a chance that you take with using a bull that is not proven. You just really don't know what your going to get until the calves start dropping or in this case trying to drop :P . Sorry JDI, had to put that little pun in there. mom [/QUOTE]
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