JHH
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Calves playing together.
a march 5th heifer calf. Mom doing a good job.Does calf have to much ( set to her legs) Thats the only thing I can think to call it.
New heifer that I got.
Some of the new calves.
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Calves playing together.
a march 5th heifer calf. Mom doing a good job.Does calf have to much ( set to her legs) Thats the only thing I can think to call it.
New heifer that I got.
It is too early, but if anything, I would think it was more an issue of weak in the pasterns - and that can just be a "baby" thing right now, I would assume.
DOC HARRIS
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JHH-
You inquired as to whether the calf has ". . too much 'set' to her legs". Any animal which is as young as these calves are will usually manifest phenotypical or functional traits which are not typical of what they will appear as as developed adults. Now is 'way too early in the calf's life to make structural or skeletal predictions of what it will ultimately demonstrate as a mature adult.
My advice: don't allow your eagerness to prophesy or foretell either perfection or problems take the place of your good evaluation of the genetics and phenotype of the calf's sire and dam. Be patient and cautious. Making "snap judgements" is practicing "Condemnation Before Investigation".
It is too early to worry - YET.
If the Sire or Dam - or BOTH - are sickle-hocked, you can expect the genetics to manifest sickle-hockedness in the progeny.
DOC HARRIS
You inquired as to whether the calf has ". . too much 'set' to her legs". Any animal which is as young as these calves are will usually manifest phenotypical or functional traits which are not typical of what they will appear as as developed adults. Now is 'way too early in the calf's life to make structural or skeletal predictions of what it will ultimately demonstrate as a mature adult.
My advice: don't allow your eagerness to prophesy or foretell either perfection or problems take the place of your good evaluation of the genetics and phenotype of the calf's sire and dam. Be patient and cautious. Making "snap judgements" is practicing "Condemnation Before Investigation".
It is too early to worry - YET.
If the Sire or Dam - or BOTH - are sickle-hocked, you can expect the genetics to manifest sickle-hockedness in the progeny.
DOC HARRIS
