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<blockquote data-quote="SusanT" data-source="post: 781324" data-attributes="member: 8530"><p>ALACOWMAN Our cows think that we are going to have a nasty winter. It has been several years since I last saw them with this much hair in September. We are building up our woodpile and haypile and expecting a bad winter. </p><p></p><p>quackingduck Our herd was closed in 1986 and we haven't brought in any new genetics since then. My dad's main donor cow was named Penelope 700; her dam was Lettre 130 and her sire was James 166. We also have cattle that go back to Lambine 140, Jumbo Jet 75, Liberte Bell 941. Those are the names that seem to show up most on our early registration papers before dad closed the herd. I wasn't on the scene yet then and I only remember Penelope. She was born in 1982 and lived until 2005 (The last two or three years she enjoyed a well deserved retirement). Probably 3/4 of our herd is related to Penelope.</p><p></p><p>Our Salers bulls have average scrotal sizes as far as I know. As far as semen tests go, our vet says that on average when he semen tests other bulls on average 10% fail the semen test. So far, only one of our bulls has ever failed. It was obvious that he was going to fail beforehand because he had a frosted scrotum from one of the many awful winters we've had. I don't know if scrotal size is an indication of fertility or not because Salers are so fertile to begin with.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SusanT, post: 781324, member: 8530"] ALACOWMAN Our cows think that we are going to have a nasty winter. It has been several years since I last saw them with this much hair in September. We are building up our woodpile and haypile and expecting a bad winter. quackingduck Our herd was closed in 1986 and we haven't brought in any new genetics since then. My dad's main donor cow was named Penelope 700; her dam was Lettre 130 and her sire was James 166. We also have cattle that go back to Lambine 140, Jumbo Jet 75, Liberte Bell 941. Those are the names that seem to show up most on our early registration papers before dad closed the herd. I wasn't on the scene yet then and I only remember Penelope. She was born in 1982 and lived until 2005 (The last two or three years she enjoyed a well deserved retirement). Probably 3/4 of our herd is related to Penelope. Our Salers bulls have average scrotal sizes as far as I know. As far as semen tests go, our vet says that on average when he semen tests other bulls on average 10% fail the semen test. So far, only one of our bulls has ever failed. It was obvious that he was going to fail beforehand because he had a frosted scrotum from one of the many awful winters we've had. I don't know if scrotal size is an indication of fertility or not because Salers are so fertile to begin with. [/QUOTE]
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