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<blockquote data-quote="El_Putzo" data-source="post: 188262" data-attributes="member: 1017"><p>Thanks for the comments Cowcop. I didn't breed any of my heifers to the sire of the calves in the pic. My brother also bought a black simme last January. My 2 hereford heifers that I couldn't get to settle AI are bred to him. He is a GW Lucky Charm 665K son. My brother also bred his 4 Angus x Simme heifers to the 665K son. They are due this week.</p><p></p><p>The 90 and 100 lb calves haven't been a concern just yet, because the cows having these calves are the ones that in previous yrs have had 90-100 lb calves out of an Angus bull who otherwise threw birthweights in the upper 70's to low 80's. Plus, these calves seem to have the right shape (small head and streamlined shoulders) to come fairly easily.</p><p></p><p>We do get about 5-6 mousy calves each yr, but only from the mousy colored cows. They do take a 5-8 cent hit at sale time, but they seem to grow like heck (see Chunky Monkey). Nonetheless, we are in the process of culling the mousy colored cows.</p><p></p><p>We haven't had many twins. Maybe on average a set every other or third year. That is from 70-75 cows.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="El_Putzo, post: 188262, member: 1017"] Thanks for the comments Cowcop. I didn't breed any of my heifers to the sire of the calves in the pic. My brother also bought a black simme last January. My 2 hereford heifers that I couldn't get to settle AI are bred to him. He is a GW Lucky Charm 665K son. My brother also bred his 4 Angus x Simme heifers to the 665K son. They are due this week. The 90 and 100 lb calves haven't been a concern just yet, because the cows having these calves are the ones that in previous yrs have had 90-100 lb calves out of an Angus bull who otherwise threw birthweights in the upper 70's to low 80's. Plus, these calves seem to have the right shape (small head and streamlined shoulders) to come fairly easily. We do get about 5-6 mousy calves each yr, but only from the mousy colored cows. They do take a 5-8 cent hit at sale time, but they seem to grow like heck (see Chunky Monkey). Nonetheless, we are in the process of culling the mousy colored cows. We haven't had many twins. Maybe on average a set every other or third year. That is from 70-75 cows. [/QUOTE]
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