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<blockquote data-quote="RisingCreekHerefords" data-source="post: 1312954" data-attributes="member: 24704"><p>Can I ask what you are using him on and what you are going to use the calves for? If I was breeding purebreds for the show ring I would use much different genetics than if I was breeding to commercial females for calves to sell/ use as replacements.</p><p></p><p>As earlier mentioned, the marbling is a bit of a hole in him. Other than that, he looks fine. But, I would like to know about your females. Are they larger framed? This MAY be me just being nit picky, but if I had some smaller framed heifers, I would look for a bull with an actual birth weight closer to 70 lbs. I try to breed my heifers to the best, but my first priority is to get a calf on the ground alive for them to raise. If your heifers happen to have some bigger birth weight calves in their lineage, I would worry that between this mating there would be around 90 pound calves. Just my personal opinion, but that's too high for me. </p><p></p><p>I have learned to look at progeny as much as epds. A couple friends of mine have a bull that has a 5 bw. But he was 68lbs as a calf and is heifer safe. So you can't completely trust the numbers. Overall, the durangos I have seen are pretty good cattle. Some of them are a little rough in their front ends but he doesn't seem to be.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RisingCreekHerefords, post: 1312954, member: 24704"] Can I ask what you are using him on and what you are going to use the calves for? If I was breeding purebreds for the show ring I would use much different genetics than if I was breeding to commercial females for calves to sell/ use as replacements. As earlier mentioned, the marbling is a bit of a hole in him. Other than that, he looks fine. But, I would like to know about your females. Are they larger framed? This MAY be me just being nit picky, but if I had some smaller framed heifers, I would look for a bull with an actual birth weight closer to 70 lbs. I try to breed my heifers to the best, but my first priority is to get a calf on the ground alive for them to raise. If your heifers happen to have some bigger birth weight calves in their lineage, I would worry that between this mating there would be around 90 pound calves. Just my personal opinion, but that's too high for me. I have learned to look at progeny as much as epds. A couple friends of mine have a bull that has a 5 bw. But he was 68lbs as a calf and is heifer safe. So you can't completely trust the numbers. Overall, the durangos I have seen are pretty good cattle. Some of them are a little rough in their front ends but he doesn't seem to be. [/QUOTE]
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