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<blockquote data-quote="t5j1h2" data-source="post: 1020218" data-attributes="member: 20504"><p>Hey folks. I have been looking, studying, and researching EPDs on bulls. I grasp the concept of the idea and somewhat how to read and understand them but by no means am I a pro.</p><p></p><p>I am very new to the cattle world so bear with me. How do you pick a bull based on EPDs for crossbreeding?? From things I looked at, a low BW for one breed is not necessarily a low BW for breed next to it.</p><p></p><p>If a person was going to raise F1 tigerstripes. Say he was going to use a brahman bull on Herefords. I THINK I understand that you would want a low BW bull to put on the Herefords, because the different calf size. How do you know if a brahman BW is low enough for the Hereford mama?</p><p></p><p>Another question...In this type of cross would you be better off using cows vs. heifers for the calving ease part of it?</p><p></p><p>Maybe I asked these questions in a way they can be understood ha. Any comments would help I'm sure.</p><p></p><p>Thanks TJH</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="t5j1h2, post: 1020218, member: 20504"] Hey folks. I have been looking, studying, and researching EPDs on bulls. I grasp the concept of the idea and somewhat how to read and understand them but by no means am I a pro. I am very new to the cattle world so bear with me. How do you pick a bull based on EPDs for crossbreeding?? From things I looked at, a low BW for one breed is not necessarily a low BW for breed next to it. If a person was going to raise F1 tigerstripes. Say he was going to use a brahman bull on Herefords. I THINK I understand that you would want a low BW bull to put on the Herefords, because the different calf size. How do you know if a brahman BW is low enough for the Hereford mama? Another question...In this type of cross would you be better off using cows vs. heifers for the calving ease part of it? Maybe I asked these questions in a way they can be understood ha. Any comments would help I'm sure. Thanks TJH [/QUOTE]
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