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<blockquote data-quote="angus9259" data-source="post: 845982" data-attributes="member: 7398"><p>Underfeeding leads to more problems than overfeeding even though birth weights go up.</p><p></p><p>I bought a group of baldy heifers and a group of limflex heifers bred to the same angus bull in the pasture. The baldy heifers held their calves 10-14 days past due. The Limflex came on time. Lost better than half the calves and one cow that came late due to calf size. I don't think it was BREED related at all, but am convinced it was genetic related. I sold the group of baldies after that season. I'm sure I could have kept them for terminal calves, but was growing my herd at the time and didn't want that carrying through.</p><p></p><p>Gestation length is certainly a heritable trait.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="angus9259, post: 845982, member: 7398"] Underfeeding leads to more problems than overfeeding even though birth weights go up. I bought a group of baldy heifers and a group of limflex heifers bred to the same angus bull in the pasture. The baldy heifers held their calves 10-14 days past due. The Limflex came on time. Lost better than half the calves and one cow that came late due to calf size. I don't think it was BREED related at all, but am convinced it was genetic related. I sold the group of baldies after that season. I'm sure I could have kept them for terminal calves, but was growing my herd at the time and didn't want that carrying through. Gestation length is certainly a heritable trait. [/QUOTE]
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