Michelle Pankonien
Well-known member
If any one has not read the article " When buying a herd bull, first look at his Mama" please DO
Finally someone brings up a point that would seem to be just plain common sence, but apparently isn't.
If you are doing terminal cross breeding and going to sell every calf and buy all your replacements, this does not make concern you, but if you ever plan to have a productive herd with cows that have good longevity, this is a real must,
of course you need to see the dam, preferably in Milk, and if there are daughters out of her still in the herd that is another idicator that she's a goodun, she makes females good enough to keep in the herd, and if she is older, it is probably because she is a darn good cow that has made the grade year after year.
A good read, finally the cows getting some credit for all their contributions, not just the bull for his 1/2 that typically gets all the credit for the gooduns and none of the bad.
http://cattletoday.com/archive/2004/October/CT359.shtml
Finally someone brings up a point that would seem to be just plain common sence, but apparently isn't.
If you are doing terminal cross breeding and going to sell every calf and buy all your replacements, this does not make concern you, but if you ever plan to have a productive herd with cows that have good longevity, this is a real must,
of course you need to see the dam, preferably in Milk, and if there are daughters out of her still in the herd that is another idicator that she's a goodun, she makes females good enough to keep in the herd, and if she is older, it is probably because she is a darn good cow that has made the grade year after year.
A good read, finally the cows getting some credit for all their contributions, not just the bull for his 1/2 that typically gets all the credit for the gooduns and none of the bad.
http://cattletoday.com/archive/2004/October/CT359.shtml