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<blockquote data-quote="bward" data-source="post: 332663" data-attributes="member: 48"><p>This is our 20th year of raising Gerts in Alberta. In those years I have had a few extremely docile bulls... and the nice thing about them is that they stayed that way as they aged. I've also had some testy ones that never got the chance to prove me wrong. My advice to you is to look for performance especially in weaning weight. You won't beleive how fast the cross bred calf will grow, as long as you have some decent milk in the moms. As far as faults go, watch for big open shoulders saggy pasterns and narrowness in the animal. In their efforts to clean up the sheath some herds have lost body depth, and with that went natural thickness, but I notice that they are improving on that a lot in the last few years. Pick a bull with horizontal rather than droppy ears as that seems to be heritable and the calves wont show as much ear. Other than those few ( dumb) tips pick a thick meaty hulk that pleases your eye and respects your space.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bward, post: 332663, member: 48"] This is our 20th year of raising Gerts in Alberta. In those years I have had a few extremely docile bulls... and the nice thing about them is that they stayed that way as they aged. I've also had some testy ones that never got the chance to prove me wrong. My advice to you is to look for performance especially in weaning weight. You won't beleive how fast the cross bred calf will grow, as long as you have some decent milk in the moms. As far as faults go, watch for big open shoulders saggy pasterns and narrowness in the animal. In their efforts to clean up the sheath some herds have lost body depth, and with that went natural thickness, but I notice that they are improving on that a lot in the last few years. Pick a bull with horizontal rather than droppy ears as that seems to be heritable and the calves wont show as much ear. Other than those few ( dumb) tips pick a thick meaty hulk that pleases your eye and respects your space. [/QUOTE]
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