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<blockquote data-quote="regolith" data-source="post: 912753" data-attributes="member: 9267"><p>I'll keep that in mind re SCC. Teat length isn't something I want to chase, but it is an issue where the combination of wide front teats/short teats or even just short teats alone can render a heifer un-milkable for the first few days if not the whole of her first lactation. Did have five daughters to one bull and about four of them the cups would keep slipping off because there wasn't enough teat for them to sit on.</p><p>Is a bull code like 104015 =(Frostman) a registration number? That's how they're identified here.</p><p>For next year I'm looking at Firenze, Roscoe, Turbo (HolsteinFriesian) Murmur and Manhatten (Jersey) and all should be fine on teat length. Might change my mind on one or two of those... I sent plenty of straws back into storage after AI and only need a few straws of top indexing bulls to keep my herd BW average (and value) near the national average. I've got some Regal (306117) in storage and some PT Jersey who shouldn't be a problem if the dams/aunties/sisters are any indication. Regal is the only unknown factor - Murmur's half sisters in my herd all have long enough teats and I've milked several Manhatten daughters and the Danish Jersey bulls also in storage come with overseas proofs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="regolith, post: 912753, member: 9267"] I'll keep that in mind re SCC. Teat length isn't something I want to chase, but it is an issue where the combination of wide front teats/short teats or even just short teats alone can render a heifer un-milkable for the first few days if not the whole of her first lactation. Did have five daughters to one bull and about four of them the cups would keep slipping off because there wasn't enough teat for them to sit on. Is a bull code like 104015 =(Frostman) a registration number? That's how they're identified here. For next year I'm looking at Firenze, Roscoe, Turbo (HolsteinFriesian) Murmur and Manhatten (Jersey) and all should be fine on teat length. Might change my mind on one or two of those... I sent plenty of straws back into storage after AI and only need a few straws of top indexing bulls to keep my herd BW average (and value) near the national average. I've got some Regal (306117) in storage and some PT Jersey who shouldn't be a problem if the dams/aunties/sisters are any indication. Regal is the only unknown factor - Murmur's half sisters in my herd all have long enough teats and I've milked several Manhatten daughters and the Danish Jersey bulls also in storage come with overseas proofs. [/QUOTE]
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