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<blockquote data-quote="Nesikep" data-source="post: 1386016" data-attributes="member: 9096"><p>Cotton, I'm not sure we disagree as much as you might think.. Our goals are certainly similar, and our climate doesn't differ too much either though I get colder winters no doubt.</p><p>In 2015, it was over 100F from may through september.. right now it's -10F.</p><p></p><p>I'm starting my linebreeding experiments with a line of cows that have been exceptional.. every one of them have had great feet, udders, and temperament.. Grandma of that line had 16 consistent calves.. Momma is expecting her 10th and she's not looking old yet.. Daughter is a smaller cow and has surpassed my expectations in production.. she's about 1300 lbs and keeps up with the 1800 lb monsters, just eats a lot less to do it.</p><p></p><p>When we first started, we had a pretty lousy bunch of cows.. horrid hooves, udders, and vaginal prolapses from h3ll... 25 years later I think I might have weeded them all out... I've come to the conclusion that it's easier to breed desirable traits into the herd than bad ones out of it.. with the bad ones you can always have recessives that still pop up generations later.. If you have a solid animal that produces well for years and years, you can always add milk EPD's with a better bull for the future, but until then you'll at least be getting calves and won't have to cull half your herd at 5 years old... Like you, that drives me bananas as well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nesikep, post: 1386016, member: 9096"] Cotton, I'm not sure we disagree as much as you might think.. Our goals are certainly similar, and our climate doesn't differ too much either though I get colder winters no doubt. In 2015, it was over 100F from may through september.. right now it's -10F. I'm starting my linebreeding experiments with a line of cows that have been exceptional.. every one of them have had great feet, udders, and temperament.. Grandma of that line had 16 consistent calves.. Momma is expecting her 10th and she's not looking old yet.. Daughter is a smaller cow and has surpassed my expectations in production.. she's about 1300 lbs and keeps up with the 1800 lb monsters, just eats a lot less to do it. When we first started, we had a pretty lousy bunch of cows.. horrid hooves, udders, and vaginal prolapses from h3ll... 25 years later I think I might have weeded them all out... I've come to the conclusion that it's easier to breed desirable traits into the herd than bad ones out of it.. with the bad ones you can always have recessives that still pop up generations later.. If you have a solid animal that produces well for years and years, you can always add milk EPD's with a better bull for the future, but until then you'll at least be getting calves and won't have to cull half your herd at 5 years old... Like you, that drives me bananas as well. [/QUOTE]
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