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<blockquote data-quote="Farm Family" data-source="post: 1803208" data-attributes="member: 43070"><p>I certainly do not like high tailheads and because of that I have avoided certain bulls Because everytime I see one of their offspring I notice a high tail head and if I guess the correct AI sire…no thanks.</p><p>In our opinion high tail heads do tend to equate to rear tilted vulvas. We have seen poorer post calving drainage which leads to breed back challenges. We have also noted high tail carriages do seem to change the carriage of the "rear wheels" and stride out. </p><p></p><p>Agreed tail heads are not the first thing we "correct" - feet and leg structure is high on the priority and maintained always but we feel a high tail head does not help structure. Udders same...easy correct as far as breeding IF you have the bull to do that job or throw a positive correction. But we do consider that top line/tail head and how it overall works in the structural base down to feet and legs and calving/breeding. A tail head in our experience is not easy to reverse.</p><p></p><p>I do agree with the dairy breeding focus on the girls. Beef puts too much carriage in the bulls. Never underestimate your dams. Utilize bulls that compliment a good foundation of females. Terminal sires is not building the foundation. Two ways of thinking and keep it that way. Stay out of the ditches when retaining females. Just my thoughts.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Farm Family, post: 1803208, member: 43070"] I certainly do not like high tailheads and because of that I have avoided certain bulls Because everytime I see one of their offspring I notice a high tail head and if I guess the correct AI sire…no thanks. In our opinion high tail heads do tend to equate to rear tilted vulvas. We have seen poorer post calving drainage which leads to breed back challenges. We have also noted high tail carriages do seem to change the carriage of the “rear wheels” and stride out. Agreed tail heads are not the first thing we “correct” - feet and leg structure is high on the priority and maintained always but we feel a high tail head does not help structure. Udders same...easy correct as far as breeding IF you have the bull to do that job or throw a positive correction. But we do consider that top line/tail head and how it overall works in the structural base down to feet and legs and calving/breeding. A tail head in our experience is not easy to reverse. I do agree with the dairy breeding focus on the girls. Beef puts too much carriage in the bulls. Never underestimate your dams. Utilize bulls that compliment a good foundation of females. Terminal sires is not building the foundation. Two ways of thinking and keep it that way. Stay out of the ditches when retaining females. Just my thoughts. [/QUOTE]
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