houstoncutter
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Jovid":6qpvl3p7 said:Red Bull Breeder":6qpvl3p7 said:Thats the problem with EPD'S Houston, he taped 38 cm. at yearling. His Docility numbers ain't so good, but he don't act a fool.
Exactly why you you can't only use EPDs to evaluate an animal.
EPDs are made up of data reported by a breeder. If you think all breeders are honest and accurate in reporting their data, then I have a bridge that I would like sell. It is in San Francisco CA.
Jovid, I cant speak about other breeds, but I do have some experiance with Limi's.......Scrotal was one of their problems, especially in the early days with Fullbloods, and with the fullbloods that hasnt really changed much. Harvest Oly had a huge scrotal for a fullblood, and Red Bull's animal goes back to him in about three different animals in his pedigree. He also has Punch and High Country Polled Wonder, both bulls were hung like a squirrel...So having said all that when they started breeding up Purebred Limi's using Angus those scrotal epds have risen dramatically, so for a fullblood to have above average epd is out of the ordinary. To be honest, I am more concerned about the docility epd's, being as this bull will be used for seedstock. Understand I am not trying to be hyper crtical, just that RBB and I like our Fullblood Limis, so we are a bit more picky about what we like. I personally wish some of the breeders would get some more Full French animals in production, but they say they dont sell