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<blockquote data-quote="Farm Family" data-source="post: 1842991" data-attributes="member: 43070"><p>You make some terrific points and capture our feelings too…I <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🥰" title="Smiling face with hearts :smiling_face_with_3_hearts:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f970.png" data-shortname=":smiling_face_with_3_hearts:" />seeing the genetic lineage develop and I love knowing who is who, seeing traits carry on through generations. Looking at a heifer and saying "man she is her great grandmother all over again" - and yes that is a good thing. Because we retain what we like and what works in our environment. We also run our own bulls. I love knowing that a Barbara heifer here is going to have a long spine, a good foot and be super friendly. A Mama bull will throw exactly four square teats, and will be a little cocky as a youngster cause he knows he's a keeper, good looking, deep bodied and wide topped. A Sweetheart will be a little more stout made. She is power in a smaller package that should not be underestimated. Those "No Tag" females are easy keepers just like the original version. They keep to themselves, not really front pasture notice right away girls, but they get the job done and fly under the radar cause they never give an ounce of trouble and come fall you are like…this is a damn good calf, whose is this…yep goes back to "No Tag". We were just saying the "G's" in our herd are all in their prime and what a consistent pen still to this day. Punching out well marked calves originating from a bull that should have stayed longer. And most of the dams in that lot were old cows, their last calf ironically and fortunate for us was a "G" heifer. That "G" year we struggled to feed everyone but so glad we scraped through to retain those lines cause like others have said sometimes those cows fail to give a replacement, lucky to get one...that was us with some damn good cows that retired after the G's. Replacements here are the fun or certainly bring much enjoyment.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Farm Family, post: 1842991, member: 43070"] You make some terrific points and capture our feelings too…I 🥰seeing the genetic lineage develop and I love knowing who is who, seeing traits carry on through generations. Looking at a heifer and saying “man she is her great grandmother all over again” - and yes that is a good thing. Because we retain what we like and what works in our environment. We also run our own bulls. I love knowing that a Barbara heifer here is going to have a long spine, a good foot and be super friendly. A Mama bull will throw exactly four square teats, and will be a little cocky as a youngster cause he knows he’s a keeper, good looking, deep bodied and wide topped. A Sweetheart will be a little more stout made. She is power in a smaller package that should not be underestimated. Those “No Tag” females are easy keepers just like the original version. They keep to themselves, not really front pasture notice right away girls, but they get the job done and fly under the radar cause they never give an ounce of trouble and come fall you are like…this is a damn good calf, whose is this…yep goes back to “No Tag”. We were just saying the “G’s” in our herd are all in their prime and what a consistent pen still to this day. Punching out well marked calves originating from a bull that should have stayed longer. And most of the dams in that lot were old cows, their last calf ironically and fortunate for us was a “G” heifer. That “G” year we struggled to feed everyone but so glad we scraped through to retain those lines cause like others have said sometimes those cows fail to give a replacement, lucky to get one...that was us with some damn good cows that retired after the G’s. Replacements here are the fun or certainly bring much enjoyment. [/QUOTE]
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