Toad
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Around here I would definitely use a good lbw black angus. Nice looking heifers, they should make good cows for you. Be sure and get them on a good diet so they are ready to go to work for you.
You'll have good heifers but you'll get docked for having red baldy calves. About 10 cents less per lbs at some local sale barns.Till-Hill":32uu52gj said:Progress is a DD carrier. Stay using clean Bulls you should have clean cows. I'd keep them heifers red tho and use a red Angus myself.
ez14":2urzm8ie said:whats DD?
Your probably right but on 2 head you can finish them out and market them that way. We had been using this bull on some crossbred and clubby type heifers. Had calf make it into heavy weight class last year and cut almost 70%. http://www.selectsiresbeef.com/index.ph ... ed%20AngusMuddy":28c1gt3x said:You'll have good heifers but you'll get docked for having red baldy calves. About 10 cents less per lbs at some local sale barns.Till-Hill":28c1gt3x said:Progress is a DD carrier. Stay using clean Bulls you should have clean cows. I'd keep them heifers red tho and use a red Angus myself.
Very rare that a dd pregnancy ever goes full term.boondocks":1czy6rc5 said:ez14":1czy6rc5 said:whats DD?
DD is "developmental duplication"--a genetic mutation you should try not to breed to if you can help it. Here's a fact sheet (this one is from the American Angus Assn but it's not specific to Angus):
http://www.angus.org/pub/DD/DDFactSheet.pdf
For example, we have a cow that is a DD carrier, meaning she doesn't exhibit the disorder herself but, if bred to a DD carrier bull, may give birth to offspring which shows the disorder (multiple extra limbs: pic here: https://search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?p=d ... mp=yhs-002).
I dont know about RTS how much longer is that going to take vs just the pelvic? and just the pelvic isn`t going to tell me what i need to know?? The vet cost $120 a hour so i really dont want him here longer then he needs to bedun":30r2ddhv said:Don;t know if you mean just a pelvic or the whole RTS (Repro Tract Scoring) but the full RTS is what is needed. Depending on what else has been done, vaccinate, worm and pour for external parasites is about it. That is our standard spring workup for heifers.
ez14":16m6snrt said:Im glad you guys like them im only 15 and dont have any experience picking breeding stock