NEFarmwife said:
Private discussions would have one wonder if breeding these daughters is an issue.
We have two granddaughters of 1682 and neither stuck to AI. A very small sample and could be coincidence but if others are having problems getting them bred... is there an issue?
I was talking to my husband about it last night and how catastrophic it would be because of his heavy use. Some sales last spring had nothing but (or majority of) Payweights.
And if we are seeing this result in 2nd gen... how the heck do you even correct that? Cull?
Our lone 1682 heifer didn't breed back after her first calf, She's now a Big Mac at Mcdonalds. She had extremely large numbers for growth and performance, that's probably why she didn't breed back.
I haven't noticed anything wrong with fertility of the Playbooks yet. Our Playbook heifers bred up well, time will tell next year.
Playbook x 1169 (Dam of Coleman Engage at Select Sires)