Simmishowchick
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Out of all my Simmi and SimAngus cows, I have one shorthorn my dad bought me for Christmas not this last one, but the one before.So of course, she has to be a PHA carrier and a TH carrier. Before we knew about her PHA status we had bred her to a bull who was TH free and we knew she was carrier at that time. We ran a test on the bull for PHA and he ended up being a carrier and since we knew it was in shorthorns, besides the maine's(I bred her to a 1/2 maine bull hoping to get a blue roan) but anyway, we did some research and realized that my shorthorn heifer, Victoria, sire was a PHA carrier. We decided to do blood work on her and she came back the same way. The expert said that the way my dad was describing her and what not and he said there was like a 35% chance of it being fine and from what my dad said we should have the vet look at her and feel around and told my dad what the calf shouldn't feel like and if it nothing was wrong now then in April when she calves it should come out normal. She is a great heifer, a little shorter for her age in the showring, but is complete in her struture and body condition for her size. She is definatly one of my front pasture cows. Now to the reason I am posting this . . .
When she calves, should I take her to the sale barn, keep her and breed her very carefully and risk the life of her calves or just feed her and leave her open. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I only showed her a couple times, but she definatly is one that I wish could keep forever.
When she calves, should I take her to the sale barn, keep her and breed her very carefully and risk the life of her calves or just feed her and leave her open. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I only showed her a couple times, but she definatly is one that I wish could keep forever.