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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 5089"><p>Careful there boys. Remember there is often as much variation in some traits within a breed as there is between breeds. How come all those Angus recips turned up open?</p><p>> That's a good saying. Just to give</p><p>> a little 'real world' insight, I</p><p>> fed out a bunch of heifers with my</p><p>> neighbor last year. Between us we</p><p>> had something like 14 head to</p><p>> ship. Mine included a Simmental</p><p>> used as a recip, she was crazy</p><p>> wild and had no milk so off to the</p><p>> feed pen. I fed her for at least</p><p>> 120 days of 60% barley. She</p><p>> wouldn't even grade, let alone</p><p>> marble. My neighbor was feeding</p><p>> his only 5 pounds of barley a day,</p><p>> they were preg checked ok in the</p><p>> fall but turned out open, 1 of his</p><p>> wouldn't even grade (not even</p><p>> standard). The rest were select or</p><p>> choice, when we scanned his</p><p>> records, everything had at least</p><p>> 1/4 Angus except the one that</p><p>> didn't grade. She was</p><p>> Simmental/Gelbvieh cross. Genetics</p><p>> DO make a difference.</p><p></p><p>> Jason</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 5089"] Careful there boys. Remember there is often as much variation in some traits within a breed as there is between breeds. How come all those Angus recips turned up open? > That's a good saying. Just to give > a little 'real world' insight, I > fed out a bunch of heifers with my > neighbor last year. Between us we > had something like 14 head to > ship. Mine included a Simmental > used as a recip, she was crazy > wild and had no milk so off to the > feed pen. I fed her for at least > 120 days of 60% barley. She > wouldn't even grade, let alone > marble. My neighbor was feeding > his only 5 pounds of barley a day, > they were preg checked ok in the > fall but turned out open, 1 of his > wouldn't even grade (not even > standard). The rest were select or > choice, when we scanned his > records, everything had at least > 1/4 Angus except the one that > didn't grade. She was > Simmental/Gelbvieh cross. Genetics > DO make a difference. > Jason [/QUOTE]
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