Heifers What's your opinions
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SPRINGER FARMS MURRAY GRE
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Nice looking heifers....reminds me of my greys. ;-) :cboy:
KMacGinley
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Really nice heifers, they look like you will get a good set of cows out of those 4. 
KMacGinley
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Really nice heifers, they look like you will get a good set of cows out of those 4.
Mallen23
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Nice looking set of heifers. Hope you have good luck with them.
jaydill
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The first one looks nice..maybe has a little bit of a late start to her tailhead, though.
The second one...I don't quite know the term for it but she looks a little funny up over her shoulders and its hard to tell from the hair but she might be a little weak in her flank.
The third one looks like she might be a little roach back (again, could be hair) is borderline hatcheta$$ to me.
The fourth one looks a little swaybacked and weak in her flank, and is definitely a hatchet a$$.
Despite the minor faults, they're still pretty decent calves. Good luck with em. :cboy:
The second one...I don't quite know the term for it but she looks a little funny up over her shoulders and its hard to tell from the hair but she might be a little weak in her flank.
The third one looks like she might be a little roach back (again, could be hair) is borderline hatcheta$$ to me.
The fourth one looks a little swaybacked and weak in her flank, and is definitely a hatchet a$$.
Despite the minor faults, they're still pretty decent calves. Good luck with em. :cboy:
RebelCritter
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Beautiful Girls!
Sugar Creek
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Nice heifers. Look a lot like the five I kept over this winter. Red Polls around the world are remarkably uniform in the way they look due to the lack of other blood being crossed in.
Like your set-up but I'll take our green Kentucky hillsides.
Like your set-up but I'll take our green Kentucky hillsides.
sidney411
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I like the first 2 the best, the third is weak in the rear end and the fourth looks like she may be good, I would let her get older before making a decision on her though.
alacattleman
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is that because of future calving problems dun? i noticed that myself.dun":3t8tjblg said:
RainMan
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Dun:
Trying to learn something today. What is the correlation between high tail head and fertility and the reasoning behind it. Please explain the ideal tail head location for fertility. Probably asking a stupid question, not the first time, not the last.
Thanks,
CW
Trying to learn something today. What is the correlation between high tail head and fertility and the reasoning behind it. Please explain the ideal tail head location for fertility. Probably asking a stupid question, not the first time, not the last.
Thanks,
CW
alacattleman
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well speaking from what i have read and seen the tail head is the angel the calf will present from the the birth canal not the vulva and will some times hang up without help its like a malpresntation as for as fertility more than likely the same reason.
bward
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They are nice feeder heifers. But maternally they are all too short in the hip and too shallow in the pelvis.
My opinion only.
My opinion only.
alacattleman":3bsthtvn said:
A high tall head can indicate a tilted pelvic arch and a a birth cananl that is lower at the cervical end. This allows "mung" for the lack of a better term to collect/pool at the vercix.
These are all mays/cans/coulds, but it's an easytrait to eliminate through selection.
dun
Jeanne - Simme Valley
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Well, I think you saved the best for last. I think the little heifer has a lot of potential (especially bottle raised!). Don't like the tail set on any of the yearlings. 1st one appears to be the best of the 3 - but appears pretty post legged & fine boned. 3rd one is also fine boned & post legged and weak in the rear quarters. Decent depth.
