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<blockquote data-quote="KNERSIE" data-source="post: 760244" data-attributes="member: 4353"><p>Herefords here is only ever a medium bone breed, I select for a medium to medium plus bone as it gives more surface area for muscle attachment, the downside is that nothing increases BW like bone does, but my herd has very low BW so I can probably afford to use heavier boned bulls. The bull in question weighed 36 kg at birth, his sire's progeny average at 34 kg in multiple herds, so his bone doesn't bother me at all. I posted a young bull a week or so ago that has much more bone than he does who is also sired by the same bull.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I think both his full and maternal halfsib has more eye appeal than he does, his older maternal halfsib was shown succesfully as a bred heifer as well as a junior with a calf at side, his fullsister will be part of next year's showstring as she really is a very goodlooking heifer. His dam on the other hand isn't the prettiest cow I own, but I'd take 50 more of her, i think he takes after her. ;-) Although a little more condition on him will make him a pretty decent looking bull, but I can't tell mother nature what to do, the last measurable rain we've had was in November, I'm just about all out of irrigation water, all my hay burnt in a recent runaway fire and its getting cold already.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KNERSIE, post: 760244, member: 4353"] Herefords here is only ever a medium bone breed, I select for a medium to medium plus bone as it gives more surface area for muscle attachment, the downside is that nothing increases BW like bone does, but my herd has very low BW so I can probably afford to use heavier boned bulls. The bull in question weighed 36 kg at birth, his sire's progeny average at 34 kg in multiple herds, so his bone doesn't bother me at all. I posted a young bull a week or so ago that has much more bone than he does who is also sired by the same bull. I think both his full and maternal halfsib has more eye appeal than he does, his older maternal halfsib was shown succesfully as a bred heifer as well as a junior with a calf at side, his fullsister will be part of next year's showstring as she really is a very goodlooking heifer. His dam on the other hand isn't the prettiest cow I own, but I'd take 50 more of her, i think he takes after her. ;-) Although a little more condition on him will make him a pretty decent looking bull, but I can't tell mother nature what to do, the last measurable rain we've had was in November, I'm just about all out of irrigation water, all my hay burnt in a recent runaway fire and its getting cold already. [/QUOTE]
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