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Released list of carrier bulls of Curly Calf Syndrome
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<blockquote data-quote="Cattleman200" data-source="post: 594085" data-attributes="member: 951"><p>The problem with that is you are going to have to pay $75 a calf to see if they are carriers or not. By 2010, all the new carriers won't be registerable. IF half of your bull calves normally aren't bull quality and 20% of your heifers aren't.....normally. When you add this to the mix, only 25% of the bulls are sellable as registered bulls and only 40% of the heifers. IF 67.5% of the calves have to go to the stockyard (because they just aren't good enough OR are carriers) and in a 100 cow herd you are paying $7500 a year in DNA testing that could go towards feed, hay, fertilizer, or the bank account, it is hard for me to see how you are making money using this "high dollar semen". I panic easily so I would sell it now while it is "high dollar" and buy some AMFree semen at market price and never knowingly use another carrier.</p><p></p><p>I forgot something in my last post. If you are culling 50% of your calves because of quality issues in this hypothetical herd and 10% of your females based on a 50/50 of bulls/heifers calf crop why would you test the 25 bulls and 5 heifers and spend the $2250 for no reason on culls that are going to the stockyard? </p><p></p><p>Circle H Ranch</p><p><a href="http://www.chrlimousin.com" target="_blank">http://www.chrlimousin.com</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cattleman200, post: 594085, member: 951"] The problem with that is you are going to have to pay $75 a calf to see if they are carriers or not. By 2010, all the new carriers won't be registerable. IF half of your bull calves normally aren't bull quality and 20% of your heifers aren't.....normally. When you add this to the mix, only 25% of the bulls are sellable as registered bulls and only 40% of the heifers. IF 67.5% of the calves have to go to the stockyard (because they just aren't good enough OR are carriers) and in a 100 cow herd you are paying $7500 a year in DNA testing that could go towards feed, hay, fertilizer, or the bank account, it is hard for me to see how you are making money using this "high dollar semen". I panic easily so I would sell it now while it is "high dollar" and buy some AMFree semen at market price and never knowingly use another carrier. I forgot something in my last post. If you are culling 50% of your calves because of quality issues in this hypothetical herd and 10% of your females based on a 50/50 of bulls/heifers calf crop why would you test the 25 bulls and 5 heifers and spend the $2250 for no reason on culls that are going to the stockyard? Circle H Ranch [url=http://www.chrlimousin.com]http://www.chrlimousin.com[/url] [/QUOTE]
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