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SAV 8180 TRAVELER 004. Should I Use?
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<blockquote data-quote="moses388" data-source="post: 1648080" data-attributes="member: 27368"><p>I would start by looking at the bull's <a href="https://www.angus.org/Animal/EpdPedSearch.aspx?aid=13512009" target="_blank">EPD numbers.</a> Then decide if this bull has something your cow needs. </p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.angus.org/Animal/EpdPedSearch.aspx?aid=13512009[/URL]</p><p></p><p>In my opinion, this bull's good traits are scrotal circumference (SC), calving ease maternal (CEM), foot claw, foot angle, and pulmonary arterial pressure (PAP). So I might use this bull to improve feet, if I did not care about the large birth weight. </p><p></p><p>I agree with Ky hills that a docility EPD of -1 is not good. I have a herd sire that is a son of High Noon and Igenity scored his docility a 6. <a href="https://www.angus.org/Animal/EpdPedSearch.aspx?aid=17117101" target="_blank">High Noon's docility EPD is +2.</a> I like the herd sire, but his calves are mean when it comes to weaning and chute work.</p><p></p><p>Maybe what I'm trying to say is due to low docility, find a better sire to use for creating embryos. Save this bull for a day when you have a cow in heat and she is friendly like a family pet.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="moses388, post: 1648080, member: 27368"] I would start by looking at the bull's [URL='https://www.angus.org/Animal/EpdPedSearch.aspx?aid=13512009']EPD numbers.[/URL] Then decide if this bull has something your cow needs. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.angus.org/Animal/EpdPedSearch.aspx?aid=13512009[/URL] In my opinion, this bull's good traits are scrotal circumference (SC), calving ease maternal (CEM), foot claw, foot angle, and pulmonary arterial pressure (PAP). So I might use this bull to improve feet, if I did not care about the large birth weight. I agree with Ky hills that a docility EPD of -1 is not good. I have a herd sire that is a son of High Noon and Igenity scored his docility a 6. [URL='https://www.angus.org/Animal/EpdPedSearch.aspx?aid=17117101']High Noon's docility EPD is +2.[/URL] I like the herd sire, but his calves are mean when it comes to weaning and chute work. Maybe what I'm trying to say is due to low docility, find a better sire to use for creating embryos. Save this bull for a day when you have a cow in heat and she is friendly like a family pet. [/QUOTE]
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