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<blockquote data-quote="KNERSIE" data-source="post: 623949" data-attributes="member: 4353"><p>I see the merit in a SLIGHT slope from hooks to pins, I think that has been proven over and again for those willing to look past the old show standards.</p><p></p><p>Overcook this slope and you are no better off than having the exact opposite.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Again I agree in theory, just the way this is applied in the industry is counterproductive in my opinion. Wide well muscled masculine shoulders and a broad chest floor (and add to that a strong wide masculine head) is something that developes at puberty and continues to do so while growing to maturity. I have never seen a calf born looking like that. Selecting for narrow shoulders, and a long slender head in bulls and arguing that its the length of the calf that adds the weight and that that don't influence the difficulty of birthing is doing more harm in the long run.</p><p></p><p>By all means select for good sound shoulders, but don't be afraid of wide masculine shoulders in a bull or a strong head with width from end to end.</p><p></p><p>In my experience the three things in the calf that causes the most problems is heavy bone, poor shoulder structure and very long legs.</p><p></p><p>In cows lack of capacity combined with big leggy calves is what causes the most malpresentations.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KNERSIE, post: 623949, member: 4353"] I see the merit in a SLIGHT slope from hooks to pins, I think that has been proven over and again for those willing to look past the old show standards. Overcook this slope and you are no better off than having the exact opposite. Again I agree in theory, just the way this is applied in the industry is counterproductive in my opinion. Wide well muscled masculine shoulders and a broad chest floor (and add to that a strong wide masculine head) is something that developes at puberty and continues to do so while growing to maturity. I have never seen a calf born looking like that. Selecting for narrow shoulders, and a long slender head in bulls and arguing that its the length of the calf that adds the weight and that that don't influence the difficulty of birthing is doing more harm in the long run. By all means select for good sound shoulders, but don't be afraid of wide masculine shoulders in a bull or a strong head with width from end to end. In my experience the three things in the calf that causes the most problems is heavy bone, poor shoulder structure and very long legs. In cows lack of capacity combined with big leggy calves is what causes the most malpresentations. [/QUOTE]
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